How to become a better (Android) developer

There are many ways every developer can get better. We can gain more knowledge, we can share it effectively with the others, we can take some actions in order to become more productive or to step out of our comfort zone.

In my talk I will go through every of these (and some more) giving references to the resources (books, sites, presentations, tools, plugins etc) I find helpful in getting better. Core part of my presentation can be applied to any software developer regardless of the technology, but the references will be mainly Java, Kotlin and Android specific.

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1. HOW TO BECOME A BETTER (ANDROID) DEVELOPER 1 Jan Hudzik
4. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
5. PRINCIPLES OF PROGRAMMING • SOLID principles • Separation of concerns • DRY • KISS • YAGNI • POLA • The Boy Scout Rule • (and much more…)
6. PRINCIPLES OF PROGRAMMING http://java-design-patterns.com/principles
7. DESIGN PATTERNS • Abstract Factory • Adapter • Bridge • Builder • Chain of responsibility • Command • Composite • Converter • Data Access Object • Data Bus • Decorator • Delegation • Dependency Injection • Facade • Factory method • Feature toggle • Flyweight • Interpreter • Iterator • Lazy Loading • Mediator • Memento • Mutex • Null Object • Observer • Prototype • Proxy • Publish Subscribe • Repository • Singleton • State • Strategy • Template Method • Thread Pool • Value Object • Visitor (and much much more…)
8. DESIGN PATTERNS ‘Head First Design Patterns’ Eric Freeman & Elisabeth Robson
9. DESIGN PATTERNS http://java-design-patterns.com/patterns
10. DESIGN PATTERNS (JAVA) https://github.com/iluwatar/java-design-patterns
11. CLEAN CODE ’Clean Code’ Robert C. Martin • Meaningful Names • Functions • Comments • Formatting • Objects and Data Structures • Error Handling • Unit Tests • Classes • Systems • Concurrency
12. JAVA
13. EFFECTIVE JAVA ‘Effective Java’ Joshua Bloch
14. JAVA PRACTICES http://www.javapractices.com
15. CHECKSTYLE http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net
16. CHECKSTYLE http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/checks.html
17. KOTLIN
18. KOTLIN DOCS https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference
19. KOTLIN EXAMPLES https://try.kotlinlang.org/#/Examples
20. KOTLIN KOANS https://try.kotlinlang.org/#/Kotlin%20Koans
21. DETEKT https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt
22. ANDROID
23. ANDROID DOCS - API GUIDES https://developer.android.com/guide
24. ANDROID DOCS - TRAINING https://developer.android.com/training
25. ANDROID DOCS - TRAINING https://developer.android.com/training • Best practices for User Interface • Best practices for Performance • Best practices for Background Jobs • Best practices for Security & Privacy • Testing Apps on Android
26. ANDROID DOCS - SAMPLES https://developer.android.com/samples
27. ANDROID DOCS - QUALITY GUIDELINES https://developer.android.com/develop/quality-guidelines
28. LINT https://developer.android.com/studio/write/lint.html
29. ONLINE COURSES - UDACITY https://developers.google.com/training/android
30. ONLINE COURSES - UDACITY https://www.udacity.com/google-scholarships
31. ONLINE COURSES - UDACITY https://developers.google.com/training/android • Android Development for Beginners • Android Development Fundamentals • Advanced Android App Development • UX Design for Mobile Developers • Material Design for Android • Android Performance • Firebase in a Weekend • Gradle for Android and Java
32. CODELABS https://codelabs.developers.google.com/?cat=Android
33. CODELABS (EXAMPLES) https://codelabs.developers.google.com/?cat=Android • Android Network Security Configuration • Automated Performance Testing • Build Your First Android App in Kotlin • Build an App with Architecture Components • Android life-cycle aware components • Firebase Android • Keep Sensitive Data Safe and Private • Build your First Android Instant App
34. CODELABS https://github.com/googlecodelabs
35. BUSY CODER’S GUIDE ‘The Busy Coder’s Guide to Android Development’ Mark Murphy
36. BUSY CODER’S GUIDE https://github.com/commonsguy/cw-omnibus
37. ONLINE COURSES - CASTER.IO https://caster.io
38. ONLINE COURSES - CASTER.IO https://caster.io • Detecting memory leaks with LeakCanary • Git in Android Studio • RxJava 2 • Mockito • Model View Presenter with Android • Realm • TDD with Espresso • Android Build Variants
41. REDDIT https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev
42. TWITTER https://twitter.com
43. TWITTER https://techbeacon.com/40-leading-android-developers-follow-twitter
44. TWITTER https://twitter.com/jahudzik/following
45. ANDROID WEEKLY http://androidweekly.net
46. ANDROID WEEKLY http://androidweekly.net/search
47. ANDROIDDEV DIGEST https://www.androiddevdigest.com
48. KOTLIN WEEKLY http://www.kotlinweekly.net
