Design Debt: What They Don’t Tell You About Design Thinking
Design Digital Product DevelopmentDesign Thinking is fantastic. It’s enough of a set process that teams can work consistently in its framework and it’s agile enough to allow...
Efficient lists with DiffUtil and ListAdapter
AndroidWriting code to display lists of data is an everyday task as a software engineer, regardless of platform. Operations to modify lists can vary...
What is Customer Experience (CX) and Why it’s Important
Customer Experience LeadershipIt’s not a secret that consumers are looking at their relationships with companies differently than before. Customers are expecting more from companies they work...
Improve readability in your Java projects using the Lombok library
Leveling Up WebReadability and maintainability are at the core of modern programming principles. To help achieve these goals, many strategies can be used and implemented. Let’s...
SwiftUI Essentials: The Big Nerd Ranch Course
SwiftUI TrainingWe’re thrilled to announce the newest course at Big Nerd Ranch – SwiftUI Essentials! Before we jump into what the course entails, here’s a...
Google I/O ’21: The Ranch Round-up
AndroidGoogle I/O just wrapped up, and as usual, Google had plenty of goodies to announce, especially for the development community. We got a handful...
Learning how to think in pipelines with Combine
iOS MacIn this post, we’re going to follow an iterative, real-world example of how to solve a complex problem with Combine. You’ll also learn to...
Big Nerd Ranch Turns 20!
Ranch NewsHere at the Ranch, we celebrate lots of things—new students, seeing alumni succeed, working on fantastic projects with great clients, and more. But we...
Be a square – create custom shapes with SwiftUI
iOS SwiftUIShapes out of the box This Swift UI tutorial will introduce you to the techniques and code needed to add custom shapes in Swift...
Express Yourself: An Argument for Ending the Single Letter Generic Type Convention in Kotlin
AndroidHere at Big Nerd Ranch, we are always working on perfecting our craft of software engineering. Software is constantly evolving, and in order to...
Why Design Thinking Is a Must-Have for Digital Product Development
Design Digital Product DevelopmentSo you want to build a digital product. There’s more than one way to approach it, but most options will generally fall into two...
The Importance of Semantic HTML for Web Accessibility
Accessibility WebSemantic HTML is what is used as the building blocks of a fully accessible web page. The following will demonstrate how two versions of...
