Course code: BARR-5

Years with company: 4.5 years

Years programming: 20+ years

Primary programming language: C (microcontrollers) and Python (host code)

Other programming languages: C++, have used many more in the past, starting to learn Elixir

Unit test harnesses: cpputest, cmockery, unity, Google Test, Boost Test, unittest (Python)

Something else: I am currently working my own toy programming language and writing a compiler from scratch as a learning exercise. I started with ply and lex/yacc, but neither really supports my chosen language syntax (white-space significant).

Test practice now: Unit tests using TDD where practical and system-level feature/regression tests. For full system development, I often perform system-level fuzzing tests.

Target system: Varies by customer, but often Cortex-M class microcontrollers

Dev tools: C: gcc + openocd + eclipse, Python: PyCharm, cmake. Visual Studio on Windows.

Build time: Under 10 seconds

Coding standard: Varies by customer

Function too long: When you cannot explain its purpose on one line or when it needs comments in the body to explain how it works.

Code reviews: Infrequent by others as my consulting is often sole-developer for a product or specific features. Lint and -Wall -Wextra -pedantic are my friends.

Code time: 35

Test time: 35

Debug time: 30 (including system testing)

Favorite thing about dev: The challenge and continuous learning. Working with people to create great solutions.

Least favorite thing about dev: Fighting with tools and poorly written code. Bureaucracy. Solving the same problem over and over.

Tdd knowledge: I use it frequently.

Why are you attending: Possibly teaching it in the future!