There’s a Plugin For That — IDEs are a very powerful tool in today's world of software engineering. They help catch syntax errors, display static code analysis warnings, help refactor and migrate code, and even serve as code generators. Some common uses for plugins are: Code generation (also known as templating) Adding additional IDE support for…

I wanted to share my experience with backfilling a Room database from a paginated API because it took a lot of research to figure out how I wanted it to be. …

So there you are digging and sifting through mounds of source code and console logs in XCode or Android Studio or even ADB wondering how on earth you are going to track down this bug before you ship this next iteration release to a customer. Your pulse quickens as erroneous…

So, there you are…an Android Developer in 2018 solving the same problems that have been solved countless times before. Fun, but kind of boring, am I right? As you scroll through the code, you ask yourself “How many more times am I going to have to write the same, boring…