Video Description
Professional C Programming LiveLessons, Part I: Writing Robust,
Secure, and Reliable Codeby Robert C. Seacord provides an in depth explanation of how to
use common C language features to produce robust, secure, and
reliable code. The video is designed for developers who have
completed an introductory course in C language programming. In six
lessons, Professional C Programming, Part I shows developers how to
perform common C language programming tasks correctly while
avoiding programming errors that are not always detected or
reported by the compiler.
About the Author:
Robert C. Seacordis a computer security specialist and
writer. He is the author of
The CERT C Secure Coding Standard and Secure Coding in C and
C++as well as other books on computer security, legacy system
modernization, and component-based software engineering. He has a
Bachelor in computer science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Robert C. Seacord leads the Secure Coding Initiative at CERT,
located in Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering
Institute (SEI) in Pittsburgh, PA. Seacord is an adjunct professor
in both the School of Computer Science and the Information
Networking Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.
Seacord started programming professionally for IBM in 1982,
working in communications and operating system software, processor
development, and software engineering. Robert also has worked at
the X Consortium, where he developed and maintained code for the
Common Desktop Environment and the X Window System.
Seacord is a technical expert for the ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG14
international standardization working group for the C programming
language.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
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Lesson 1: Integer Types
- Learning Objectives 00:00:49
- Introduction to integer types 00:04:00
- Unsigned integers 00:21:16
- Signed integers 00:17:46
- Character types 00:07:26
- size_t 00:13:47
- ptrdiff_t, intmax_t and uintmax_t 00:04:43
- Summary 00:01:19
-
Lesson 2: Integer Conversions
- Learning Objectives 00:00:47
- Conversion rank, promotions, and the usual arithmetic conversions 00:13:44
- Conversions to unsigned types 00:08:05
- Conversions to signed types 00:07:29
- Summary 00:01:00
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Lesson 3: Integer Operations
- Learning Objectives 00:00:55
- Assignment 00:11:49
- Addition and subtraction 00:05:27
- Multiplication and upcasting 00:13:58
- Division and remainder 00:07:46
- Shifting 00:14:06
- Summary 00:01:27
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Lesson 4: Characters, Arrays, and Strings
- Learning Objectives 00:00:48
- Sizing arrays 00:06:35
- String literals and their use as array initializers 00:03:22
- Character types and what they are used for 00:08:25
- Summary 00:01:21
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Lesson 5: String Handling
- Learning Objectives 00:01:23
- Caller allocates, caller frees 00:11:22
- Bounds-checking interfaces 00:15:19
- Callee allocates, caller frees (POSIX) 00:05:26
- Summary 00:00:58
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Lesson 6: Optimization
- Learning Objectives 00:01:25
- Undefined behaviors and the “as if” rule 00:05:38
- Constant folding 00:03:47
- Algebraic simplification and pointer arithmetic 00:10:56
- Hoisting of loop-invariant computations 00:10:11
- Dead-code removal 00:22:39
- Aliasing 00:27:26
- Summary 00:02:16
- Summary