49. BLOGS • Android Developers Blog • Google Developers Blog • Styling Android • AndroidPub • Google Developers Experts (Medium) • Kotlin Blog • IntelliJ IDEA Blog
50. FEEDLY https://feedly.com
51. PODCASTS
52. FRAGMENTED PODCAST http://fragmentedpodcast.com
53. FRAGMENTED PODCAST (EPISODES) http://fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/all • Android Architecture Paging Library • Displays, CPU’s, GPU’s and Color • Make your apps instant • 10 Books Android developers should read • Ten Testing Strategies • Taming the activity lifecycle • An honest discussion about Realm • The state of event bus(es) today • Smoke and Mirror Android UI tricks
54. FRAGMENTED PODCAST (SHOW NOTES) http://fragmentedpodcast.com
55. ANDROID DEVELOPERS BACKSTAGE PODCAST http://androidbackstage.blogspot.com
56. ANDROID DEVELOPERS BACKSTAGE PODCAST http://androidbackstage.blogspot.com • Android Internals • Kotlin-n-stuff • Project Treble - for the HAL of it • Graphics • Architecture Components 2 - Persistence • Architecture Components 1 - Lifecycle • Things • Profiler • Emulator
57. THE CONTEXT PODCAST https://github.com/artem-zinnatullin/TheContext-Podcast
58. TALKING KOTLIN PODCAST http://talkingkotlin.com
59. POCKET CASTS https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.com.shiftyjelly.pocketcasts
60. EVENTS
61. MEETUPS https://www.meetup.com
62. GOOGLE DEVELOPER GROUPS https://developers.google.com/groups
63. GOOGLE DEVELOPER GROUPS https://developers.google.com/groups/directory
64. DEVFEST https://developers.google.com/events/devfest
65. CONFERENCES http://droidcon.com
66. EVENTS http://androidstudygroup.github.io/conferences
67. ANDROID DEVELOPERS (YOUTUBE) https://www.youtube.com/user/androiddevelopers
68. DROIDCON (YOUTUBE) https://www.youtube.com/user/droidcon
69. ANDROID RESOURCES https://androidresources.net
72. READ CODE
73. OPEN SOURCE LIBRARIES https://android-arsenal.com
74. OPEN SOURCE LIBRARIES https://android-arsenal.com
75. GOOGLE I/O APP https://github.com/google/iosched
76. ANDROID ARCHITECTURE BLUEPRINTS https://github.com/googlesamples/android-architecture
77. ANDROID ARCHITECTURE BLUEPRINTS https://github.com/googlesamples/android-architecture • todo-mvp • todo-mvp-clean • todo-mvp-dagger • todo-mvp-rxjava • todo-mvp-fragmentless • todo-mvvm-databinding • dev-todo-mvvm-rxjava • dev-todo-mvp-room • dev-todo-mvp-kotlin
78. OPEN SOURCED APPS https://blog.aritraroy.in/20-awesome-open-source-android-apps-to-boost-your-development-skills-b62832cf0fa4
79. ANDROID SOURCE https://source.android.com/source
80. SIDE PROJECTS
81. SIDE PROJECTS https://simpleprogrammer.com/2017/08/07/guide-side-projects
82. SIDE PROJECTS https://www.programmableweb.com/category/all/apis
83. OPEN SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS
84. OPEN SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS • Your app / library • Fix bugs, typos • Refactor • Add unit test • Write documentation • Submit issue • Resolve issue • Propose new feature
85. GITHUB SHOWCASES https://github.com/showcases/great-for-new-contributors
86. UP FOR GRABS http://up-for-grabs.net
87. OPEN SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS https://opensource.guide/how-to-contribute
90. WRITE A BLOG https://blog.mindorks.com/why-every-developer-should-write-blog-b2597116ffed
91. MEDIUM https://medium.com
92. …AND SUBMIT http://androidweekly.net/archive#submit-stuff
93. SPEAK PUBLICLY • Your Company • Local Meetup • Conference
94. CALL FOR PAPERS http://droidcon.pl
95. CALL FOR PAPERS http://androidstudygroup.github.io/conferences
98. KNOW YOUR IDE
99. MOUSELESS DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT https://vimeo.com/98922030
100. BEING MORE PRODUCTIVE WITH INTELLIJ IDEA https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2016/03/enjoying-java-and-being-more-productive-with-intellij-idea
101. PLUGINS
102. KEY PROMOTER https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/1003-key-promoter
103. ACE JUMP https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7086-acejump
104. DAGGER https://github.com/square/dagger-intellij-plugin
105. ADB IDEA https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7380-adb-idea
106. ANDROID WIFI ADB https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7983-android-wifi-adb
107. ANDROID RESOURCE USAGE COUNT https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/9885-android-resource-usage-count
108. EXYNAP http://exynap.com
109. ANDROID BUTTERKNIFE ZELEZNY https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7369-android-butterknife-zelezny
110. SPEED UP GRADLE BUILDS
111. SPEED UP GRADLE BUILDS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ll-rkLCtyk
112. SPEED UP GRADLE BUILDS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ll-rkLCtyk
114. MOBICONF.ORG | 5-6 OCTOBER 2017 #mobiconf2017 Jan Hudzik @jahudzik jahudzik@gmail.com
115. & Q&A questions answers 115
116. THANK YOU! 116