Breaking out of your comfort zone

Hey everyone,

Do you guys feel good already with the level that you are at? Maybe you feel as if everything is done and then there’s nothing left to do.

In reality, there’s always something that will be left for you to do. Always make sure that there are bugs that will be filed, and always try and find something yourself. Because although you write good code, it might not work the way you want it to work.

Always try and consider all the possible scenarios that you can find. For instance, using a scrollable TabLayout will work fine on left-to-right alignments, but not right-to-left. Though you can find libraries that will alleviate this issue on Android, Xamarin.Android does not have this support and you’ll have to do the port yourself.

However, if you can do the port by yourself, then you will be able to benefit from learning about what’s going on with the code you’re writing! It’s a tedious process trying to debug, but you’ll thank yourself later because of how you solely did it.

Afterwards, show some love for the other developers who may struggle with the same issue. Put it up on GitHub and try to make a binding for it. If you really want to benefit others not by using the NuGet sources, then create a readme on how to make the binding work for all others.

Or, just drop the source onto GitHub and then people will notice. Once that happens, you’ll be able to generate an audience that will give you a sense of accomplishment.

That’s all I have for today, and therefore, until next time!

Brian.