Android Layouts Hands-On (Tagalog)

A-Ar Andrew Concepcion — Sat, 15 Feb 2020 07:51:09 +0000

A hands-on tutorial + explanation of android layouts. (In Tagalog)

What can you expect from this video:

Learn about android layouts
Learn the Linear and Constraint Layout
Learn the difference between px and dp
Learn how to create user interfaces using XML
Learn the difference of margin and padding
Coding / Debugging tips and tricks

https://youtu.be/dgzvP1VduIo

Android Intents In-Depth (Tagalog)

A-Ar Andrew Concepcion — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 04:28:03 +0000

Explaining in-depth what android intents are, how they work and how they behave. (In Tagalog)

What can you expect from this video:

Learn about android intents' usage for starting Activities, Services, and sending Broadcasts
Learn about explicit and implicit intents
Learn how to compose / make an explicit intent
Learn how to use implicit intents
Android Studio shortcuts
Coding / Debugging tips and tricks

https://youtu.be/0E6D_h0EZbQ

Android Development Tutorial Intro (Tagalog)

A-Ar Andrew Concepcion — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 04:25:04 +0000

I recently started a native android development tutorial series in tagalog.

I made it specifically different from other tutorials because I don't want the viewers to just copy what I do on screen. I want them to listen. I'll go in-depth with all the essential knowledge to learn android development.

So here is the first in the series:
https://youtu.be/zLeI4mBAH6k

Pricing a freelance project

A-Ar Andrew Concepcion — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 18:05:43 +0000

Pricing a freelance project is a very tricky task, sometimes we get stumped when pricing freelance projects because we try to think without certain factors and criterias.

There's certainly a lot of factors to consider, but here are the most common ones:

Your hourly rate

This is the most important thing to know
How much do you value yourself?
Every decision you will make with regards to accepting the project will revolve around your rate
As a rule of thumb, your desired value might not be far from your current value on the job market
E.g. If you're earning 20-30k/mo whilst employed, and your target for your next job/project is higher than that, let's say 40k. 40k divided by 21 days divided by 8 hours, that's more or less 238/hour.
Don't forget to factor in the utilities, tools, services costs, if valuing self at 238/hr for example, add 30% more for the utilities, that's 309/hr

The project's complexity

You should factor in how much mental load are you capable of and willing to use up for the project
There are projects that are inherently complex
There are projects that not complex but tedious
There are easy projects
There are projects that are easy when you think a mental model of it but becomes complex when implemented or when a client introduced a change jn the requirements that throws the project into a whole new level of complexity

The project deadline

You should always try to charge more for projects that have a shorter timeline
This means that the client really needs this to run before that date, so the client must be at a difficult position and you should leverage that
A shorter deadline also means there's very little room for feedback loops and requirements changes
knowing clients, they always have changes so you should always bear that in mind because a client will have changes to the requirements but not the deadlines

Your interest in the project

It really depends on what kind of a freelance dev are you
If you don't really need the project or the project is not that interesting for you, you have liberty to play with your pricing model and see what works
Similarly, when doing a project and you're offer is more than what the client can afford, if you are really intrigued by the project, you can have some kind of equity arrangement or something to that effect

Client's initial estimate

Of course, all of these boils down to what the client can afford or is willing to pay
Should you try to lower your rate to match the client's estimate? It depends, is it reasonable? Is the project still worth it with a lower rate?
Should you chase after clients who says they can get things done for a lower price with another freelancer? Personally no, I don't chase clients, I'll say that's ok, I price higher because I'm confident and is equipped with the right skillset to do the project, if by chance the other freelancer cannot do it, you can always return to me.

Compromises and meeting halfway

Everything can be sorted out with proper communication

Everything above is not set in stone, you can have your own pricing model, this only serves as a rule of thumb when you are new to freelance projects.

DEV Community: A-Ar Andrew Concepcion

Android Layouts Hands-On (Tagalog)

Android Intents In-Depth (Tagalog)

Android Development Tutorial Intro (Tagalog)

Pricing a freelance project