Figuring out when to use dimensions in Android can be a tricky time. Should all values be a dimension? How about none of them? You could argue that both of these are valid, but I’d like to clear the air with the statement “sometimes you should use dimension values.” But how do you know when? […]
It’s very common to find yourself working with Arrays in any language, and PHP is no exception. If you’re reading this, you probably want to find out how to add to an array in PHP but there’s one thing to cover first! Unlike most other languages, arrays in PHP are just an ordered map! Let’s […]
Let’s face it — Fragments are a pain to test and it’s predominantly due to how the Android operating system works. Sometimes, you’ll find yourself writing business rules regarding how a view is displayed. Likely, some data will come back from a web server and you’ll have to format some text differently or color something […]
A few years ago, I interviewed for a Dev Ops position at a pretty prominent CI shop in San Francisco. Part of the interview process involved a take-home code-assignment (of course). This particular assignment is known as the Gilded Rose. The Gilded Rose isn’t a fizzbuzz. It’s not “Implement a Trie” in whatever language you […]
I’ve been working on a Ktor api for a while now and found myself needing to make sure my routes had access to my repositories. Naturally, I sought out the advice of anyone who’s implemented Dagger with Ktor. After digging for a bit, I realized that it was completely unnecessary and likely overkill. Dagger works […]
Ktor is a microframework written in Kotlin. It’s focus is on building asynchronous servers and clients in connected systems. I’ve been using it predominantly for the “server” slice of that statement. I call Ktor a “microframework” simply because, while it’s opinionated, you have a lot of freedom in the way that you accomplish tasks within […]
Working on an enterprise application written in Kotlin, I’ve recently noticed something that felt “off” to me. Perhaps you’ve seen it, perhaps you’ve written it — maybe even recently! It looks something like this (I call this a Lambda-Map): Sure, this plusOne function isn’t really necessary. We can just inline it in the Lambda, but imagine […]