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What all these years of Android
Development have taught me the hard way
Wahib-Ul-Haq
@wahibhaq
http://wahibhaq.com
#AndroidDevFest
A Journey from Eclair to Rasgulla
31.03.2018
WeCreate, Islamabad
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Eclair - 2009
Jelly Bean - 2013
Lollipop - 2015
Oreo - 2017
P - 2018
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You Are What You Code!
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Utilize existing libs but choose wisely and do
regular audits
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Get more familiar with the Android
framework internals
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Make a habit of reading others’ code
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Care about writing “Optimized” code
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Don’t Neglect *30%
Of Your Job
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Let go of “I am just a developer” mindset
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Take interest in
more than
just the coding part
of an app
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Try to learn about User Experience (UX) Design
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When needed, fight for your users
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Step Up Your Game
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For the love of Uncle Bob,
Architect your app properly
(MVP, MVI, MVVM, Arch, Redux etc.)
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Learn Kotlin or you’ll be extinct
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Write Tests because you
are not Chuck Norris
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Embrace the Functional
and Reactive programming approach
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Get involved in Automated Release
Mechanism
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Always have a playground/side
project in hand
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Understand how iOS ecosystem works and
befriend iOS devs J
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Attitude Matters!
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Go where the Big problems are
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Let go of cargo cult programming style
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Work in a team where you find yourself as
the worst programmer
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Life is too short to tolerate bad bosses and
team leads
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Relax. Breathe. Hustle.
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Imposter Syndrome is real
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Try to get over the
Fear Of Missing Out (FoMo)
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The bottom line is to get the
job done as best you can
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Recommended Books
The Passionate Programmer
The Clean Coder
The Pragmatic Programmer, from journeyman to master
Don't Make Me Think, Revisited
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
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