Published inBetter Programming·May 30, 2022BP’s Daily Digest #30 — read smart contracts on Android, branch-specific .gitignore, and moreIssue #30 — Handpicked stories for today — May 30 — Welcome to the 30th edition of Coffee Bytes, a daily digest by Better Programming. This is going to be our last daily issue until a few weeks. But worry not! A new experience is coming. In this issue, we’ll learn how to read deployed smart contracts from Android apps using…Programming2 min readProgramming2 min read
Published inBetter Programming·May 26, 2022BP’s Daily Digest #29 — Game development with Go, Avalanche blockchain, and moreIssue #29— Handpicked stories for today — May 25 — A little late in the day, but welcome to the 29th edition of Coffee Bytes, a daily digest by Better Programming. In this issue, we’ll explore how to code a character sprite that can walk around on an image background using Golang, learn how not to overcomplicate tests, walkthrough a…Programming2 min readProgramming2 min read
Published inBetter Programming·May 25, 2022BP’s Daily Digest #28 —TypeScript 4.7, SwiftUI extensions, and moreIssue #28 — Handpicked stories for today — May 24 — Welcome to the 28th edition of Coffee Bytes, a daily digest by Better Programming. In this issue, we’ve selected some interesting perspectives and standout posts for the day. From the first look at TypeScript 4.7 to reasons why software engineers quit (and how managers can retain them) to automating Jira…Programming2 min readProgramming2 min read
Published inBetter Programming·May 24, 2022BP’s Daily Digest #27— Elixir and NEAR, WhatsApp Cloud API wrapper, and moreIssue #27 — Handpicked stories for today — May 23 — Welcome to the 27th edition of Coffee Bytes, a daily digest by Better Programming. In this issue, we’ll start by building some amazing animations with Three.js, the popular 3D JavaScript library, walk through some major Google I/O 2022 announcements for Angular, dive into the parallax scrolling implementation with Jetpack Compose…Programming2 min readProgramming2 min read
Published inBetter Programming·May 19, 2022BP’s Daily Digest #26 — Django Jet, NFT Token Gating, and moreIssue #26 — Handpicked stories for today — May 18 — Welcome to the 26th edition of Coffee Bytes, a daily digest by Better Programming. In this issue, we’ll dive into the world of NFTs through token gating, take a quick look at the IntersectionObserver API, learn some practices to shift from scarcity to an abundance mindset, and build a better…Programming2 min readProgramming2 min read
Published inBetter Programming·May 18, 2022BP’s Daily Digest #25 — animating regular expressions, sharing react components, and moreIssue #25 — Handpicked stories for today — May 17 — Welcome to the 25th edition of Coffee Bytes, a daily digest by Better Programming. From understanding regular expressions through illustrations to composing themes in Android to replicating the activity indicator in iOS to sharing React components, we’ve got five insightful posts for you to read today. Animating Regular Expressions With Python and GraphvizProgramming2 min readProgramming2 min read
Published inBetter Programming·May 17, 2022BP’s Daily Digest #24 — Customised PyScript, a classic ping-pong game, and moreIssue #24 — Handpicked stories for today — May 16 — Welcome to the 24th edition of Coffee Bytes, a daily digest by Better Programming. From recreating the classic ping-pong game using Java, to sorting CSS properties automatically through VS Code, to handling nonce errors in EVM accounts, to using the different property tags of PyScript, we’ve selected five interesting stories…Programming2 min readProgramming2 min read
Published inBetter Programming·May 12, 2022BP’s Daily Digest #23 — Flutter 3, Dart 2.17, Web3.swift, and moreIssue #23 — Handpicked stories for today — May 12 — Welcome to the 23rd edition of Coffee Bytes, a daily digest by Better Programming. Google I/O 2022 event kickstarted yesterday. The major announcements include the launch of Flutter 3 and a new Dart SDK. Besides pixeling in those updates, this issue also covers a first look at Web3.swift, a case against AWS Step Functions, and an approach to color-code your deployment environments.Programming2 min readProgramming2 min read
Published inBetter Programming·May 11, 2022Reminiscing iPods through SwiftUI and 5 more open-source projectsIssue #22 — Handpicked stories for today — May 11 — Welcome to the 22nd edition of Coffee Bytes, a daily digest by Better Programming. Today, we’re highlighting a few open-source projects alongside a SwiftUI app that simulates the iPod design. …Programming3 min readProgramming3 min read
Published inBetter Programming·May 10, 2022BP’s Daily Digest #21 — helpful code snippets and the power of philosophyHere’s what we’re reading today — Welcome to the 21st edition of Coffee Bytes, a daily digest by Better Programming. In this issue, we’ve some byte-sized guides for Pythonistas, JavaScript lovers, and Gophers — alongside a thought-provoking philosophy piece. Without further ado, let’s get started. 3 Reasons Why Philosophy Can Make You a Better Programmer By Matilde Aliffi Philosophy and Programming are two distinct disciplines. Yet…Programming2 min readProgramming2 min read
