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2021

Illustration: Tackling PDF Performance Issues DEVELOPMENT  |  PDF • C++ Tackling PDF Performance Issues Digging into the internals of PSPDFKit to improve PDF performance.
Illustration: String Literals, Character Encodings, and Multiplatform C++ DEVELOPMENT  |  Development • C++ String Literals, Character Encodings, and Multiplatform C++ How string literals are encoded by Clang and MSVC.
Illustration: Time Travel Debugging for C/C++ DEVELOPMENT  |  Development • C++ Time Travel Debugging for C/C++ A quick look at reverse debugging/time travel debugging for C/C++.

2020

Illustration: Visual Studio Code, C++, and a Docker Container DEVELOPMENT  |  Development • Visual Studio Code • C++ Visual Studio Code, C++, and a Docker Container Our journey of using Visual Studio Code to develop C++ in a remote container.
Illustration: C++20 in 2020: Modules DEVELOPMENT  |  Development • C++ C++20 in 2020: Modules An introduction to the C++20 modules feature: what they are, their potential advantages and disadvantages, and how they are used.
Illustration: IDEs and Text Editors for Writing C++ Code on a Large Scale DEVELOPMENT  |  Development • C++ IDEs and Text Editors for Writing C++ Code on a Large Scale This blog post compares different IDEs and text editors that can be used to write C++ in a big codebase.
Illustration: How to Effectively Measure the Performance of Your Code DEVELOPMENT  |  Development • C++ How to Effectively Measure the Performance of Your Code This blog post explains why software that performs well is important and how we measure code performance at PSPDFKit.
Illustration: Effective Header Management in C++ DEVELOPMENT  |  Development • C++ Effective Header Management in C++ How we can reduce build times and clean up our header dependencies with effective header management.
Illustration: Our Approach to Testing a Large-Scale C++ Codebase DEVELOPMENT  |  Development • PDF • Testing • C++ Our Approach to Testing a Large-Scale C++ Codebase This blog post outlines the frameworks and techniques PSPDFKit uses to test its large-scale C++ codebase.
Illustration: Investigating the Performance Overhead of C++ Exceptions DEVELOPMENT  |  Development • C++ Investigating the Performance Overhead of C++ Exceptions C++ exceptions have their place, but using an alternative is recommended for general program flow control.
Illustration: Compiler-Based Lock Checking in C++ DEVELOPMENT  |  Development • C++ Compiler-Based Lock Checking in C++ A short introduction to compiler-based lock checking in C++ with Clang using Thread Safety Analysis
Illustration: The C++ Lifetime Profile: How It Plans to Make C++ Code Safer DEVELOPMENT  |  Development • C++ The C++ Lifetime Profile: How It Plans to Make C++ Code Safer This blog post explains what the C++ Lifetime Profile is and how it intends to make the language safer and help avoid memory management problems.

2019

Illustration: The Functional Side of std::optional with C++20 BLOG  |  Development • C++ The Functional Side of std::optional with C++20 std::optional is already really useful, and it's about to get better with C++20.
Illustration: Introduction to C++ for Swift Developers BLOG  |  Development • C++ • Swift Introduction to C++ for Swift Developers An introduction to the C++ language for Swift developers, with an overview of reasons to use C++ and a look at differences and similarities between the languages.
Illustration: Making C++ Talk to Other Languages with SWIG BLOG  |  C++ • SWIG Making C++ Talk to Other Languages with SWIG Using SWIG to generate interfaces to talk to a C++ backend.
Illustration: When C++ Doesn't Move BLOG  |  Development • C++ When C++ Doesn't Move Move semantics in C++ make your code more efficient, but sometimes a move is not performed. In this blog post, we explore why.
Illustration: Visual Studio Code for C++ BLOG  |  Development • Visual Studio Code • C++ Visual Studio Code for C++ How to use Visual Studio Code for C++ development.

2018

Illustration: Tips and Tricks for Contributing to the Swift Language BLOG  |  Development • Swift • iOS • C++ Tips and Tricks for Contributing to the Swift Language This post describes the process for contributing code to the Swift programming language, including how to propose changes to the language, write a pull request, address feedback, and make your code part of the next version of the language.
Illustration: Failable Methods with Djinni BLOG  |  Development • iOS • Android • Djinni • C++ • Objective-C • NDK Failable Methods with Djinni In this article, we have look at using result types to model failable computations in the Djinni IDL.

2017

Illustration: Linting and Code Formatting at PSPDFKit BLOG  |  Development • C++ • Objective-C • Java • JavaScript Linting and Code Formatting at PSPDFKit How we do code formatting in C++/Objective-C/Java/JavaScript
Illustration: Crazy Fast Builds Using distcc BLOG  |  Xcode • Android • NDK • Objective-C • C++ • Development • Tools Crazy Fast Builds Using distcc How to dramatically shorten your build times with distcc