Course:
TDD for Embedded C++
Date entered:
2018-11-29 21:11:25 UTC
Course rating:
Excellent
Most useful learnings:
The primary benefit for me was learning CppUMock. I have experience with Google Test, so transitioning to CppUTest was not too difficult, but I hadn't done anything with CppUMock yet.
Also, the course helped remind me to focus my tests. I have written some "rambling" tests.
Concepts v exercises:
Good balance
Presentation v discussion:
Good balance
Course improvements:
A remote course is difficult simply due to logistics, but I thought everything went very well.
Exercise rating:
Excellent
Exercise improvements:
I don't know that much can be improved. I enjoyed the exercises quite a bit.
Instructor comments:
James did an excellent job leading the instruction and guiding everyone through the exercises.
Better prepared:
Bring it on!
Start tomorrow:
Yes. CppUTest was just incorporated into the product line I'm working on. And, I'm the first to write unit tests for several classes that I recently created. They are being written after the fact, but the classes were written to support testing since I had been doing that for several years before coming to this company.
Challenges to applying:
The primary challenge is legacy code where kernel functionality is not isolated; it is intertwined throughout the code. The secondary challenge is the aversion to "refactoring" several engineers have expressed.
Other comments:
None.
Legacy code workshop:
No
Recommend to others:
Yes
Quote permission:
Yes