Hi there,

Three things happened during the last week that each increased my urge to write this article. The coincidence is almost uncanny.

• Monday: over the easter weekend I finally built a tool I've been meaning to build for over a year.
• Tuesday: I became responsible for releasing and quality of my …

While I'm not a fan of certifications and the sort, it's definitely helpful for a novice developer to have a scale to measure himself against. Something that answers the question "what do I need to learn?"

The guys from clean-code-developer.de do a decent job of defining stages and methods …