Course code: CIR-1

Years with company: 5

Years programming: 7

Primary programming language: C

Other programming languages: python, C++, C#, assembly

Unit test harnesses: Embunit

Something else: I am a ARM SoC firmware engineer, focused primarily on USB-centered product. I also spent about 7 years living in China.

Test practice now: 1 - unit tests of modules using embunit; 2 - system integration tests with real-world stimuli; 3 - compliance tests

Target system: ARM Cortex M0+ -based SoC

Dev tools: Keil armcc for target and unit test builds gcc for unit test builds eclipse for IDE bullseye for coverage python for misc tools

Build time: Under 10 seconds

Coding standard: We have it published internally; basics like C-standard version, symbol naming, commenting are covered.

Function too long: > 100 lines

Code reviews: our *intention* is a codecollaborator review for every SVN commit; but it tends to be at most a review for every feature developed/bug fixed

Code time: 25

Test time: 50

Debug time: 25

Favorite thing about dev: It's fun make something work that did not before, like building something 'ex nihilo' with Lego when I was a kid. Not only is there the challenge to be creative, but also to be efficient. And with embedded work, you work with something physical.

Least favorite thing about dev: Not enough time - no time to experiment, innovate. Not enough inclusion in the path forward.

Tdd knowledge: I read your book a few years ago and applied a rudimentary TDD w/ embunit on the last library I have developed over the past year.

Why are you attending: To ask you some follow-up questions on TDD w/ the perspective of having used it on production code for 1 year.