Articles about Software Development

Programming 4 Min Read

Code is Tricky, part 3: compiled vs. interpreted

December 5, 2018 Written by Jason Frankovitz

Writing quality code may take time, but it can save time later. That means that all languages aren’t created equal.

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Internet & Web 3 Min Read

Huawei and the Fight Over 5G

May 15, 2018 Written by Quandary Peak Research

While 4G networks can send hundreds of millions of bytes per second, 5G networks will send billions, changing how we live and work.

News 5 Min Read

Trade Secrets and Cover-Ups: The Case of Waymo vs. Uber

February 22, 2018 Written by Quandary Peak Research

With the end of their self-driving automotive trade secrets trial, Uber has agreed to pay $245 million in shares to Alphabet (Google), Waymo’s parent.

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Programming 4 Min Read

Code is Tricky, Part 2: Source Code Never Runs

February 27, 2017 Written by Jason Frankovitz

Every computer program comes from source code, but computers never use source code to run their programs. How does that work? Part 2 in our series.

Software Testing 2 Min Read

Award Winning Research Conducted by Quandary Peak Experts

November 20, 2015 Written by Sam Malek, Mahdi Eslamimehr

Two Quandary Peak experts and their teams presented their latest research at the twenty-sixth International Symposium on Software Reliability and Engineering, one of the most accredited IEEE events.

Software Testing 3 Min Read

Could Better Testing Have Prevented Toyota’s Unintended Acceleration Problem?

September 29, 2015 Written by Mahdi Eslamimehr

When human health and safety depends on software, correct system operation is the most important concern. Unfortunately, a lack of proper testing and verification in such systems allows program defects to remain undetected and later turn into hazardous failures.

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Analysis 6 Min Read

Measuring Software Maintainability

February 3, 2015 Written by Nupul Kukreja

Measuring software maintainability is non-trivial and there exists no single metric to measure it accurately. Maintainability is a multifaceted quality attribute; each of the facets must be analyzed to objectively measure it.

Programming 8 Min Read

Introduction to the Gmail API

September 17, 2014 Written by George Edwards

In this article, I walk you through the steps required to start building your own application on top of the Gmail API.