In part one, I went over the high-level aspect to BLE communication. In this post, I will be providing iOS code for each step of the BLE communication process. For reference, all the code are written in swift 3.0.
Almost everyone has a smart device nowadays. A good portion of them is apple devices. Therefore, it is likely that you will find yourself working on projects that involve communication with Apple devices beyond an app.
You have probably heard that you should always write and deliver clean code. Although that would be ideal, it does not always happen in the real world. There are many variables that prevent writing perfectly clean code. As a result, much of the code that you will encounter is “clean […]
An Activity and Service are the basic building blocks for an Android app. Usually, the Activity handles the User Interface (UI) and interactions with the user, while the service handles the tasks based on the user input. If you are new to Android development, it can be confusing at times […]
Recently the area where I write software has been renovated. The change that stood out to me was the glaring ceiling lights, which had been changed to bright fluorescent lights (5K color temperature). After being exposed to the fluorescent lights for less than one hour, I began to feel sick. […]
Software is getting more complex by the day. Nowadays, when you want to write a simple Android app you need the Android framework and SDK (software development kit) and maybe an IDE (integrated development environment) like Android Studio or Eclipse. There is a lot packed into the Android Framework and […]
Often time less experienced software developers tend to have the wrong idea of being productive in software development. They believe that to be productive, they have to be writing code all the time. Do you fall into this description?
While researching into workplace productivity for software developers, I ran into The Programmer’s Bill of Rights proposed by Jeff Atwood. Within the article, he describes six fundamentals that companies should provide for programmers, software developers, and software engineers to be successful and be as productive as possible. Unfortunately, companies are […]
It is common to learn new frameworks and or programming languages as a software developer. However, learning a new framework or a programming language is a huge commitment. It takes months to get yourself familiar enough to do anything practical.
It is always important to know your tools. It is not enough to know how to use it but to know how it works (at least to some degree). Therefore, my goal for this post is to provide you with an overview of the Game Flow and Actor Lifecycle in […]
