Course code: CIRQ-1
  • Years with company: Almost 2
  • Years programming: 12 years
  • Primary programming language: C
  • Other programming languages: C++, C#
  • Unit test harnesses: AceUnit, VisualStudio's C# unit test, a little CppUTest
  • Something else: I grew up in Spokane, Washington. I graduated in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis on embedded systems. I minored in Japanese. My wife and I just had a baby girl last week.
  • Test practice now: I have been a proponent of unit testing, but never had a clear framework or training on how to go about it. Since working at Cirque, I have been starting up a new repository that was meant to be flexible and the only repository of our code. To make that more manageable, I've been writing unit tests all along whenever I ported something to this repository.
  • Target system: Chiefly embedded micro-controllers
  • Dev tools: Visual Studio, Kiel (ARM-based projects), Various versions of Eclipse as put out by microcontroller vendors.
  • Build time: 31-60 seconds
  • Coding standard: We have a standard for look-and-feel (naming conventions, brace placement, etc.) to keep the code readable.
  • Function too long: Good question. We haven't gotten that far in our coding standard
  • Code reviews: We use the Atlassian tool Crucible to manage code reviews for non-trivial changes.
  • Code time: 55% (including planning/diagramming)
  • Test time: 30%
  • Debug time: 15%
  • Favorite thing about dev: I like having a problem to solve given the constraints of a system or product, whether that is a product feature or a requirement of how the code needs to be structured. I like the idea of driving efficiency and making things make sense.
  • Least favorite thing about dev: I don't like repetitious work unless it is a one-time thing.
  • Tdd knowledge: I've read your book, but had a little bit of programming experience and training on it before, but never stuck to it. I get the basic pattern down, but all the related principles, like code-smells and SOLID, haven't become ingrained yet.
  • Why are you attending: I'd really like to learn TDD well enough to keep the practice going. However, I also want to be able to help classmates so everyone keeps using it as a useful tool.