This is part 1 of a unknown number of posts going through a wrapper around android.util.Log that I use in a number of projects. My favorite feature of this wrapper is being able to turn off logging while running tests. This particular iteration doesn't turn it…
I've developed my own pattern for the UI presentation. It's evolved from MVVM[1] . Basically; I was implementing MVVM, found some aspects not to my taste; and changed it into something I like. The result of this is a composite pattern I'm calling the…
As I find and work through new Kata's to use at TDD Kata's I'll write up my version of the kata here. I expect most will be similar to the source I find; and I don't expect any to be original. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------…
I never quite understood the practicality of Code and TDD Katas. The idea behind a kata is that you do it over and over and over... Until you can do it in your sleep. "Why would I want to code tic-tac-toe a thousand times over?" "Why build…
I've been studying TDD and XP for only 6 months. I'm totally on board with the practices, just struggle sometimes. :) I'm sitting waiting for an oil change to finish and reading Kent Beck's "Test Driven Development" and it calls out…
Killed the Post Before Publishing After writing a good chunk of gibberish, I'd made some notes to myself about what I was going towards. One of the comments caused me to realize that what I was writing about wasn't really what I needed to be writing.…
I read Efficient Android Threading [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1449364136/] back in May 2016. It was part of a dozen or so Android books I read over the summer months. This is my first book review post. I expect it'll be a little light. Largely because…
Why I've made a few attempts at doing a blog before. They never worked well. I normally forget all my struggles with the code as soon as I move on; or ... suck at writing. I don't expect the either of these to be fixed quickly, but…
