I recently attended (and spoke at) Droidcon Boston 2018. I had a terrific time, and thought it was a wonderful event. Here are a few of my favorite parts.
Organizers
- Friendly
- Helpful
- Passionate
The entire team of organizers, volunteers and sponsors were so awesome! Their passion permeated the event and set the tone for a very community-focused conference.
The “EGG” team 😀
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the “EGG” team behind #DroidConBos pic.twitter.com/cvkL2Jo899
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Big big shout out to @giorgionatili and the other two organizers, our great MCs @marcyregalado , staff and volunteers at @droidconbos . It was my first android conference and definitely an amazing experience. See u next year! 😀
Content
- There were so many great talks!
- Kotlin was there in a big way
- A number on interesting talks on architectures… MVI in particular
I really enjoyed the keynotes. The brought unique, engaging, and relevant perspectives and ways I hadn’t seen before.
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The much anticipated handstand from @HandstandSam 👍👍 pic.twitter.com/Va1noZYysb
Side Note: Kotlin was everywhere. So many slides done entirely in Kotlin
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Awesome talk @n8ebel @ @droidconbos , I learned something today. pic.twitter.com/cpyYJJkmCX
Also Side Note: My First Talk… Yay!
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slides from my talk this morning at #DroidconBos fun() Talk: Exploring Kotlin Functions https://t.co/ilOOQZIo57 pic.twitter.com/UUmFPHYVNz
Links to Slides
Flux for Android by Shohei Kawano
Reactive Architecture by HIFILEO
Why MVI? Model View Intent — The curious case of yet another pattern by Garima Jain
Data Binding Workshop by Eric Maxwell
Creating Awesome Animations With ConstraintLayout and ConstraintSet by Hari Vignesh J
Protecting Your Source: Using Code Review To Improve Your Application Quality by Jonathan Maltz
Multimodule Gradle by Clive Lee
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@loraj_k on padding ” You don’t want it touching edges, we’re not barbarians” 😂😂 #DroidconBos
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DroidconBos thanks for the Android learning adventure pic.twitter.com/lVnCrSx9fz
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More bout Flux and Flux vs Redux #DroidconBos pic.twitter.com/BnpILumYoC
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AR core with Kunal and a star trooper ? 😉 #DroidConBos pic.twitter.com/M3s35sTQbP
Community
- The community aspect of this event was huge for me
- I met people from all over the world
- I engaged with so many people between sessions and at the various parties
The great community of friendly & helpful developers is a huge part of why I love being an Android developer and why I enjoy going to conferences.
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DroidconBos was so much fun. Ending the conference with the selfie with co-organizer @ElizaCamber Lots of nice memories and new friends. Yaay! pic.twitter.com/CX0tWZ3rK0
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Last talk massive selfie at #droidconbos 🎉🎊 pic.twitter.com/mD2y2T3V1U
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Speaker mingling @droidconbos 🎉#DroidconBos #AndroidDev 🎬30 pic.twitter.com/VkSxxvAxHx
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had an amazing time at #droidconbos !!thank you so much to everyone involvedwas wonderful to meet so many new people and to finally put a real life face to many others 😀 pic.twitter.com/PUNNs7x4SP
Check out my recap video on YouTube for even more from the conference
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