Android 101, Class 4

Instead of focusing on styling in yesterday’s class, we focused on the Java code to make the calculator work. We’ve moved the styling lab and material to today’s class. If you were having trouble with the calculator portion of the class – do not dispair! Download the latest code from the classroom example so you can follow along with the styling lab today.

If you haven’t finished last week’s homework, don’t be discouraged! Join us at project night! Also, I will be posting my finished application so you can see how I implemented the project.

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Why I’m Not Attending the Philly Geek Awards

Although I love the idea of highlighting geeky leaders and businesses that make a difference in this city, I’m disappointed that the mobile community has been undeserved for two years running.

Last year there was a category to recognize the best iOS app of the year. I found out about the event rather late and mounted an unsuccessful campaign to get an Android category on the roster. Although defeated, I was encouraged about the future, because the organizers promised to have a category the following year to highlight all platforms.

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Android 101, Class 1

Welcome to the Girl Develop It Android 101 course! The course material will be open, just make sure to prepare your development environment before attempting the material.

Slides & Notes

This course assumes that students have no programming or Java experience. Therefore, the slides for the first class focus mainly on object oriented programming principles, the Java programming language, and using the IntelliJ IDE. Class 1 Handout.

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Beginning Android with IntelliJ

Welcome future Android developers!

I’m very excited about next week’s class! I’m a huge fan of Android and can’t wait to share my love with you all.

Please install all of the following before class begins. It takes a long time to install several of these tools, so it would be hard on the class bandwidth and will take a lot of time to get ready while the class is going on around you!

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