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Which tools do you need as a developer? This part of our Coding Fundamentals section introduces you to some essential coding tools and explains how to use them.

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Scrolling Techniques for Material Design

Tutorial • Beginner

During this year's Google I/O, Google introduced the Android Design Support Library to make the adoption of Material Design easier. This lets developers...

Kerry Perez Huanca • 5 Oct 2015
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Create a Mobile Application Using WordPress, Ionic, and AngularJS

Tutorial • Intermediate

Creating hybrid, mobile applications with technologies, such as Ionic Framework and Cordova, has become increasingly popular. This tutorial shows you how you...

Julien Renaux • 30 Sep 2015
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Getting Started With Google Maps for Android: Basics

Tutorial • Beginner

Without a doubt, maps are one of the most useful tools for users when included in an app. This tutorial is the first in a series going over Google Maps v2...

Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz • 23 Sep 2015
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How to Use FontAwesome in an Android App

Tutorial • Beginner

In this tutorial, I will show you how to use the FontAwesome icon set in an Android project. FontAwesome is widely known, very rich, and free. The result is...

Gianluca Segato • 21 Sep 2015
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Creating and Publishing an Android Library

Tutorial • Intermediate

If you have written some interesting Android code, the best way to share it with the open source community is to create a library out of it and make it...

Ashraff Hathibelagal • 2 Sep 2015
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An Introduction to GameplayKit: Part 2

Tutorial • Intermediate

In this tutorial series, you will learn about the GameplayKit framework added in iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan. In the second part of this series, I will teach...

Davis Allie • 31 Aug 2015
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An Introduction to GameplayKit: Part 1

Tutorial • Intermediate

In this series, you will learn about the GameplayKit framework introduced in iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan. In this first tutorial, you will learn about entity-...

Davis Allie • 24 Aug 2015
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12 Tips to Get the Most From Pivotal Tracker

Tutorial • Beginner

Today we're looking at some leading practices for getting the most from the Pivotal Tracker, and for Agile success more broadly.

David Appleyard • 18 Aug 2015
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Getting Started With ReactiveX on Android

Tutorial • Intermediate

The codebase of complex apps with many network connections and user interactions are often littered with callbacks. Such code is not only lengthy and hard to...

Ashraff Hathibelagal • 10 Aug 2015
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Creating Onboarding Screens for Android Apps

Tutorial • Beginner

When users download your app and use it for the first time, it's very important that they don't feel lost or confused. By adding a few screens to your app...

Ashraff Hathibelagal • 7 Aug 2015
Yii

How to Program With Yii2: Rich Text Input With Redactor

Tutorial • Intermediate

The Yii community purchased a license to Imperavi's Redactor, a fast, clean and extendable rich text editor for the web. Learn how to integrate Redactor into...

Jeff Reifman • 17 Jun 2015
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Detect and Resolve Performance Problems on Android

Tutorial • Intermediate

In this tutorial, you'll get a crash course in the performance problems every Android developer needs to be aware of. You'll also learn about the tools you...

Jessica Thornsby • 12 Jun 2015