Update: Robert Martin is scheduled to appear on the Feb 10 episode of the SO Podcast. Should be interesting to see where things go. Also, Jay Fields has weighed in on the topic.
Update #2: Listened to the new SO podcast and am working on a short followup post. I just met another local boy and kindred spirit in Justin Etheredge who has also had a few things to say about this whole debacle.
I wanted to add my two cents to this philosophical, in my view very important, but not very pragmatic debate. For the uninitiated, the argument begins with the Stackoverflow Podcast Episode #38 which is a discussion between Joel Spolsky and Jeff Atwood. They discussed, among many other topics, some of “UncleBob” Martin’s recent material found in his book Clean Code, (actually, Spolsky cited Martin’s appearance on Hanselminutes as the spark to his comments), which Martin responded to with a number of tweets and a blog post. (continue reading…)
Chris Wash is a software developer and tech geek extraordinaire in Richmond, VA.
