Java developer working in health care administration technologies.

Senior Software Engineer

Lead Android developer, Full-stack Ruby on Rails developer, Associate iOS developer. Test-driven development on all platforms. 

Software Developer

Android developer working on connected appliances. Ruby on Rails IoT API developer. Test-driven development on all platforms.

iOS, Android, and full-stack Ruby on Rails developer working on enterprise learning platforms, REST web APIs, and virtual product demo applications.

I've been a Ruby on Rails developer for 9 years, working on projects large and small. I've developed a number of RESTful APIs, usually for mobile applications. I'm an open-source contributor, a testing enthusiast, and happy to help people break through to new levels of expertise.

I've been an Android developer for about 8 years, having developed a number of applications large and small. Testing with JUnit, Robolectric, and Espresso. Experience with RxJava, Retrofit, Dagger2, Jetpack (new Android Architecture Components), Room, etc. I still work with Java, but have been focused on Kotlin for the past 4 years.

I've been working with Kotlin on Android for 4 years, and have used it for testing and widely used production applications.

I've been using Git for a long time. I'm a big fan, and very comfortable with rebases.

Worked on many iOS apps when Objective-C was still big. Developed several apps with Swift. I like Swift better.

Testing is one of the best ways to learn a new language, explore capabilities, or just increase your confidence in  your code. Dependency injection, mocking, and design patterns are all important aspects of writing testable code. I've been using test-driven development on projects across multiple platforms since I began writing software professionally, and would consider myself a testing evangelist. I can help you write tests, learn how to design code so you can test it, and figure out how to identify testing boundaries.

Code weaver. Enthusiast.

Joshua Kovach

Blog posts I've written while working at Collective Idea

Technical Writing at Collective Idea

Multi-flavor Android companion application for several AHL Hockey teams.

AHL Hocky Applications

Dead Man's Snitch monitors your periodic processes and notifies you when something doesn't happen. Daily backups, monthly emails, or cron jobs you need to monitor? Dead Man's Snitch has you covered. Know immediately when one of these processes doesn't work with push notifications. Free and paid plans are available. 

Dead Man's Snitch

View abstraction for integration testing.

Added a number of features to enhance fluency and capabilities of the testing tool, including top-level attributes and form interfaces.

Domino

The administration framework for Ruby on Rails applications.

ActiveAdmin

Roommates.com

Talk I gave at Google I/O Extended Grand Rapids in 2017 about using Model-View-Presenter architecture to develop and test Android applications. Star Wars themed. Fun fact: I gave this talk just a few hours before the new Architecture Components were announced.

Application Architecture for Droids (Slides)

Talk: Application Architecture for Droids

Slides for my 2015 talk for Google I/O Extended Grand Rapids

Dependency Injection with Dagger 2 (Prezi Slides)

Talk: Testing with Dependency Injection: Architecting Testable Apps with Dagger 2

Slides for a talk I gave at CocoaHeads Kalamazoo

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