What are MAD skills 🤨?
MAD skills stand for Modern Android Development skills. It is a set of best practices to make better applications.
Some of the best practices are using jetpack compose over traditional layout system (XML), using kotlin programming language over java, using architectural principles to structure your project and many more.
You can learn how to apply the MAD skills in your project from Google's official website. The link is given below.
What is MAD Scorecard 🤔?
MAD scorecard is a way to know how modern an Android developer you are.
To see your own MAD scorecard, you need to install the MAD scoreboard plugin in your android studio.
To install the plugin follow these steps -
- Run Android Studio
- From the menu bar, select Android Studio > Preferences.
- Under IDE Settings, click Plugins and find
MAD Scorecardplugin - Click Install plugin
- Restart Android Studio.
How to generate your MAD scorecard?
Right click 👉 Analyze 👉 Create MAD scorecard
Like this -
It will generate a URL of your MAD scorecard. Now you can see your scorecard by opening it in the browser.
The scorecard looks like this -
Now create your scorecard and share it on Twitter and Linkedin 😍 and tag me.