This week’s tidbit will show you how to launch an app when a user clicks on a link. Last time, I wrote about debugging a view binding issue in Android. Have you ever had an app launch on your mobile device when you click a link in an email, on…

This week I have a tidbit (plus a bonus!) to share about converting an existing app to using Android view binding. Last time, I wrote about how to write a good bug report. First, the bonus! (Shouldn’t dessert always come first?) I recently started getting back into some Android development…

This week I have a story to share about filing bug reports —why they’re important, and what makes a “good” one. Last time, (sorry for the delay between posts!) I wrote about some Teams-related tips. I’ve written several tidbits before where I file a bug report, but I have an…

This week I have a few Teams-related tidbits to share! Last time I wrote about elegantly handling null/undefined values in a variety of languages. 🎉 First of all, a little celebration for my 100th tidbit! 🥳 The frequency may have slowed down a little bit from when I first started…

Last week I wrote about some truthiness edge cases in JavaScript. This time, I have a quick tidbit on elegantly handling null/undefined values. null — called the “Billion-Dollar Mistake” by its inventor, C.A.R. …

Last time I shared a quick tidbit about running individual unit tests. This time, I want to share a few interesting things I learned while debugging a failing unit test. If you’ve used JavaScript for any length of time, you may have encountered its slightly special behavior around boolean expressions…

Last week I wrote about React Fragments. This week, I have a quick tidbit about running tests in VS Code. I hope you all had a restful long weekend! I’ve written about the importance of vacation before, and in this pandemic that just seems to keep on going (although hopefully…

Last time, I wrote about defining constants in TypeScript. This week, I want to share what I learned about React Fragments! To many of my readers who are Android developers, you already know all about Fragments from the standpoint of building Android UI. …

Last time I wrote about how to write safe enums in TypeScript. This week’s tidbit is also TypeScript related — how to define constants! Defining a constant in TypeScript can be pretty simple — you can just write something like const SOME_CONSTANT="FOO";. However, that const keyword only works if you’re…