Shaun Church

[...] It’s been quite a ride. Towards the end of February—just over 4 months ago—I installed Android Studio and set out trying to build my first Android app. After a rocky start working with some [...]

Some of the reasons I’ve decided to start learning Android development instead of doubling down on JavaScript and the open web. The Open Web I som [...]

[...] provided. Visual presentation can sometimes fall behind what I’ve come to expect from web development and JavaScript documentation and tutorials. I didn’t realise quite how good we have it [...]

[...] and the open web. The Open Web I sometimes say that my drive for getting involved in web development at an early age was sparked by a desire to communicate. This probably sounds amusing to [...]

[...] changes, it detects the /src folder has changed and recompiles the site. Routing traffic to Node server via Apache While you can run a completely static site server from any websever, there are some [...]

[...] Some of the reasons I’ve decided to start learning Android development instead of doubling down on JavaScript and the open web. The Open Web I sometimes say [...]

A big collection of resources, tutorials and libraries I found useful for getting started quickly with Android. Over the last few weeks I’ve been t [...]

Note: This post pretty old now (almost 4 years) and things with Ubuntu have changed considerably. Perhaps I'll update this, but in the meantime there [...]

It’s hard to build a mental picture of the structure of a large website simply by browsing the site, reviewing a list of URLs or looking at a spread [...]

[...] so long as you don’t forget which is which. You’ll also be asked to choose the apache server to install things to. You can select the option you want using the space bar, and use [...]

[...] section, and spent an intensive three days working through every one of their Android tutorials, completing all the exercises and quizzes. One “shake for prediction” Crystal Ball [...]