A modern programming language that makes developers happier.

kotlinlang

`Day 97 &amp; 98`
• Updated READMEs for <https://github.com/B-Lidberg/DailyDoc|DailyDoc> &amp; <https://github.com/B-Lidberg/ChatApp|ChatApp>
• <https://github.com/B-Lidberg/ChatApp|Chat App>
    ◦ Decided towards a type of Chat App
    ◦ Added UI &amp; Bottom Navigation (simple screens)
    ◦ Retrofit &amp; NewsApi implemented
• <https://www.raywenderlich.com/books/data-structures-algorithms-in-kotlin/v2.0|DS&amp;A in Kotlin>
    ◦ Chapter 7: Binary Trees
    ◦ Chapter 8: Binary Search Trees
`Self-Comment`
• I spent some time thinking about the direction I would like to take with the realtime chatting app. While I want to focus with implementing Coroutines, I want to improve with network calls &amp; event handling. Having API calls through Retrofit on top of the Real-Time Chatting with <http://socket.io|socket.io>, it felt like a good opportunity to explore and improve in both areas. 
    ◦ I intend to create chatrooms on top of articles, however that will take some planning as having a chatroom for every article might be a hefty task! So for now I've implemented a bottom bar navigation that navigates to Breaking News, Chat Room, Profile, and Bookmarked articles.
    ◦ There's plethora of features I could implement to this project, but my goal on "simplicity" stands. Learn how to work with and handle asynchronous calls from various sources(network: NewsAPI/node.js, Database Caching: Room, and State changes for different screens). Will cut back or change implementation if it becomes too complex
• DS&amp;A Book is going alright. I've come across a couple bugs that set me back. Have had a difficult time focusing while learning the trees, I'm not sure if it's because of the complexity or how the book is written / examples are given?
`Goals Tomorrow`
• DS&amp;A in Kotlin
    ◦ Ch.9 AVL Trees
    ◦ Ch.10 Tries _(start)_ 
• Research <https://material.io/design|material design> for ChatApp