I’m giving a keynote tomorrow at DroidCon Berlin! Here’s what I plan to listen to before hitting the stage.
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Update: Icons By Number
Very exciting updates to Icons By Number! We have two talented artists and sketchnoters joining the project.
- The lovely Siena Aguayo is a master of simple, but beautiful sketchnotes.
- The mega talented designer and illustrator, Virginia Poltrack, of Fit Cat and other Android watch faces plus countless illustrations for WomenTechmakers and others.
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2015: Solar, Safaris, and Sketchnotes
It’s that time of year to reflect on the past and look toward the future. A lot of great stuff happened this year:
DroidCon London: Android Kata Workshop
I’m giving an Android Kata workshop at DroidCon London today!
Materials
If you enjoyed this workshop, make sure to get a video copy. If you’re looking for more of a challenge, check out my Android Activity Book which leads you through building a calculator with TDD.
If you want to learn more about me and/or my approach to testing, check out my appearance on the Fragmented podcast and/or Android Dialogs!
Getting Started: Configuring Mac for Android
This post will walk you through configuring your machine for Android development.
Continue reading Getting Started: Configuring Mac for Android
Speak Up, But Not Too Loudly
Fragmented Podcast
Fragmented is an Android developer podcast where Donn Felker and Kaushik Gopal cover a variety of Android and software development topics.
I had a great time chatting with them! We covered testing, katas, travel, and much more.
The recording process was so much fun that I recorded the Kata video course later that weekend.
6 Testing Tips
Don’t fear the unknown. I felt insecure early in my career and would get nervous when pairing with developers who knew what they were doing. Part of me didn’t want to admit I didn’t know how to test so I shunned it instead.
Start early in your career. It makes you a better coder that thinks more clearly about the code you are writing. Testing is important and shouldn’t just be practiced by experienced developers. Continue reading 6 Testing Tips
Android Kata Workshop
I was inspired by my recent appearance on the Fragment podcast to get recording! I can’t wait to share what we talked about on the show, but in the meantime …
An idea I’ve been kicking around for a while was show Android TDD in action. The Android Activity Book gives a thorough introduction, but since it’s a book, it’s harder to get an immediate feel for TDD.
To make it more accessible, I created an Android Kata so that people could practice TDD on a small throw away app. I gave this as a workshop to my coworkers and they really loved working through the example project. I turned it into a downloadable workshop so that you can walk through it too.
Get your copy today! I’d love to hear your feedback.
Google I/O 2015
Last week I attended the Global GDG Summit and Google I/O in San Francisco.
It’s great to see the top Android developers in the world — all in one place! It felt like everyone I’ve ever met at past international and domestic conferences was there.
I captured everything in sketchnotes. Here’s a taste, but you can download the whole set here.