Course code: WEB-24
  • Years with company: 3
  • Years programming: 15
  • Primary programming language: Java
  • Other programming languages: Decades ago: Pascal, FORTRAN, C, Ada, 68000 assembler, 80286 assembler, Python, bash
  • Unit test harnesses: JUnit
  • Something else: Friend of Bas and Craig. Rusty at coding. Established https://fansofless.com .
  • Test practice now: n/a
  • Target system: n/a
  • Dev tools: I used to use emacs, ant, Eclipse. I started learning IntelliJ.
  • Build time: 11-30 seconds
  • Coding standard: n/a
  • Function too long: When I can't understand it after a few minutes -- typically a page, though I prefer shorter.
  • Code reviews: n/a
  • Code time: 0
  • Test time: 0
  • Debug time: 0
  • Favorite thing about dev: Back when I did it, it was fun to see something working and be able to change it. I enjoyed seeing it go live.
  • Least favorite thing about dev: I always seem to struggle with getting third party libraries and tools to work. I'm also not crazy about bad code.
  • Tdd knowledge: Some experience doing it in Java. Often it was not pure TDD.
  • Why are you attending: I'm feeling kind of useless as a Scrum trainer and wondering if it's too late for me to go back to a normal programming job.