golang and revenge of capt obvious

Golang and the revenge of Capt Obvious

I found a lot of my code (particularly the tests) had code that looked like this:   Then I was reading yet another great post from Karl Seguin and I noticed there was a much better (sexier) way....
go quick tip

Go Get (Quick Tip)

All Golang programmer's are aware of how great "go get" is but until today I had not given much thought to how exactly it did or didn't do. Some background; today one of my builds (in Travis...
corey's code philosophy

My code philosophy

Recently, a friend joined me on one of my projects. As it was the first time we were actually coding on the same project I wanted to tell him my coding philosophy to make...
gdg devfest kl

Come see us at GDG DevFest / Kuala Lumpur

As some of you know I will be speaking at GDG DevFest (KL) tomorrow. I have to admit that I am both looking forward to it and quite a lot nervous.   It has been...
android view utilities

Announcing Sage42’s Android View Utils

We are happy to announce the initial launch of our Android View Utils. This library is intended to be a collection of UI elements and supporting code that ease Android UI implementation. This is only the...
android organisation of resources

Suggestion for the organisation of Android Resources

In this post, I would like to share (what I believe to be) a simple and effective way that I use to deal with resources on my android projects. First a disclaimer: I am not...
better android buttons

Better android buttons with image and text

So today the design comes in from the designer for what I thought at first look was a pair of simple buttons with text and icon. Turns out, it wasn't so simple. The Design   Now I incorrectly...