Android Development: A meta-learning approach

Android Development

from theory to practise

APOSTOLOS KRITIKOS

ACADEMIA

PhD Candidate /Research Associate,

Informatics Dept.

Coordinator

Mentor,Software Eng. /

Development Process Co-Founder

OTHER LOCALSOCIAL NETWORKS

WHY ARE YOU HERE?

POTENTIALYIELD?

THE PROBLEM W/ INFORMATICS

• Things are moving to fast• We can’t afford investing in a specific

technology / standard• There is a plentitude of options

…and as from 1980s

THERE IS FREE/LIBRE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

TODAY, A GOOD PROGRAMMER IS…

• An expert to a single programming language• An expert to a couple of programming

languages• An expert to desktop development• An expert to web development• An expert to mobile development• An expert in ruby :)

TODAY, A GOOD PROGRAMMER IS…

• An expert to a single programming language• An expert to a couple of programming

languages• An expert to desktop development• An expert to web development• An expert to mobile development• An expert in ruby :)

A GOOD PROGRAMMER IS

AGILE &

A FAST LEARNER

IN THIS CONTEXT…

_____ Development

learning to learn new stuff

ANDROID

our case study for today :)

PREREQUISITES

• Internet connection

• Time

• An idea for a toy example (in order to apply what we learn)

TECH PREREQUISITES

• Toolset (e.g. SDKs, IDEs, Emulators, etc…)

• Documentation(API, Tutorials / Video Tutorials, Books)

• Examples / Reusable material(Demo Apps, F/LOSS Source Code, etc…)

UP, UP AND AWAY!