2020

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What are Polyglot programmers, should you be one? Listen to this episode and find out!

2019

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As Android developers we know Java and now Kotlin. But to become even more seasoned developers, learning newer languages can be a level booster.

The list can go on and on, especially if you’ve been in the industry awhile. So, when does it make sense for you to learn a new language?

When should you learn a new language? When does it make sense? How do you do it?

In this episode KG and Donn discuss the merits of learning new languages, what new languages they’ve picked up and how they feel its important for them and their careers as developers.

2017

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In this episode of Fragmented, Donn makes the pilgrimage to Microsoft Connect 2017. Connect is Microsoft’s annual developer conference where they announce a bunch of new products and services.

Donn got to interview a bunch of folks, and in this episode, we talk to two of them: Miguel De Icaza (leading open source proponent who also helped create Gnome, Mono, Xamarin etc.) and Simina Pasat (Program manager for Microsoft’s very new CI like service AppLink). Both of them were terrific guests and had quite a few gems to share, for us Android devs!

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Another day, another opportunity to learn more Kotlin. In this episode, Kaushik walks through the concept of visibility modifiers. How do the modifiers in Kotlin differ from the ones in Java? What is this new internal modifier? When should I use each of the operators?

Listen on to find out!