Course code: ZEBRA-2
  • Years with company: 8
  • Years programming: 27
  • Primary programming language: C/C++
  • Other programming languages: none
  • Unit test harnesses: none
  • Something else: I am new to the label printer group and am coming up to speed on their development environment
  • Test practice now: on the target hardware
  • Target system: mobile and card printers using FreeScale/QNX and Altera Nios II/uCOS respectively
  • Dev tools: Momentix, Altera IDE
  • Build time: 5-30 minutes
  • Coding standard: Previous group ignored them, new group seems to adhere to a standard
  • Function too long: gut feel given the complexity of it
  • Code reviews: Previous group didn't have them, new group seems to do reviews and/or pair programming
  • Code time: 60
  • Test time: 20
  • Debug time: 20
  • Favorite thing about dev: Challenging, working with others, interesting end products
  • Least favorite thing about dev: At Zebra, have not been given the opportunity to design prior to coding
  • Tdd knowledge: not very much
  • Why are you attending: