Free Code Downloads!
This week, during Tony's first full class it is became pretty apparent that the exercise code is pretty crucial for everyone to be able to follow along during the live class. So O'Reilly has generously decided to provide the code to everyone that is participating in the free live classes:
Tip: Exclipse & Android SDK.
Based on a number of questions in the chatroom during class, Elisabeth Robson has recorded short tutorial on how to install and configure Eclipse and the Android SDK.
YouTube: Installing Eclipse & Android SDK
This Week's Homework.
In this week's project, the task list goes away every time we reinstall the app or reboot the phone! Your homework is to make it persist. We've added topic in the O'Reilly Forum for this week's homework assignment, including some more tips on this week's homework:
Class Notes from India:
Sudar, a web developer in Chennai, India, continues to post terrific notes from our weekly class on his personal blog. Thanks Sudar!
Link: Developing Android applications in Java – Session 1
Upcoming Course Schedule:
Feb 9, Overview - Android Java Apps. [Done]
Feb 16, Week 1 - A Simple Task Manager. [Done]
Feb 23, Week 2 - Creating a List of Tasks.
Mar 2, Week 3 - Persisting Tasks.
Mar 9, Week 4 - Adding Locations to Tasks.
Mar 16, Week 5 - Tasks Near Me.
Purchase the Downloads:
If you can't attend the live presentations — or do attend and want to revisit them later — recording of these classes will be available for purchase from O'Reilly. The regular price of $99 is discounted to $49 during the live course.
Note: The videos are posted 1-2 days after the live class. Code examples and slides are included. We're finishing up the videos from this first class right now.
See you next week!
PS. If you like this free course, let O'Reilly know by posting a positive review on the course video page.
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