Why use Flutter or React when you can be truly native? What is Kotlin Multiplatform for Mobile? Kotlin Multiplatform for Mobile(KMM) is a technology that enables developers to write shared code for iOS and Android platforms using just Kotlin. It allows developers to share common code between both platforms while also allowing platform-specific code to be…

Most developers know how to design software around maintainability and OOP. But what if performance matters more than encapsulation and access levels? — The problem Think about a game where we have hundreds or even thousands of units moving at the same time. All these units would need a way to know when they should move, where they can move, and much more. All these units have some behaviour in common: movement.

Documentation is the primary touchpoint of any software. No matter how great a project is, bad documentation can easily lead to the project being disregarded. Why Documentation? It might seem obvious, but why do we need documentation? If our codebase is pretty well commented, doesn’t that make separate documentation obsolete? No. …

Whether OOP is good or bad has been discussed many times. Many articles have been written, with very different takes. Here is why I still think OOP is not what we want it to be. — This is a follow-up article to my previous article, “Why OOP is Bad”, which can be accessed via this URL: https://medium.com/p/2c007f9bd1cd. Many comments have been made, some of which I see as valid. Thus I decided to elaborate on what I said before, taking into account readers’ comments.

OOP has been around for a long time, and most software adopts it. But is OOP always the right way to go? By far, not. — What is OOP? OOP is a paradigm in which code is separated into multiple classes, resulting in fine-tuned access and decoupled components. The main benefits that arise when using OOP are the following: Hiding implementation details By using abstraction layers, we can keep the inner workings of our software private. Abstraction helps with…

Most developers have heard about State machines. In this post, we will unveil the benefits of using State machines What are State Machines? State machines sometimes referred to as Finite State Machines (FSM), are abstract software machines that carry out steps in a fixed order. …

How to move your Navigation Flow away from your View Code SwiftUI is a great way to build modern, interactive UIs. While it lacks some features that still need to be wrapped via UIKit, it is mature enough to be used in production for a good while now. But one…

How to create the building block for any game. Stunning games are released every year with ever-evolving graphics. But while games differ drastically from each other, their foundation, the game engine, is what truly makes them stand out. But what exactly is a game engine? Let us find out. The Heart of Any Game The…

During the pandemic, Discord has increased its user base dramatically. While many servers go with a general-purpose bot, writing your own can be the real changing point for your servers. Discord bots are very handy tools, making a user’s life on Discord much easier and more enjoyable. While there are…