php-docs-samples VS architecture-samples

PHP

Google has a lot of sample projects that you can play around with/start with. For example, this is a link to sample Apps based on Python from Google. They also have similar links for other languages - PHP, NodeJS.

You have the capability to include a php.ini file in your function payload.

Here's an example project on GitHub that demonstrates how to use a ViewModel in practice: https://github.com/android/architecture-samples/tree/master/BasicSample

For me this one is the best: Architecture samples it's easy to understand and covers lots of concepts.

Since I never had a mentor or any courses I decided to follow anyone in their development approaches and my choice was google team. There are repo which is supported and update for years, it changes and might slightly differ in branches. But it could answer your questions.

For merging multiple data-sources, like network and database, I can use Repository backed with NetworkDataSources and DbDataSources. For data manipulation, Kotlin's collection has many useful functions (map, reduce, groupBy, count, etc.). If I want to ensure a data can only be emitted once, a simple modification to LiveData is enough (SingleLiveData

Take a look on Android blueprints https://github.com/android/architecture-samples