What's Next?

Ask anyone who knows me, what my priorities are in life. And you're likely to hear three things. Family, Video Games, and Computers.

My love for computers dates back to 1988 when I started with the Commodore 64. My interest was driven through video games on the C64 that I wanted to modify and learn to create my own games.

My entire life I have been moving forward on that path, learning about everything that I could get my hands on. To date, I have taught myself programming in over 20 languages for a variety of platforms.

I've been a professional senior software engineer consultant for the last 2 years and it has been a life-changing experience. I finally found a way to provide for my family and I've never been happier.

With my current contract expiring at the end of this month, I've been on the hunt for what's next?.

I am seeking remote development jobs to be able to provide for my family and be with my wife and kids on a daily basis. Cubicles are not the place for this guy. I was recommended to check out https://www.toptal.com and I think that it should be a great opportunity for me.

Get Binary Assist Today!

I just published my first paid app on the android marketplace!

Please check it out!



https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bangbangattackstudios.apps.binary_assist

This app was created from concept to release in under 36 hours with 30 of those going just to the publishing process itself.

I used create-react-app to scaffold the initial project, and then proceeded to delete the pre-made .js and .css files and added the files for my app. I built the functionality of the React components first, and then I styled them using flexbox CSS. Thanks to autoprefixer, the css styling works on android!

That brings me to how I got my app on android.

I used cordova and created a new project based on their helloworld app, and then I tediously went through and edited all the configs and files that I needed to update, as well as dump my webpack-optimized build files from react-create-app into the cordova project.

Using cordova-icon and cordova-splash I was able to take my rushed GIMP icon and splash imagery and generate all the necessary files.

I had to build the pesky google marketplace feature and promo images myself in GIMP though.

Once I had things in cordova, I tested on my android device and then proceeded to build release apk and going through the whole tedious and overly complicated signing process.

Now armed with a signed apk and all the promotional graphics I needed, I added a new app on the google developer dashboard and filled out all the infos and dragged in my images and uploaded my apk. The usual...

Then I decided to make this thing a paid app. Why you ask? Well, there are no advertisements, there are no in-app purchases, nothing to bug you, and no extra permissions. It's a premium app if there was ever one. Yeah it is simple, and doesn't have tons of features and awesome animations. But what it does, it does well and I felt that warrants a price.

Please show your support of this indie developer and buy a copy of Binary Assist today!