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