Refactoring and SOLID Design for C Training

This training course helps you build knowledge, understanding and skill in the engineering practices needed to build great C code. You learn how to build flexible and modular software with very few defects, software that can have a long useful life. We teach you how to prevent defects and how to keep code clean over years of evolving needs.

Course Length Options

• 2 days - Hands-on classroom only
• 4 days with Legacy Code Workshop (Recommended for existing code)
• 4 days with Walking Skeleton Workshop (Recommended for greenfield)
• For smaller groups a one day workshop is available.

Audience

• Software Developers
• Technical team leaders
• Managers that want to know more about the technology they manage

Prerequisites

• C programming experience

Course Outline

• Agile Design
  • Rules of Simple Design
  • SOLID Design Principles
  • DRY Principle
  • Mind Your Own Business
  • Architectural Vision
  • The Big Picture
  • Vertical Slices
  • From Specific to General
  • Evolution
  • Exercise
• Breaking Dependencies Dynamically
  • Function Pointer Fake
  • Exercise
• Evolving to a SOLID Design
  • Identifying Duplicate Conditional Logic
  • Refactoring to a better design
  • Exercise
• Design Patterns
  • OS Independence
  • Exercise
• Refactoring - Deeper Dive
  • Critical to a Healthy Business
  • Critical Skills
  • Code Smells
  • Envisioning
  • Transforming
  • Exercises
• Wrap up Discussion
• Optional Workshop in your Code Begins

This course will get you and your team well on the way to applying TDD in your C development efforts.