Course code: BARR-12

Years with company: 7

Years programming: 20

Primary programming language: C

Other programming languages: C++, Python, MATLAB, C#

Unit test harnesses: None

Something else: I enjoy spending time with my kids, going to breweries, and hiking/camping.

Test practice now: Manually, with units tests for some very small libraries

Target system: Microchip PIC32 microcontrollers, usually

Dev tools: MPLAB

Build time: 31-60 seconds

Coding standard: Barr Group Standard

Function too long: When it does more than what its single purpose is.

Code reviews: Not as efficient as I would like. As a newly forming group all our processes are in infancy. I am also usually the sole final say for code reviews, I'd like to transition that to others once we get more settled.

Code time: 40

Test time: 20

Debug time: 40

Favorite thing about dev: I like creating things and the speed at which solutions can come to fruition.

Least favorite thing about dev: Testing!

Tdd knowledge: I know I need to do it. I know it requires building test cases ahead of development and preferably having an automated mechanism to run these tests.

Why are you attending: I want to speed my development along and manual testing is rarely fun. Our team is rapidly expanding and I need an easier mechanism for verifying quality of code. We need to do it but I've struggled to get something that is useful for embedded.