Course code: SIOUX-1

Years with company: 3

Years programming: 15+

Primary programming language: C++

Other programming languages: Python, QML, C#

Unit test harnesses: GTest/GMock, QtTest

Something else: Started programming as a hobby while still at high school. Worked as software engineer professionally after graduating in 2011 (Computer Science masters degree). First in a C# web services based environment, switching to embedded development after a couple of years.

Test practice now: Unit tests if feasible, using either GTest+GMock or QtTest

Target system: Embedded Linux platform

Dev tools: QtCreator/KDevelop/VisualStudio IDEs, gdb debugger, gcc compiler mostly, sometimes valgrind for profiling

Build time: 11-30 seconds

Coding standard: Consistency within a project is the most important aspect.

Function too long: Too deep nesting of control logic, it no longer fits on a screen (roughly), or when I start adding comments above blocks of code ("// Step 1: ..." etc)

Code reviews: Standard (required) practice in one project, more or less non-existent in another

Code time: 25

Test time: 25

Debug time: 50

Favorite thing about dev: Technical challenges (solving problems), trying to analyse what's going wrong etc

Least favorite thing about dev: Writing tons of boiler plate code over and over again

Tdd knowledge: Only that the main thing is to write tests before writing other code.

Why are you attending: To learn more about TDD and how it can help improve software quality, especially to find out if it's better than writing tests after the "real" code.