Android Activity Lifecycle
This article describes the most practical, minimal and robust approach to management of Activity lifecycle in Android applications.
Data Classes are The Best Kotlin Feature
My thoughts about Data Classes, which I consider to be the best Kotlin feature. Not because Data Classes spare lines of code, but because this construct has the potential to fix a long standing misconception about object-oriented design.
Android Context Needs Isolation
I came up with a simple design rule related to Context objects in Android that makes my code more readable and maintainable.
Testing Android Applications by Killing Them
Testing that Android apps support save & restore flow is not easy but absolutely mandatory. Let me show you how I do it.
Android Memory Management and Process Death
Android apps design and architecture must explicitly account for the core memory management mechanisms inside Android OS described in this post.
My Personal Great and Terrible 2017
I’d like to summarize 2017 for me personally and the entire TechYourChance project, and share our goals and plans for 2018.
Why JetBrains Invented and Promotes Kotlin
Let’s discuss why JetBrains invested in development of Kotlin programming language and actively promotes it today.
StackOverflow as Indicator of Professional Growth
My thoughts about StackOverflow and other StackExchange sites, and many links to interesting content from a variety of fields
How to Choose List Data Page Size
Thorough discussion of factors that need to be taken into consideration when choosing size of the page for paged loading of data into lists.
Java vs Kotlin: Quantitative Analysis
Kotlin is being heavily marketed as a better version of Java. Let’s see how they stack against each other in quantitative comparison.