SOLID remains to be solid

Software developers, or at least some that I know, have sighed with relief after listening to the Episode 41 of the StackOverflow podcast . What was starting to look like a new 'religious' war has come to a peaceful solution when the parties have sudenly found the inner stregth and responisbility to apologise to each other for their previously expressed probably-not-so-wise statements.
The main issue was around the fact that in one of the previous episodes, during discussion of software quality, Jeff Atwood (one of the authors of StackOverflow) said that "quality doesn't matter that much" and referred to the Robert Martin's SOLID principles. A very heated discussion followed.
Of course, the authors of the podcast did not mean to attack the core principles of the agile methodology, let alone Uncle Bob himself. The altercation was not in anybody's interest and has come to a quick and peaceful solution. Robert Martin has accepted the invitation to be a special guest of the podcast, which seems to be a very respectful gesture that should benefit also (or mainly) most software developers who would prever to hear civilized, merit-based, technological discussions over personal bickering.

Blogosphere

On the 1st of February 2008, I stopped my old 'colourful' professional life and stepped through the threshold into the 'silver' life as a professional sofware developer. Gone are the ameteur and scientific research replacements for what is really the essence of my professional soul. Let the new adventure begin and the (silver) light show where the fun really is.

I am new to the blogging world but I discern all the advantages.

Do it for others, be it your family, your colleagues or the unknown.
Do it for yourself, systematize your knowledge and give vent to your verbal creativity.

Microsoft Certification Exam for ASP.NET 3.5 (70-562)

It has been confirmed that me and some of the colleagues at work will be taking the certification exams on 9 and 10 of March 2009. I have mixed feelings about my chances, although I have been studying quite hard for the last year. Having been away from professional .NET development since July last year hasn't been really helping me in my preparations. However, the pure amount of time spent on learning by reading and by writing sample code is definitelly a plus. A month from now I will testify wether I have passed my first test as a developer.