Coding in Flow Podcast

Catalin Ghita is an Android developer and course creator on Udemy with currently over 22k students and an average rating of 4.6 stars. In this episode, he will share his experience and tips on how to successfully create and sell online courses in 2021. We will talk about the technical parts, like the tools you can use to record your course and which platforms you can host it on, but also about marketing and how to promote your courses so people actually buy them.
We will also talk about Android, app architecture, MVVM vs MVI, Jetpack Compose, cross-platform development, Kotlin Multiplatform, and more.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
10:08 - Self-taught vs CS degree
17:55 - Architecture in big Android apps (MVVM vs MVI)
32:00 - Why should you create online courses?
37:00 - Quitting your job to create courses full-time
44:03 - How to get started with making online courses
1:15:28 - The importance of marketing early
1:18:04 - How to record an online course
1:24:51 - Outsourcing course editing
1:27:04 - Udemy vs self-hosting online courses
1:35:40 - How much do you earn on Udemy?
1:41:33 - Pre-selling an online course
1:44:35 - How to deal with piracy
1:49:39 - How to learn effectively from online courses
1:57:59 - How to learn Android development as a beginner
2:12:10 - How to learn Jetpack Compose
2:14:37 - Jetpack Compose vs XML
2:28:26 - Flutter vs React Native vs Native vs Kotlin Multiplatform
2:45:31 - Importance of getting involved in the community
2:47:01 - Box breathing to reduce stress
2:54:02 - More about Catalin
2:56:17 - Stay in touch
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Rob J is an Android developer who has released more than 20 apps to the Google Play Store, some of which gathered several 100k downloads and thousands of active users. He even got featured in publications like Lifehacker, The Guardian, Yahoo, and BBC News. In this episode, he will share strategies and insights on indie app development, like how to come up with profitable app ideas, how to rank higher in the app store, avoid bad user ratings, and much more!
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction & back story
16:02 - How to come up with good app ideas
17:08 - Was university worth it?
21:10 - Rob's most successful apps
26:48 - Can you still build successful solo apps today?
32:47 - How many lines of code do your apps have?
34:10 - Do you still use Java in your apps?
34:57 - Going wide vs going deep
37:23 - Building apps for learning & portfolio
39:12 - Best app monetization strategies (ads vs in-app purchases/subscriptions)
58:24 - What kind of apps have the highest chance of success today?
1:01:54 - Is web3/blockchain the next golden era?
1:07:58 - How to avoid getting my app idea stolen (Should I have an NDA?)
1:15:07 - How to market your app
1:19:56 - How to retain app users
1:23:40 - Play Store ranking factors
1:28:04 - Keeping apps up to date & min SDK level
1:33:25 - How to avoid bad app ratings
1:37:02 - Device compatibility
1:44:45 - How important are tests?
1:48:19 - Things to keep in mind when you release your app to the app store
1:50:23 - Play Store suspensions, bans, and app removal
1:56:51 - Play Store alternatives (Amazon Appstore)
1:58:15 - Opinions on Flutter, React Native, and Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP)
2:02:17 - Favorite app architecture (MVI, modularization)
2:05:12 - Must-have tools for app developers
2:06:15 - Why do you choose freelancing over a full-time job?
2:08:25 - Why did you start podcasting?
2:10:53 - Where do you learn new things?
2:12:02 - More about Rob
2:12:44 - Stay in touch
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Welcome to the Coding in Flow podcast! My name is Florian Walther, I'm a self-taught programmer from Germany. And in this show, I interview interesting people from the programming industry to learn from them about software engineering, career development, and life in general.
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Harrison Ferrone is a Unity developer and best-selling author of the book "Learning C# by Developing Games with Unity". In this episode, he will share learning strategies, resources, and tips for anyone who wants to teach themselves game development.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction & back story
4:42 - Book content (Learning C# by Developing Games with Unity 2021)
12:45 - (What) should you study in university?
16:09 - How to find a job as a game developer
22:43 - How important is math for game development?
27:50 - How to use Github for Unity games
29:50 - Game development interview questions & resources
32:25 - Indie game development market, tips & resources
43:03 - Your own learning resources
44:13 - How to stay motivated & avoid burnout
46:43 - Favorite game dev communities
47:29 - C# pros & cons
49:47 - Unity vs Unreal Engine
52:32 - More about Harrison
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Gabor Varadi aka Zhuinden/EpicPandaForce is a well-known member of the Android developer community because of his elaborate and helpful answers on Reddit and Stackoverflow.
In this episode, he will share his experiences in using Jetpack Compose in real-world Android applications and explain problems we have to watch out for. He will also share his opinions on MVVM vs MVI architecture, reactive programming with Flow vs RxJava, and much more.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
15:33 - How Jetpack Compose works
18:36 - Benefits & problems of Jetpack Compose
50:06 - What's wrong with Navigation Compose
1:06:58 - Simple-Stack
1:36:03 - Single-activity vs multiple activities
1:44:21 - Accompanist is tech debt
1:45:31 - Pure Compose vs fragments
1:57:14 - Process death
2:15:12 - Benefits of reactive programming
2:22:59 - Kotlin Flow vs RxJava
2:31:26 - MVVM vs MVI
2:50:18 - Why Jetpack ViewModel is not a viewmodel
2:52:40 - Clean Architecture mistakes
2:58:38 - Unit testing in one sentence
2:59:48 - More about Gabor
3:01:05 - Stay in touch
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