Annyce Davis

Davis Technology Consulting

Talk: Gradle Plugin Goodness

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If you find yourself copying and pasting code from your application’s build.gradle file every time you start a new project, then it’s time you learn about creating Gradle plugins. In this presentation you will learn what it takes to create a custom Gradle plugin for use in your Android/Java applications.

It covers:

  • Plugin Structure
  • Key Plugin Components
  • Testing
  • Publishing

Materials:

If you would like to view some of my video content, I encourage you to check out my video course and bite-sized tutorials available on Caster.io.

Talk: From Grails to Android

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One of the key new features of Grails 3 is the use of Gradle for its build system. The Android Framework also uses the Gradle build system to build, test, run and package applications. In this talk, learn how to move from developing applications for Grails 3 to Android.

 

It covers: 

  • Project Structure Similarities
  • Use of Gradle Commands
  • User Interface: GSP Pages vs. Android Layout XML Files
  • Dependency Injection: Spring vs. Dagger

Resources

 
If you would like to view some of my Android related video content, I encourage you to check out my video course and bite-sized tutorials available on Caster.io.

Talk: Say It With Video!

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Every day people watch hundreds of millions of hours of video on YouTube and that number is steadily increasing. So how can you take advantage of video to help promote your personal brand and/or share your expertise? In this talk, I’ll walk you through the steps I took to develop my first video course, from outlining the initial structure down to actual video creation. Walk away with the tools you need in order to create short, informative online video content!

It covers: Preparation, Execution and Marketing Steps

Materials

 
If you would like to view some of my video content, I encourage you to check out my video course and bite-sized tutorials available on Caster.io.

Talk: Screen Robots UI Testing with Espresso

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Often when writing tests with Espresso you find a lot of onView, withId, perform calls scattered throughout your test methods. This takes away from the simplicity of the test, tends to be verbose and also litters resource ids everywhere. There’s got to be a better way, right? Yes, there is…Screen Robots. In this presentation you will learn how to take advantage of the Screen Robot abstraction technique.

It covers: UI Testing, Basic Espresso, and Screen Robots

Materials

 
If you would like to learn more about creating high quality Android applications, I encourage you to check out my video course and bite-sized video content on Caster.io.

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