Course code: MEDT-1
  • Years with company: 8
  • Years programming: 12
  • Primary programming language: C
  • Other programming languages: Lately, just C.
  • Unit test harnesses: Not sure, I believe we use a homebrewed unit tester.
  • Something else: Married with a cat and a dog. Powerlifter in my free time.
  • Test practice now: Unit testing, Manual and Automated verification testing, low level integration testing.
  • Target system: Implantable cardiac devices.
  • Dev tools: Eclipse, IAR for ARM, SVN, CVS, Git.
  • Build time: 1-5 minutes
  • Coding standard: We try to keep code re
  • Function too long: Doing multiple steps, repeating instructions.
  • Code reviews: Typical formatting rules. Keep code simple/readable to limit risk.
  • Code time: 50
  • Test time: 30
  • Debug time: 20
  • Favorite thing about dev: Enjoy the challenge and creativity. Rewarding seeing a project grow.
  • Least favorite thing about dev: Debugging hard to reproduce problems. Spending time trying to hit weird edge cases.
  • Tdd knowledge: Create a test first and design until the test passes.
  • Why are you attending: Want to broaden my knowledge on different design philosophies.