Course code:
COB-3
Years with company:
15
Years programming:
30 years
Primary programming language:
C
Other programming languages:
No others for some years.
Unit test harnesses:
In house developed systems - 1993-1999.
Something else:
A computer science graduate
Test practice now:
Self review - dry run.
HDE testing - ad hock testing.
Test spec for RAV team system tests - pass criteria. Follow up analysis of debug logs for code path execution and parameter values.
Target system:
Embedded multi-processor system.
Dev tools:
Visual studio, text editor (gVim), clearcase, command line tools
Build time:
1-5 minutes
Coding standard:
There is one
Function too long:
When you cannot remember it or visually scan it easily.
Code reviews:
Those I conduct - focus on correctness of behavior and robustness of code, coverage of error checking.
Code time:
25%
Test time:
15%
Debug time:
20%
Favorite thing about dev:
Writing code - really beautiful code. Tight implementation I "know" is right.
Least favorite thing about dev:
Being interrupted and context switching to other peoples problems...
Tdd knowledge:
I read the introduction to the book
Why are you attending:
The company is universally asking engineers to - and I am quite pleased to engage intellectually with something fresh - and be paid while I am doing so.