When I looked up the publishing date for this book, I was surprised to find out that the book is 11 years old. The content feels as if written today. The authors’ advice is as relevant as ever. I am sure that it will stay relevant at least for the next 10 years.
Reading: How Apple Is Organized For Innovation
Almost all companies I worked with over the last 25 years had an oversupply of non-technical managers and an undersupply of technical experts in leadership positions. These companies build products with less value for the users and take longer to do so. Apple shows that companies can succeed with a functional organisation, where experts lead...
Burkhard on Qt Embedded Systems: No. 24
My newsletter will go out on Monday, 6 December 2021. Here is the table of contents as a teaser. My Blog Post and Talk Developing a QML Keypad with TDD (post) Hexagonal Architecture: The Standard for Qt Embedded Applications (talk) My Perspective: Free Smart Machines from Dumb User Interfaces.The user interfaces of most machines are...
Developing a QML Keypad with TDD
Although Qt comes with a unit-test framework QuickTest for QML code, hardly any QML GUIs are unit-tested, let alone developed with TDD (test-driven development). One reason is that many developers regard unit tests for GUI code as a waste of time. Another reason is that QuickTest is poorly documented. My post will change this with...
My Talk “Hexagonal Architecture: The Standard for Qt Embedded Applications” at Meeting Embedded 2021
I gave a talk at Meeting Embedded 2021 on 4 November 2021. First, I introduced the hexagonal architecture (a.k.a. ports-and-adapters architecture) in general. Then, I showed a walking skeleton of the architecture for a harvester terminal.
Burkhard on Qt Embedded Systems: No. 23
My newsletter will go out one week late on 8 November 2021. In October, I gave 6 legacy code workshops and 2 license compliance workshops, and started a new coaching project. I have started the Win Without Pitching Bootcamp this week and must prepare my talk Hexagonal Architecture: The Standard for Qt Embedded Applications at...
Burkhard on Qt Embedded Systems: No. 22
My newsletter will go out on Monday, 4 October 2021. Here is the table of contents as a teaser. My Blog Posts Setting Up Yocto Projects with kas. Is the Header Included from extern “C” Compiled as C or C++? My Thoughts on the IoT Architecture of Parking Meters. Sounds boring, but it’s actually quite...
Setting Up Yocto Projects with kas
Kas makes the setup of a Yocto build environment super simple and super fast. We call kas with a project configuration file: kas-container build ./eu-terminal-distro.yml. Kas starts a Docker container, clones the layer repositories, initialises the Yocto configuration files (local.conf and bblayers.conf), and starts building the embedded Linux system. Most Linux BSP providers don’t make...
Is the Header Included from extern “C” Compiled as C or C++?
It depends! If a C++ source file includes the header inside an extern "C" section, the header is compiled as C++. If a C source file includes the header, the header is compiled as C. Hence, the header file should be both valid C and valid C++.
Burkhard on Qt Embedded Systems: No. 21
My newsletter will go out on Wednesday, 8 September 2021. Here is the table of contents as a teaser. My Thoughts on Pricing Services. After discussing hourly billing and value pricing in the last episode, I’ll share my experience on productised services, advisory retainers and training & workshops in this episode. Reading Liz Keogh: Estimating...