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The future of our community is YOU! (Droidcon NYC 2018 Keynote)

The future of our community is YOU! (Droidcon NYC 2018 Keynote)

Every day each one of us turns to community contributions to help us become better developers — blog posts, open source projects, conference talks, podcasts, and so much more. Can you imagine if these resources didn’t exist?! And while our community is strong today, it’s healthiest when it continues

Android KTX — A Dash of Kotlin Makes All the Difference! (KotlinConf 2018)

Android KTX — A Dash of Kotlin Makes All the Difference! (KotlinConf 2018)

When Kotlin hit the Android scene, one of the first things many of us did was wrap difficult-to-use Android Framework APIs with extension functions. That little sprinkle of Kotlin made all the difference, and life was great — we finally we had a way to make our least favorite calls more

The future of the Android community is YOU (Chicago Roboto 2018)

The future of the Android community is YOU (Chicago Roboto 2018)

If you’ve been paying attention to what’s been going on in our community — conferences, meetups, blog posts, podcasts, open source (the list goes on and on) — you’ve probably noticed a really wonderful energy and spirit behind them all. Yes, our community is healthy and thriving! And while

Getting to 100% Kotlin — A practical guide (Droidcon NYC 2017, Android Summit 2017)

Getting to 100% Kotlin — A practical guide (Droidcon NYC 2017, Android Summit 2017)

A lot of teams are super excited by Kotlin and are ready to go all-in with it. But while exciting, it can also be stressful — learning a brand new language while converting old code and writing new features, all at the same time? How does a team get there as

Some of my favorite Kotlin features

Unlike most articles that introduce you to a language, I’m going to avoid using too much programming lingo. Instead, I’ll try using plain English in the hopes that it’s more accessible to beginners. 🤗 Some notes about the code examples: * I am by no stretch an expert in