GTT0317: The Future Shape of Android Development
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Introduction:
Android development is growing fast, the modern state of tools and approaches is evolving and changing. RxJava2, DataBinding and Kotlin all those came into play not so long ago and going to be a big thing sooner. Talks will be accessible to all levels: we welcome beginner and engineers who already have an experience with those topics on Thursday 30th March 2017.
Presenter Profile:
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Stepan Goncharov is the lead Android Engineer at 90 Seconds, Main contributor of RxKotlinm and RxDatabindings author. Besides, he is also technical blogger, OSS lover and Kotlin addict. Leading teams, creating products, engineering Android Apps and games since 2008. Stepan is also Gym rat, PS4 player and wakeboarder in spare time.
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Ilya Vorobev, an Android developer with 5 years experience, helps musicians to create and get inspiration by developing the Bandlab android app. He believes that developers do a very significant impact on business growth. Ilya is also keen on mobile technologies, VR, data science and game development.
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Andrey Mischenko is the Android lead at BandLab. Kotlin Coroutines for Retrofit author. He Has been working as an Android developer for the last five years, the two of them for BandLab and the last year with Kotlin. Andrey became mobile development from full stack web development, and continued to work on social and messaging services for Android.
Format:
Three (3) short Presentations and a demo followed by ~20 minutes of audience Q&A for a total of ~one and a half (1.5) hours.
Agenda:
Our agenda for the evening should be as follows:
• 7:00pm - Registration opens
• 7:10pm - Happy Hour Networking with Bites
• 7:20pm - Welcome Remarks & Presenter Introductions
• 7:30pm - Stepan Goncharov on
• Short intro to rxJava 2 tips and tricks
• 8:00pm - Illya Vorobev on
• Facilitate your company's growth with MVVM and Data Binding
• 8:30pm - Andrey Mischenko on
Kotlin: A New Hope?
• 9:00pm - Audience Q&A
• 9:30pm - More Drinks, Bites & Networking
• 10:00pm - The End
Note Please RSVP here first and tell us your dietary restrictions if any, so that we can better prepare the food and drinks for optimal merry making.
About Grab Tech Thursdays:
Grab Tech Thursdays is a monthly series for peers in Asia's tech startup community to share knowledge and best practices as well as provide an informal space to network. Originally conceived within Grab to focus on pushing the boundaries of technology and business to Drive Southeast Asia Forward, we are excited to now make available these sessions on the last Thursday of each month to the wider tech/startup community. Stay tuned and check back for our line-up of interesting speakers and content.