Continuous Verification and CI/CD

PC-lint Plus runs as a command-line tool and integrates into any CI/CD environment. Its fully customizable output format allows analysis results to be consumed by build systems, issue trackers, and dashboards. Because it operates on source code and requires no build or execution, it can run on every commit with minimal overhead.

PC-lint Plus View extends that visibility directly into the development environment. Findings appear inline as code is written, making defects and guideline violations immediately visible to the developer who introduced them rather than surfacing later in a build report. The same analysis that runs in the pipeline runs in the editor, against the same rule configuration.

PC-lint Plus flags coding standard violations, null-pointer dereferences, security weaknesses, and other defect classes the moment they appear in the codebase, within the build that introduced them.

VectorCAST integrates with Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab, and other CI frameworks. The Server Edition is optimized for parallel test execution in automated environments, running tests across multiple configurations without blocking interactive test development.

Full test suite execution on every commit is impractical on large codebases. Change-Based Testing (CBT) in VectorCAST addresses this by identifying the minimum set of test cases that cover the code sections affected by a change and re-executing only those tests.

Coverage integrity is maintained. CBT provides fast feedback on the impact of each change while keeping the CI cycle short. Full regression runs can be scheduled when needed. Between them, CBT provides fast feedback on the impact of changes, keeping the CI cycle short without leaving gaps.

Individual test runs reflect the state of a single build. Squore monitors the project trajectory. It tracks whether coverage is improving between releases, whether static analysis findings are accumulating, and whether the codebase is on track to meet coverage obligations before integration.

Squore enforces quality gates that prevent non-compliant code from progressing through the pipeline. When a commit would cause a coverage regression below a defined threshold, or when static analysis findings exceed a configured limit, the gate stops the build and alerts the team. Trend analysis surfaces quality deterioration early, before it becomes a problem that delays release.

Each automated test run, static analysis execution, and coverage measurement adds to a growing body of evidence showing what has been verified, how thoroughly, and with what justification. This evidence accumulates as a byproduct of the development process rather than as a separate compliance activity assembled under pressure before an audit.

For teams working under ISO 26262, DO-178C, IEC 61508, or IEC 62304, the practical consequence is significant. Certification evidence that took weeks to compile at the end of previous projects exists continuously throughout this one. Coverage gaps surface when they are still small. Static analysis debt does not accumulate to the point where it becomes unmanageable. The audit becomes a review of an existing record rather than a race to produce one.

PC-lint Plus, VectorCAST, and Squore are each certified to the standards they support. Their outputs are accepted as verification evidence without additional qualification work. Building them into the pipeline means compliance evidence is a product of engineering practice, not a project in its own right.