Vincent Tsen

Native Android Kotlin Developer | Learning #AndroidDev | Follow me to learn together!

[Vincent Tsen @vinchamp77]

@raamcosta @timtbdev That makes sense. Thanks for explaining. :)

[Catalin @catalinmpit]

This hits close to my heart.

I was like that, too, before working as a developer. But trust me, everyone can become a developer.

However, that doesn’t mean we’ll all be at the same level and work at NASA and FAANG companies.

Some of us will build landing pages, some will build algorithms, some will build email templates, some will build operating systems, and so on.

There’s a place for everyone.

One mention though: software development is very difficult. It’s not as easy as some people make it sound. So don’t feel bad if you don’t understand stuff easily.

And when it comes to rejections, everyone gets rejected in their career. No matter how many years of experience they have.

If you enjoy what you’re doing, keep pushing. You’ll make it.

[Jarosław Michalik @JarekOnTech]

Very common question on Android / Kotlin interview is...

What's the difference between lateinit var and by lazy{}.

Here's how you can answer 👇

[Vincent Tsen @vinchamp77]

@raamcosta @timtbdev What about Flutter? Any thoughts?

[Vincent Tsen @vinchamp77]

Law of Demeter (principle of least knowledge)

An object should only interact with its immediate neighbors and avoid knowledge of the internal structure of other objects to promote loose coupling and modularity in software design

[Vincent Tsen @vinchamp77]

#ChatGPT - Smartest AI so far. It makes me feel like I'm talking to someone.
#BingChat - AI that summarizes the search result and often forgets my previous conversation.
#GoogleBard - Dumbest AI so far and often give me the wrong info.

What are your thoughts?

[Vincent Tsen @vinchamp77]

#AndroidDev Do you use this Live Edit experimental feature for #JetpackCompose?

[Vincent Tsen @vinchamp77]

FYI - Quite useful, highly recommended for beginner.

I have also written a similar but more simplified article on it if you're interested.

https://t.co/rMMwvFFrid

[Vasiliy Zukanov @VasiliyZukanov]

Android Bits #5: Android Runtime

[Vincent Tsen @vinchamp77]

@w3bits_ Same, not available too.

[Vincent Tsen @vinchamp77]

@w3bits_ BingChat is a bit dumb but it summaries the search results for you which saves a bit of your time from browsing.

[Vincent Tsen @vinchamp77]

@w3bits_ Typo: ChatGPT :)

[Vincent Tsen @vinchamp77]

@w3bits_ ChatGPG -> BingChat -> Google

[Vincent Tsen @vinchamp77]

@marcinmoskala Dispatcher. IO shouldn't block if it is launched by 2 independent coroutines because 2 different threads are being used (unless the Dispatcher .IO's pool of threads is full).

[Vincent Tsen @vinchamp77]

@SamProgramiz Isn't Kotlin has way more features?

[Vincent Tsen @vinchamp77]

#ChatGPT Tip: It is good practice to ask "Are you sure?" for any given answers by ChatGPT.

I noticed it always gives me the wrong answer the first time. It does sound like it is done on purpose?

[Vincent Tsen @vinchamp77]

@w3bits_ My content is what I learned, basically. Maybe a bit boring. :)

[Ban Markovic @banmarkovic]

Did you know you can find all hardcoded string as #AndroidDev by using Analyze tool?

Code -> Analyze Code -> Run Inspection by Name...

Type in "Hardcoded" and you can find "Hardcoded strings" and "Hardcoded text"

Hardcoded text = XML
Hardcoded strings = Java/Kotlin filess

[Vincent Tsen @vinchamp77]

@banmarkovic Thanks good one! Apparently, all my hard-coded strings are from build Gradle files.

[Vincent Tsen @vinchamp77]

@theapache64 Don't be surprise if you get this kind of answer. :)

[Vincent Tsen @vinchamp77]

FYI - you can bypass #ChatGPT for more interesting answers. :)

[Vincent Tsen @vinchamp77]

@theapache64 Here you go: Let me know if it doesn't work.
https://t.co/5jCTxVoC4v