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Talk: First Do No Harm

April 10, 2017 by Annyce Davis

Developing Android applications is a powerful way to connect people with the information they need the most. Apps are for living your life: daily commutes, traveling abroad, communicating with family, and much more! This places the responsibility of engineering top-notch software squarely in the laps of us developers. Unlike doctors, we were not required to take an oath or pledge when becoming Android Developers. However, we can still learn much from the principles behind the phrase, “First, do no harm.” In this talk, we will discuss over a dozen tools that are at your disposal as a developer which can enable you to provide high quality applications to your users. Thus allowing you to first, do no harm!

This talk covers:

  • Resources for Study
  • Preventative Techniques
  • Diagnostic Tools

 

First Do No Harm – Droidcon Boston from Annyce Davis

Resources for Study:

  • Kotlin Weekly
  • Android Weekly
  • Android Dev Digest
  • Android Podcasts
  • Lynda.com
  • Udacity
  • Caster.IO
  • Android Conferences

Resources for Prevention:

  • FindBugs
  • Leak Canary
  • Postman
  • Timber
  • Pidcat
  • Crashlytics

Resources for Diagnosis:

  • ClassyShark
  • Battery Historian
  • mitmproxy
  • Systrace
  • APK Analyzer
  • Overdraw
  • GPU Rendering

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