{"product_id":"linux-programming-tools-unveiled-9789352300204","title":"Linux Programming Tools Unveiled","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the recent years, Linux, a public domain, freely available Unix variant has attracted the people very much. Today's complex production environments demands superior application performance. Linux is having extraordinary advantages such as: complete source code access, availability of exceptional optimization, testing tools. This book is to explore this facet of Linux.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeatures\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplained Linux success stories with emphasis on facilities and tools available in Linux for SW development\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains gcc (GNU) toolchain in detail, combining C and C++, C and Java, and C and Fortran in a lucid manner\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow command line arguments can be handled by C\/C++ programs with getopt, argp library are dealt\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses about environment variables and their management\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSystem limits are explored with their implication of program performance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains about how assembly programming can be done under Linux\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to mix C and assembly, how system calls can be called from assembly, how modules can be developed in assembly and a bare boot (OS) program creation, are discussed in detail.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow static and dynamic libraries are\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA popularly used tool for detecting memory errors, Electric Fence, is explained with concept oriented examples\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA chapter on Valgrind explained as to how memory can be checked for memory leaks, segment violations, analyze the cache performance in an illustrative manner\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDescribes memory mapping of files, especially for large files and the impact on program's performance.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGnu debugger (gdb) is detailed; gcov and gprof explains about profiling of a C program to improve its performance; make, rcs, SW tools explains how they can be used for SW development in practice.with concept oriented examples with special reference to Web enabled applications.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003edeveloped and commissioned in Linux is explained and how Libtool can be used for library development is discussed\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDealt with Lex\/Yacc tools, which are to be used in compiler development\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMemory management, memory errors, Linux memory management, etc., are described with illustrative examples\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e BS Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789352300204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 582\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 7.50w x 1.25d","brand":"N. B. Venkateswarlu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51280882303157,"sku":"9789352300204","price":127.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f3cb54ee-a80e-4c77-8003-3b97224da8e6.jpg?v=1751469590","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/linux-programming-tools-unveiled-9789352300204","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}