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Realm Mobile Platform: Offline-first TaskManager app – Intro

This article is the first one in a series of five. Each part will describe the steps of building offline-first TaskManager app with realtime synchronization. Part one is devoted to defining the technology stack and the UI of the app. Part 2: REALM MOBILE PLATFORM: OFFLINE-FIRST TASKMANAGER APP – BASICS

Design forecast for 2017

Last years have brought us a lot of changes in the way we design for the web and the apps, the trends are changing and developing as fast as the new technologies. Responsive layout is a must, flat icons are everywhere, grids are a standard, so let’s figure out what

A front page dilemma

The article is all about a front page. It is meant to give you some perspective on how Aftenposten news organization approaches the subject and show you a more general picture. In the end, you will get a sneak peek into the CHINOOK – our answer to the front page challenge.

Tracing back Scala Future chains

I want to tell you how to write asynchronous code using Scala’s `Future`s. In the era of asynchronous programming, it’s important to know that function invocations that form a logical chain in the source code are not confined to one thread. I’ll show you how to benefit from this knowledge. Preface: synchronous vs asynchronous In the

The history of news: from printed newspapers to Social Media

When was the last time you bought printed newspapers? How much time a day do you spend on reading news? What about the articles shared by your friends on Facebook or Twitter? Let me tell you the story of the wind of change in news and publishing. It will help

An iOS developer at #Pragma Conference

Let me tell you about an iOS conference called #Pragma Conference 2016. It took place in Verona (Italy) on 13th-14th October 2016. Did I fall in love like Romeo with Juliet?

7 cardinal sins of retrospectives

What mistakes do Scrum teams make when running retrospectives and how to prevent them?

Notifications: From zero to hero Android N* – part 3/3

Android Nougat is here and it’s time to learn how to set up the notifications in this version of the system. The bundled notifications and the possibility of replying to them made them even more useful!

An iOS developer at Mobiconf 2016

In this article I would like to share with you my opinion and feelings about Mobiconf 2016 – mobile related conference in Kraków (Poland) which took place 6 – 7th October 2016.

Notifications: From zero to hero Android N* – part 2/3

A notifications guide for all developers who already got the basics. You will learn how to become a pro of the Android notifications. In the 2nd article from the series, we are going to cover Android 5 and 6.

Color matters!

Let’s imagine the world without colors. White sun, white clouds, gray sky, trees, grass and flowers. Gray sea, beach, and so on. And now let’s imagine the Internet without colors… This is why color matters!

Notifications: From zero to hero Android N* – part 1/3

If you are a newbie to the Android notifications, here are the very essentials you need to know to build them for the Android Platform. Including the definition itself, just to let you start the proper way. The more complex and entertaining ones are coming in part 2 and 3