Daniel Malone: What I’m Reading (September 2018)

Posted on September 8, 2018September 8, 2018 by Daniel Malone

It’s no secret that I read. A lot. Books, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, tech blogs, psychology books, etc. Here’s what I’m reading or listening to, as of September, 2018.

Clean Code by Robert C. Martin

Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin

Writing Creative Nonfiction by Tilar J J. Mazzeo

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth

Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World by Bart D. Ehrman

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari

The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business by Josh Kaufman

Android Studio Guide to ViewModel & LiveData (2020 Edition)

6 months ago

Android RecyclerView Tutorial (Part 1)

Most apps contain lists of data using RecyclerView.
In this tutorial, use ConstraintLayout and Kotlin to display a list of data.

2 years ago

findViewById() in Kotlin

As you may have discovered, findViewByid() is no longer needed.
Kotlin adds the ability to directly access Views.

2 years ago

Android Architecture Components Tutorial: ViewModel + LiveData

Use Kotlin to build a basic Android app using Android Architecture Components.
As part of Jetpack, LiveData and ViewModel support a MVVM app architecture.

2 years ago

Android SharedPreferences Tutorial in Kotlin

Use SharedPreferences to store simple data in Android Studio projects.
It's good for storing small amounts of data

2 years ago

Cleaner Architecture for Android Apps

Clean Architecture for Android can help developers prepare for change.
But app developers can't possibly know what will change.

2 years ago

Android RecyclerView with Kotlin – Part 3

In part three of this series, finish creating the RecyclerView.
Use onBindViewHolder to display data.

2 years ago

Android RecyclerView with Kotlin – Part 2

Create the entire RecylerView for our UsersAdapter.
Continued from part 1, where we set up the Android Studio project.

2 years ago

Android and RxJava: Using a Single

Use RxJava's Single class when the expected type is either a success or error.
It's only slightly different from Observable.just(), which we discussed in the last article.

2 years ago

Android and RxJava: Getting Started

The powerful library RxJava can help developers build better apps.
See how to use Observables and Observers in this tutorial.

2 years ago

Android RecyclerView with Kotlin - Part 1

Oftentimes, developers need to display a list of some sort of data.
Whatever type of data is displayed, you should use a RecyclerView.

2 years ago

Display Sample Data when Creating a RecyclerView

Android Studio's default RecyclerView preview lacks sample data.
Adding sample data can be helpful for debugging.

2 years ago