With Protocol Buffer v3, it was not longer possible to known if a field is unset or set to a default value, except to use workaround with oneof fields or wrapper objects defined in google/protobuf/wrappers.proto. The version 3.12 adds a new exprimental support for field presence allowing to solve this problem.

Randomly, it happens that WSL2 terminal fails to mount Windows partitions. It is not mandatory to restart the computer to fix the problem.

Intellij IDEA does not have plugin such as Visual Studio Code Remote Development, nevertheless it is possible to run linux GUI applications directly from WSL2 terminal by installing an X Server for Windows.

Eclipse is one of the most used Java development IDE and knowing his shortcuts allows you to improve your productivity but also makes you more efficient. You will have more time for things you have to do.

The programming style, coding standards or coding rules, all refers to a set of guidelines, best pratices, conventions that developers use when writing source code. All developpers have their own habits, nevertheless, if all developpers conform to the same standard, the consistency through the project will ease maintenability, code review and so on. One of the goal is to improve code quality, but also the daily life of the developper by defined common rules to ease communication.

Using static analysis tools to detect bugs or bad pratice at early stage in the development process is greatly benefits for the code quality of the project. Moreover, these tools allow to find and correct many errors in a cheaper way before they appear at runtime.

Static analyzers have a knowledge base on various patterns that in certain conditions cause an error and can provide feedbacks to the developper, the existence of which he himself would hardly have guessed.

Nowadays, a big part if not the major of an application code comes from dependencies (most often open source). Open source components as others can be subject to vulnerabilities. Once a dependency is added into a project, informations related to this dependency are not always monitored (new version, detected vulnerabilities and so on). In order to provides the most robust and secure application, it will be benefit to track risks related to these dependencies.

The navigation drawer is a UI panel that shows your app’s main navigation menu. It is open when the user swipes a finger from the left edge of the screen or, when the hamburger menu icon is used from the action bar.