We're continuing our work towards understanding how we can have near 100% test coverage. I get pretty annoyed at the Activity class sitting there at super low percentages and feeling like there's nothing I should do. Not that I feel there's nothing I can…
A recent comment on the blog had me start to implement a Formatter for the Android HackerNews app. I did work on it and realized quickly that I had no idea what I was doing. Not that I can't code (ehhhh...); I had no requirements driving it. I…
There's actually a reason I put VBM in the title of this series. And aside from some lightweight organization of the UI layer, a major aspect to the VBM structure is utilizing the mediator as the layer to encapsulate any logic branching code and protect the rest of…
I had some training Dec 2016 on Object Oriented Programming. It was pretty mind blowing. There was a lot of frustrations during the training. Took me a few days to switch my mind around to the approach the class was emphasizing. Which is very much Object Oriented Programming. Not just…
The random internet brought me to Chelsea's post on Pair Programming. I think her posts a great write up of positive ways to improve the pair programming experience. This is the first post in her three post series [https://chelseatroy.com/2017/04/01/advanced-pair-programming-pairing-remotely/] Start there and…
The Practices I've found 2 images that I think reflect how Extreme Programming approaches software development. These come from different perspectives; which drives their different layout. The first shows the interconnectedness of all of the XP practices. The interconnectedness means that utilizing "some" will not provide…
When doing TDD, or testing in general, on Android there's a lot of time you'll encounter an exception like the following java.lang.RuntimeException: Method {{METHOD}} in {{FQD.CLASS}} not mocked. See http://g.co/androidstudio/not-mocked for details. This is just saying that a call…
I assume the general attitude about what I think is, "Shut up already" but... I never listen. :-P I'm looking to do some more frequent small posts, that don't require the level of technical involvement as my a couple of series Android Logger [https:…
