The use of plaintext passwords in source code is unsafe and should be avoided from an Security IT point of view. Unfortunately, this is a common practice. Keep in mind that in case you are using a code repository with…
This post is an introduction to system virtualization. It is part of a series of articles about virtualization. Description of System Virtualization System virtualization implies that a system (such as an operating system is virtualized). Because it was the first…
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is the process of managing and provisioning computer data center resources through machine-readable definition files, rather than physical hardware configuration or interactive configuration tools. IaC is a technology that is related to configuration management. You can…
Software versioning is the process of assigning version names or numbers to software Software created Visual Studio separates four numbers with dots. The meaning of each number is: Example: 4.5.13.89 Software Code Version Control System Some software assigns the version…
This post is an introduction to C++. C++ is an adaptation of C to the object-oriented paradigm. It was originally developed by Bjarne Stroustrup. C++ Versions and Standards There are different standard versions of C++. Each version is standardized through…
An application programming interface (API) is a way for two or more computer programs to communicate with each other. Concepts related to API Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is a is a process between two computer systems that enables two companies…
This post features some reimplementations of MS-DOS Video Games. List of Reimplementations of MS-DOS Video Games List of reimplementations of MS-DOS Video Games featured on this post: OpenTTD (Transport Tycoon Deluxe) OpenTTD is a remake of Transport Tycoon Deluxe (1995).…
In software engineering, continuous integration is the practice of merging all developers’ working copies to a shared mainline several times a day. Continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI-CD) is the merge of both. To achieve continuous integration you need: CI/CD is one…
This post features IT technologies to work with geospatial and geographic data. Geospatial Data Structures Geographic data structures featured on this post: GeoJSON GeoJSON official website Geospatial Databases Geospatial or geographic databases featured on this post: PostGIS PostGIS adds support…
This posts describes some ways to obtain the source code from software binaries. The process of obtaining source code from software binaries is an activity of reverse engineering. Methods to get Source Code from Software Binaries A disassembler is a…