How to get Android resource ID by string

You may want to do this if you want to write a framework that relies on the name of the resources and not the actual ID, in order to remove references to the R class. For example if you use R.layout.activity_todo_list in your class, and you want to move your class in a separate library... … Continue reading How to get Android resource ID by string →

Do TypeScript allows us to program like Java?

I think in many ways TypeScript is superior to Java but unfortunately, TypeScript is not a magical tool that fixes all the things wrong with JavaScript and in fact, is very dynamic and much closer to JavaScript than to Java. From my experience, many developers (especially Angular developers) don't get that. TypeScript is basically JavaScript … Continue reading Do TypeScript allows us to program like Java? →

TypeScript you liar…!

I was playing with the TypeScript playground (http://www.typescriptlang.org/play/) and noticed how cool is to have a great linter that checks your code for all kinds of errors and gives you meaningful warnings. So check this out: ... and after you hit run!

How you can develop Progressive Web Apps that feel native

Probably many of you already know that, PWAs (Progressive Web Apps) are apps that can run in the browser or in a standalone window and can take advantage of native OS features, such as push notifications and the ability to work offline. Recently they’ve got a lot of media attention because they seem to be … Continue reading How you can develop Progressive Web Apps that feel native →

Java Computation Bug

Let's say we have the following piece of code: This method can be used to add a specific number of days to the current timestamp and is incorrect 🙂 . Let's assume the current timestamp is 1522734845054 (April 3, 2018 5:54:05.054 AM). If we call plusDays(10) it will correctly return something like 1523598845054 (April 13, … Continue reading Java Computation Bug →

GIT commits a la Google

It's nice to live in a perfect world where every problem has an elegant solution but when dudes like Bruce Dawson, an awesome C++ developer from Google, commits code with this subject line, I think we can safely assume that the perfect world doesn't exists 🙂 . Avoid Windows kernel bug using Python hack I … Continue reading GIT commits a la Google →

PWAs are coming to iOS 11.3

Good news for WEB fanatics, Ricky Mondello from Apple announced on Twitter that Safari will have support for Web App Manifest and Service Workers which means multi-platform PWAs are now possible. https://twitter.com/rmondello/status/956256845311590400 PWAs or Progressive Web Applications are basically enhanced web apps. When the user regularly returns to the app, browsers will invite him to … Continue reading PWAs are coming to iOS 11.3 →