Around the beginning of 2017, Google introduced an IoT platform called Android Things, which makes it easy for Android developers to develop IoT applications. Given Polyglot Programming’s interest in both IoT and Android, we were very early adopters of this…
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Android Things with Raspberry Pi: Workshop Basics Part I (Connecting to the Network)
Posted in Android, Android Things, Development, Uncategorized Tagged with: Android, Android Things, IOT
In Need of Parse Alternatives? Let’s Look at Firebase!
Until recently, Parse has been the go-to solution for mobile developers who needed to persist application data to the cloud without having to set up and run a custom API backend. All of this changed in January 2016, when Parse…
Posted in Android, Architecture, Database, Development, IOS Tagged with: Android, Database, Firebase, Parse
Adventures in 3D Printing
About a year ago we decided to get a 3D printer. Although there are lots of pre-made options available, it’s much less expensive to get a RepRap Prusa I3 kit and build one yourself. The Prusa I3 is an open…
Posted in 3d printing, Arduino, Development, Maker, RepRap Tagged with: 3D printing, Arduino, Bits and Parts, maker, Puzzle Chair
Adding Gradients to Android Graphs with MPAndroidChart and DecoView
Recently, we worked on a project that required us to add graphs with gradients to an Android application. Below is an example of one such graph that we needed to create: There are lots of examples online that show how…
Posted in analytics, Android, Data Science, Development, Mobile Tagged with: Android, DecoView, Gradients, MPAndroidChart, Shading, special effects
Giving Thanks by Giving Laptops to Those in Need
Nelson Mandela once said: “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” While Madiba is no longer with us, about a year ago I had the honor of meeting…
Posted in Agile, Development, Ethics, Giving Back, Python Tagged with: Development, giving back, Python, sisonke, South Africa, teaching