What are some of good resources to learn basic concurrency and design patterns using them?

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I have been an Android engineer for over 5 years and have used the tools and frameworks provided by the OS - like Intents, Executors, Threads and even Kotlin Coroutines. I have been working on some large scale designs involving both frontend and backend and I feel like a novice when it comes to concurrency.

There are ton's of resources to learn but based on your real world experience, whats the best way to learn these design patterns?

Rahul Pandey · Accepted Answer

I worked as an Android developer in larger companies like Pinterest and Meta, both of which had well-defined patterns for handling asynchronous/concurrent work. So I didn't get much of a chance to learn "vanilla" ways of handling async operations.

What helped me tremendously was to teach the concept to others. That's what I did with Kotlin coroutines in this YouTube video: Kotlin Coroutines: Getting Started in Android - Beginner Tutorial.

I'd encourage you to follow some existing resource, but then pretend that you have to teach the concept to a colleague in a tight video or blog post.

What are some of good resources to learn basic concurrency and design patterns using them?

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