Course code: SE-2
  • Years with company: 3
  • Years programming: 6
  • Primary programming language: Structure Text
  • Other programming languages: C, C++
  • Unit test harnesses: Google Test
  • Something else: I'm spending a lot of time doing Jitsu at the moment.
  • Test practice now: CODESYS test manager unit testing
  • Target system: E+PLC400 - PowerPC based system.
  • Dev tools: CODESYS, visual studio
  • Build time: 1-5 minutes
  • Coding standard: We have internal coding standards that we follow.
  • Function too long: It's bigger than a single screen / does more than one thing.
  • Code reviews: Code reviews are done at the end of the code / test development process and usually involve the engineer that wrote the code and an additional engineer.
  • Code time: 20
  • Test time: 70
  • Debug time: 10
  • Favorite thing about dev: Being creative, solving problems, everything coming together and working.
  • Least favorite thing about dev: Mundane but necessary tasks. Tracking down bugs. Maintaining bad code.
  • Tdd knowledge: Have read your book on it and try to implement it on a day to day basis but not as well as I would like.
  • Why are you attending: To improve the architecture of my program to allow for better testing. (Honestly!).