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Re: Methodologies for C programming

From Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com>
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Subject Re: Methodologies for C programming
Date 2018-12-08 10:46 +1300
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On 08/12/2018 02:15, Thiago Adams wrote:
> 
> 
> Recently I became more interested in unity tests
> and modularization.  I can say that the C language is partially
> responsible for that.
> 
> When we think in unit test, we also think in TDD, although
> I think TDD does not exactly reflects the methodology I want
> to use.
> 
> The reason why C is the root of the interest is that when we
> start using C we need to build a lot infrastructure to program.
> 
> In C we need to build your own data types. Comparing with C++
> for instance, we have parametrized data types like vector and map
> and other read-to-use types like string.
> 
> Therefore, to avoid doing everything again and again we need to
> think in modularization and reuse. Using C++ someone else is in
> charge for testing the STL containers. Doing you own data types
> we need to make sure everything is working and unit tests also
> become very important.

If you are rolling your own.  There are often high quality opensource 
libraries available from exiting projects.

> With methodologies do you use?

Mostly TDD and as many XP practices as we can squeeze int.

> What do you think about TDD?

Use it just about everywhere.  On my current project my fellow 
architects are also keen TDDers so it is widely used for all of the 
languages we use.  For C specifically, the path of least resistance for 
unit testing is a C++ framework such as Googletest.

> How to you reuse code?

Usually by extracting useful nuggets into libraries.  TDD tends to 
produce lots of small functions (or objects in an OO language) which is 
a good start for building reusable components.

-- 
Ian.

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Methodologies for C programming Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-12-07 05:15 -0800
  Re: Methodologies for C programming Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-12-07 05:38 -0800
    Re: Methodologies for C programming Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-12-07 07:57 -0800
      Re: Methodologies for C programming David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-12-07 18:05 +0100
  Re: Methodologies for C programming Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-12-07 08:08 -0800
  Re: Methodologies for C programming William Ahern <william@25thandClement.com> - 2018-12-07 10:08 -0800
    Re: Methodologies for C programming Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-12-07 10:23 -0800
  Re: Methodologies for C programming Wouter Verhelst <w@uter.be> - 2018-12-07 22:04 +0100
  Re: Methodologies for C programming Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2018-12-08 10:46 +1300
    Re: Methodologies for C programming Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-12-08 02:27 -0800
      Re: Methodologies for C programming Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-12-08 10:35 -0800
        Re: Methodologies for C programming Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2018-12-09 08:22 +0000
  Re: Methodologies for C programming fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2018-12-09 14:40 -0800
  Re: Methodologies for C programming "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2018-12-27 13:17 +0100
    Re: Methodologies for C programming "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2018-12-27 08:12 -0500
    Re: Methodologies for C programming Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-12-27 07:54 -0800
      Re: Methodologies for C programming Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-12-27 11:32 -0500
      Re: Methodologies for C programming fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2018-12-27 09:22 -0800
  Re: Methodologies for C programming jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2018-12-27 19:54 +0100
    Re: Methodologies for C programming Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-12-27 17:54 -0500
      Re: Methodologies for C programming fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2018-12-27 16:24 -0800
        Re: Methodologies for C programming Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2018-12-27 17:57 -0800
        Re: Methodologies for C programming Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2018-12-27 17:58 -0800
          Re: Methodologies for C programming rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2018-12-27 21:34 -0700
            Re: Methodologies for C programming Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-12-27 21:27 -0800
              Re: Methodologies for C programming rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2018-12-28 08:30 -0700
                Re: Methodologies for C programming Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-12-28 12:15 -0800
                Re: Methodologies for C programming rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2018-12-28 20:42 -0700
                Re: Methodologies for C programming Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-12-29 09:26 -0800
                Re: Methodologies for C programming rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2018-12-29 13:50 -0700
  Re: Methodologies for C programming luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2018-12-30 12:39 -0800
    Re: Methodologies for C programming fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2018-12-30 14:00 -0800
      Re: Methodologies for C programming fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2018-12-30 14:18 -0800
    Re: Methodologies for C programming rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2018-12-30 16:48 -0700
      Re: Methodologies for C programming luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2018-12-31 00:06 -0800
        Re: Methodologies for C programming fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2018-12-31 02:34 -0800
        Re: Methodologies for C programming Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-12-31 05:13 -0800
        Re: Methodologies for C programming rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2018-12-31 12:44 -0700
      Re: Methodologies for C programming Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2019-01-01 16:01 -0800
      Re: Methodologies for C programming Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2019-01-01 16:23 -0800
    Re: Methodologies for C programming Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-12-31 05:08 -0800
      Re: Methodologies for C programming Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2018-12-31 17:32 +0000
        Re: Methodologies for C programming Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-12-31 14:13 -0800
  Re: Methodologies for C programming Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2019-01-02 02:48 -0800

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