Industry Views - Feb. 3, 2023
IN THIS ISSUE: Navigating the Gradle Version Catalog; Managing Payments in the Digital Age; Android Studio Does 'Crashlytics'; Does ChatGPT Understand Your Code?; Twitter to Charge for API Access; Windows 11 Ads Are Misleading
Navigating The Gradle Version Catalog
Android developers are familiar with Gradle, and with the platform's evolving strategy for managing dependencies. The latest chapter is the Gradle Version Catalog, which is being previewed in Android Studio 2022.3.1 Giraffe. This tutorial piece is a good primer.
Managing Payments in the Digital Age
Taking money from people has gotten complicated. When the cost of a ride on a New York City subway was five cents, collecting nickels dropped into a slot was all it took. The complexities have risen ever since, and the digital age certainly hasn't helped.
Android Studio Does 'Crashlytics'
If payment (or other causes) are crashing your app, the latest version of Android Studio can help. App Quality Insights is among the features introduced with Electric Eel, and Google developer relations engineer Takeshi Hagikura takes a deep dive.
Does ChatGPT Understand Your Code?
By now most developers are probably aware that the ChatGPT artificial intelligence entity can write and describe real, working source code in a variety of languages. But can it describe code that already exists, potentially saving coders the time and trouble?
Twitter To Charge for API Access
Tech headlines of the past few months might have read: "The party's over at Twitter" after Elon Musk's takeover and subsequent culling. The sentiment now extends beyond its walls as the self-titled Chief Twit seeks to increase revenues and reduce bots by charging to access Twitter data.
Is Microsoft up to its old tricks again? In a recent attempt to hoodwink users into upgrading to Windows 11, a screen presents what appear to be two choices, but both require answers in the affirmative. Only eagle-eyed observers will notice the choice to "Keep Windows 10."
Edward Correia
