I have been fortunate to get to the other side of the table and ask questions and discuss topics with smart minds in the industry. While some people think interviewing is fun, some think it is a tedious process while a few believe it is sort of overwork above and beyond our day jobs; but…
We often write code to the best of our knowledge, but slowly over the weeks, we get a feeling that something is not right. We sense some discomfort with the code but still do not understand clearly what the problem is. This intuition is correct and relatable. These are bad practices, also known as code smells.…
1. What is Application in Android? The Application class in Android is the base class within an Android application that contains all other components such as activities and services. The Application class, or any subclass of the Application class, is instantiated before any other class when the process for the application/package is created.The manifest file provides essential…
Do you follow a lot of Success Stories? Do you tend to read a lot of articles with topics like: 10 tips from the world’s most successful people 15 things successful people do differently If yes, then this blog is important for you. We often observe that even after keeping ourselves so updated and precautious,…
1. Write clean, reusable code Software development can sometimes get really troublesome when the code base increases in size. With multiple developers contributing to a repository, the size and the complexity of the code increases exponentially, and the ease of reading and maintaining code decreases. A clean code helps to communicate ideas and logic to…
Technology is everywhere. It is in the hands of the children and the old, the poor and the rich. In a short span of time, technology has become the most fundamental aspect of innovation in almost all industries across the globe. This sudden spike resulted in a huge demand for programmers and developers to build…
We are living in an era where we go to shopping malls just for entertainment and window shopping but usually end up buying most of our stuff online. Why? While relaxing at home, we can browse through a wide variety of products in one go, compare prices, get it easily shipped to our home and…
Proxy means ‘in place of’, or ‘on behalf of’. These literal meanings of proxy directly explains Proxy Design Pattern. Proxies are also called surrogates, placeholders, handles, and wrappers. In a nutshell, a proxy “Controls and manage access to the object they are protecting” When to use this pattern? Proxy pattern is used when we need to…
All of us are probably familiar with the most commonly used Version Control System, Git. In this blog, I just want to highlight some key points that we should follow while using Git as a team. We have always heard the saying: Perfect variable and function names do not require any comments or documentation.…
Do you want to build a great product? Do you want to serve a large audience and satisfy your customers with your product? Do you want to save thousands of dollars by avoiding hindrances in the development of your product? Do you wish to sustain the market for a long period of time? If yes,…