Understand complements my primary editor, VS Code, rather than replacing it. It’s an essential part of my workflow for personal projects, especially when it comes to easily visualizing the underlying types of variables and functions. It’s the best of both worlds!
Tag: api
Showing Line Coverage
Introducing custom line metrics in Understand – with examples showing coverage and violation information integrated into Control Flow and Data Flow Graphs.
Metric Plugins
Abstract: Understand 6.4 let’s you create your own metrics. Understand comes with a lot of built-in metrics, like the number of code lines or the McCabe cyclomatic complexity of a function. Not…
Friends Don’t Let Friends Have C++ Friends
An interactive report to show all the references that depend on C++ friend statements.
Using Understand to Develop Advanced Weapons Systems
The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) uses Understand by SciTools to measure and verify the development of advanced weapons systems against the Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) coding standard. They achieve this by utilizing Understand’s CodeCheck and other features.
Making a Custom IOCTL Calls Tree
A sample plugin to add edges between IOCTL commands and driver code.
Making a Custom Cluster Graph
Extend the custom architecture dependencies graph by adding clusters.
Making a Dependency Graph with Custom Dependencies
A sample python graph plugin to add custom dependencies to an architecture dependency graph.
Making a Custom Architecture Tree
How to create a custom architecture tree using the Python API.
Optimizing Understand API scripts
Identifying which CodeCheck scripts are taking a long time and three functions that might be slowing down your custom API scripts.