Course code: WEB-37

Years with company: 2

Years programming: 10

Primary programming language: C/C++

Other programming languages: Python, Java, C#, and Javascript Most experienced with Java/C#

Unit test harnesses: Junit a little bit, but primarily have not done unit testing

Something else: Outside of my embedded day job, I like to work on mobile and cloud computing side projects. When I'm not programming I enjoy traveling and playing board games & video games.

Test practice now: Not in a systematic way. Pass in extreme values to the function and verify I get what I expect. I step through the logic with each expected value (usually by "hand") and then work through it to verify it's correct.

Target system: Primarily 32 bit ARM Cortex-M MCUs

Dev tools: IAR

Build time: 1-5 minutes

Coding standard: We pretty closely follow the Embedded C Coding Standard written by Michael Barr.

Function too long: If it does more than one thing, break it up into smaller functions. Long funcs usually do too much.

Code reviews: Mostly informal - with a few other software devs reviewing the code and walking through it.

Code time: 40%

Test time: 20%

Debug time: 40%

Favorite thing about dev: Debugging. I like trying to figure out what's wrong with the code. I also like building new things.

Least favorite thing about dev: Analysis Paralysis. It's easy for me to spend too much time trying to find the best architecture.

Tdd knowledge: I know that test-driven development is very iterative and can potentially save a lot of time.

Why are you attending: I want to find out how to write tests efficiently so I can get the benefits of TDD