006: Jake Wharton on Becoming a Better Developer and Creating Successful Open Source Projects (Part 1)

In part one of this two-part segment, we talk to the one and only Jake Wharton. He gives us the scoop on how he operates day to day, what he looks for in a good Android developer and how to become a better Android developer. He also touches upon the various sources and non-Java platforms that he draws inspiration from. Finally, he talks about open source and gives tips on leading an open source project.

Show Notes Follow up:

• Michel Panzer on UIL [plus.google.com]

Episode topics:

• ActionBar Sherlock [github.com]
• Jake’s working environment
  • Square Github Styles [github.com]
  • No tabs in Intellij [hadihariri.com]
• Android source code browsing:
  • Android SDK Search by Roman Nurik [chrome.google.com]
  • Download the Android AOSP Source [source.android.com]
  • AndroidXref [androidxref.com]
  • Grepcode Android [grepcode.com]
• Device Platform Versions [developer.android.com]
• non-Java languages and platforms to draw inspiration from:
  • Go [golang.org]
  • Rust [rust-lang.org]
  • CycleJs [github.com]
• Droidcon Montreal keynote by JW and JW [youtube.com]

Contact Jake Wharton

• @jakewharton [twitter.com]
• jakewharton.com

Donn Felker

• @donnfelker [twitter.com]
• donnfelker.com

Kaushik Gopal

• @kaushikgopal [twitter.com]
• kaush.co