Parasoft Embedded AEP Solutions on IAR Embedded Workbench

2011

Introduction - The Scenario…

After many months of hard work, the team has delivered a reliable software solution…

But then…

2 [main] sensor 9052 exception::handle: Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION

Back at the Developers Desk…

Establish procedure to reproduce

Investigate root cause

Analyze side effect of fix

Fix root cause

Test

Release

Bug is found

Project Budgets & Deadlines

Root Cause Analysis…void initPtr(int** newPtr) // Developer Anne{ *newPtr = (int*)malloc(sizeof(int)*10);}

int callerX() // Developer TIM{ int* userPtr; int returnVal =0;

initPtr(&userPtr); if(userPtr[2] > 5) returnVal = -1;

free(userPtr); return (returnVal);}

Some Traditional Solutions…

Peer Code Reviews – Regularly & Thoroughly!

A lot of Manual Effort Takes a Considerable Amount of Time Additional tasks impacting project schedule Open to human error and so possibly ineffective

More Testing – Cover More Use-Cases!!

A lot of Manual Effort Takes a Considerable Amount of Time Additional tasks impacting project schedule Open to human error and so possibly ineffective

AEP = Quality + Productivity

Parasoft Automated Error Prevention (AEP) Solutions

Establishes a Methodology for Achieving Quality Goals

While maintaining High levels of Team Productivity

Parasoft Corporate Overview

Founded in 1987, privately held Headquarters in Monrovia, CA 360+ employees worldwide 18 locations worldwide Technical innovator

15 US patents for software technology 10,000+ customers worldwide, over 58%

of Fortune 500 client Gartner Magic Quadrant: Visionary

Solutions Overview

ALM Solution:Project management, productivity improvement, decision support solution

Language Solutions-Static analysis-Data flow analysis-Unit testing-Regression testing-SDLC team/process optimization

System Level Solution: True End-to-End Quality Framework-UI testing-WSDL testing-Unit testing-Continuous Regression testing-Scenario Testing-Load testing-Middle-tier testing

Parasoft C++test

A Comprehensive Integrated Toolkit for C and C++ Development

Automates a Broad Range of Best Practices proven to improve

software development Team Productivity & Software Quality

Coding Standards Enforcement

Flow Analysis Technology

Automatic Peer Code Review System

Automatic Unit Test Generation and Execution

Runtime Application Monitoring

Summary

Quality

Detect & Prevent Software Bugs Early & Effectively…

Productivity

Leverage the Power of Automation to achieve Project Budgets & Deadlines