I’ve recently come across an interesting puzzle, it went like “Guess the next value of Math.random()”. How could you possibly do it? Well, since the output is unpredictable by definition, the only option left for many of us is cheating. Once I successfully “solved” the puzzle by crippling the poor Math class to a worrying…
Here are a few quick examples of how API calls can be chained to answer advanced queries, such as “Which day is the last Friday of the next month”. Or imagine you need match a weekly or monthly schedule. These and similar queries can be resolved without much of an effort. Simple queries can be…
Languages like Scala, Ruby or even PHP allow to build dynamic textual content in an elegant and concise way. Is string interpolation available in Java? To set an example of what I mean by “elegant and concise way”, let’s print a result of a simple equation x * y = z, where x, y and z…
Coding for Android can be tough at times. Especially when things one would take for granted aren’t supported at all. Such as an option for a fully justified text in a TextView. After having tried a number of different solutions I eventually gave up on using a TextView and resorted to a WebView instead. Of…
While designing of the Endpoints API is fairly straightforward, there are gotchas one might stumble upon. Especially when task at hand is slightly more involved than the proverbial “hello world” example. It took several iterations in my tiny little project to adjust the API according to my needs. Don’t get me wrong. I enjoy working…
Conscious about REST? Then you want to have control over HTTP methods associated with your API calls. Should you choose not to use @ApiMethod, Endpoints falls back to an educated guess approach based on the API method name, as stated in the docs. I couldn’t find much details about how the resolution works, but common…