Hello world, this is the new home of Fabulous Adventures in Coding. (The previous site is here.) Long-time readers will need no introduction, but if you are new here, please check out this short bio.
Today, November 29th 2012, is as I noted in my final post on the MSDN blog, my second-last day at Microsoft. After tomorrow I will be taking the next few weeks off and not thinking about programming languages for once. And after that, I’m starting a new gig in 2013 at Coverity.
Most of you probably have not heard of Coverity, but you have almost certainly used software that was affected by their tools. Coverity makes static analysis tools for software developers; these tools analyze source code written in C, C++, Java and C# and tell you about correctness and security issues before they ship to customers. Among their high-profile customers are the Jet Propulsion Lab team that wrote the software for the Curiosity rovers now running around on Mars and the software team for the Large Hadron Collider, which recently confirmed the existence of the Higgs Boson. They also serve more down-to-earth customers; it’s not all weird science.
As an expert on the design and implementation of static analyzers for C# code — because, after all, that’s what the compiler is! — the opportunity to work in downtown Seattle on a small team to improve the C# analysis product was too good to pass up. And so here I am, continuing to try to improve the tools available for C# programmers.
Though I am no longer an “insider” on the C# design team, I intend to continue to blog about the design and implementation of C#, as well as other fabulous adventures in coding. If this sort of thing interests you, please subscribe to the RSS feed at ericlippert.com/feed, and please follow me on Twitter where I am @ericlippert.
Once I’m back from my short vacation we’ll get right back into it. Thanks for reading, and I look forward to sharing more fabulous adventures with you.
Next time on FAIC: Why are the bracing rules inconsistent in C#?