Flexbox layouts and lists with React Native
This tutorial is a deep dive of Flexbox layout and FlatList. It will show you how to take a wireframe and compose React Native components out of it. The code for this tutorial is on GitHub.
Navigation and Styling with React Native
This tutorial is a deep dive of React Navigation, which is the way to do in app navigation. It also goes into the best practices for styling your app and how to collaborate with designers for styling. The code for this tutorial is in GitHub.
Getting started with React Native
This tutorial will show you how to get started quickly with React Native for mobile app development on Android and iOS. It focuses on Flexbox layouts, Navigation, and cross platform considerations. The code for this tutorials is in GitHub.
Native Android, Redux, Firebase Auth & Database, and Material Design
Redux and React are things that are normally associated with web development. Redux is a beautiful design pattern that can help with any application, even native ones! I used Firebase in order to do cross platform data synchronization across web and mobile clients. I also used Firebase auth and Material Design to craft a real-world app. The code for this tutorial is in GitHub.
Firebase Presence
This tutorial will show you how to use Firebase to to build user presence tracking into web apps. The code for this tutorial is in GitHub.
Building a real world app using React, Redux, Firebase, and Typescript
The purpose of this tutorial is to serve as a starting point for a real world React, Redux, and Firebase example. The starter project is on GitHub.
Building a real world app using React, Firebase, and Typescript
The purpose of this tutorial is to serve as a starting point for a real world React and Firebase example. The starter project is on GitHub.
Creating asynchronous servlets with Tomcat 7 (Servlet 3.0 API)
Overall, the API is pretty straightforward to use, assuming that you are familiar with asynchronous processing in the first place. However, if you are not familiar with asynchronous processing, then this business of callbacks can be quite confusing and daunting. Additionally Tomcat 7 and Servlet API 3.0 make it easier to configure servlets using annotations. There are other cool features in 3.0 that I haven’t covered in this tutorial, like loading servlets programmatically.
Android Location Providers – gps, network, passive – Tutorial
The best way to handle GPS is to use the “network” or “passive” provider first, and then fallback on “gps”, and depending on the task, switch between providers. This covers all cases, and provides a lowest common denominator service (in the worst case) and great service (in the best case).
