[sdiy] Resources on embedded programming good practices?

[sleepy_dog at gmx.de]

uh, where I said "make C++ more competitive with newer, higher level
languages to do stuff on embedded platforms."
I meant NON-embedded, bigger platforms.


sleepy_dog at gmx.de wrote:
>
> *if* you want to do C++, here are some pointers:
> https://www.artima.com/shop/effective_cpp_in_an_embedded_environment
>
> I once found those presentation slides freely downloadable somewhere,
> and it didn't seem fishy... (maybe this offer is fishy, or terms changed)
> perhaps you might, too.
> (Scott Meyers... knows C++)
>
>
> If you want to "make stuff", soon, and you learned C, 10 years ago,
> and will almost exclusively program things for STM32 and similar,
> then perhaps you might want to try a while gaining/refreshing some
> experience with C programming first, though.
>
> C++ always was a complex beast with lots of opportunities, even subtle
> ones, to really dig yourself into the dirt.
> But this hasn't exactly improved, in that regard, in recent years. The
> amount of stuff you need to understand, and think about next to your
> actual task at hand, to get anything done is not small - especially if
> one of your aims is to do it "properly".
> While some of C++ newer versions' aspects can also help for embedded
> development (off the top of my mind, you can do complex stuff at
> compile time more easily, elegantly, understandably - and what's done
> at compile time doesn't need to be done at run-time),
> I'd say the majority of additions help make C++ more competitive with
> newer, higher level languages to do stuff on embedded platforms.
>
> There are some nice things about even the "procedural" subset of C++
> doing things differently that C in some ways that annoy be about C.
> Then again, in C99 and C11 has some things that make some typical
> embedded stuff nicer (look for free documents explaining what C99/11
> got new vs. C89 / ANSI, to get an idea.)
> E.g. assigning of const arrays in an explicitly indexed way, or in
> similar vein, assigning structs (or arrays of such) qualified with
> member names.
> So if you want to make const data structures that get put into program
> memory, which is usually much more plentiful than RAM on such devices,
> you can do so, right in the code, without any external fumblings (or
> ugly macro trickery) assign things in a manner that's very readable
> and not so likely to be wrong - like it can get if your initialization
> depends on the order of something else and must remain in sync with it
> during development/maintenance, to avoid making more complex/wasteful
> structures that would also prevent this problem.
>
> I will now list some not free resources, i.e. books.
> You might be able to get them used and cheaper than the listed prices
> here.
>
> If you (also) want to use C:
>
> One way to get an idea of how to craft programs which are not an
> infinitely intertwined mess is - to keep things *testable*.
> Here is one book that demonstrates how to do that in C.
> Although it promotes the "write tests first, then the implementation"
> way, which weirds out some people - nobody forces you to do that. May
> still be interesting.
> https://www.amazon.com/Driven-Development-Embedded-Pragmatic-Programmers-ebook/dp/B01D3TWF5M
>
>
> A more general classic:
> https://www.amazon.com/Code-Complete-Developer-Best-Practices-ebook/dp/B00JDMPOSY
>
>
> This might be useful if you're not very experienced. Just in case.
> https://www.amazon.com/Debug-Repair-Prevent-Pragmatic-Programmers/dp/193435628X
>
>
> ----------
> I saw this while looking for the links - don't know this one, but
> ratings look good?
> (note that libopencm3 has GPL license, IIRC, in case that matters)
> https://www.amazon.com/Beginning-STM32-Developing-FreeRTOS-libopencm3-ebook/dp/B07DGGHZN6
>
>
> - Steve
>
>
> Spiros Makris wrote:
>> Hello list,
>> I  want to improve my coding habits so that my results will stay
>> maintainable and easy to mod/reuse in the future. The scope of my
>> applications (thus far) is sequencing and other similar low frequency
>> control/real time devices. I use the arduino platform a lot for it's
>> incredible simplicity and driver availability (I love you Teensy) but
>> I'm trying to transition to STM32 eventually, seeing it as a more
>> "serious" and professional platform. In both cases I use C/C++.
>> I was officially taught C while studying in the university but that
>> was 10 years ago and I've only picked up programming again in the
>> past two or three. I understand digital hardware and the core C
>> concepts, however, I don't have the opportunity to work alongside an
>> experienced colleague to learn how I should write my code to be up to
>> "industry standards" (= not be an unmaintainable mess etc) and I'm
>> looking for something to refer to, other than my own trial and error.
>> Example topics include anything from structuring headers to using
>> globals or structuring function calls- especially under the prism of
>> embedded applications. I would appreciate any suggestions on online
>> resources or books.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Spiros
>>
>>
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