How to become an Android Developer

PRESENTED AT:
Ulysses High School 214

DATE:
September 28, 2021

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1. How to become an Android
   developer
   Aida Issayeva
   

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2. About me
   󰠁 Software Engineer
   󰠅 Instructor
   🤖 I build Android apps
   🐦 @aida_isay
   🌐 cupsofcode.com
   

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3. The 5-step guide to become an android developer
   Language
   Learn a
   programming
   language. Hint: it
   should be Kotlin.
   Platform
   Learn Android
   Platform
   fundamentals.
   Contribution
   Start contributing to
   open source
   projects.
   Tools
   Learn to use the essential
   tools: IDE (Android
   Studio), VCS (Git), build
   automation (Gradle).
   Sharing
   Share your learnings
   along the way.
   

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4. 1. Learn a Programming Language
   Syntax and idioms
   Syntax refers to the set of rules, that define
   a language. Idioms define meaning and
   usage of code blocks.
   Data structures and
   algorithms
   A data structure is a way of collecting and
   organizing data to perform operations
   effectively.
   An algorithm is a set of instructions or
   logic, written in order to accomplish a
   certain, predefined task.
   OOP (object-oriented
   programming)
   A programming paradigm, that organizes
   software design around data and objects,
   rather than functions and logic.
   03
   01 02
   KOTLIN
   

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5. TODO
   ❏ Download two great books : Kotlin in Action and Android Development in
   Kotlin
   ❏ Head to kotlin doc to familiarize with syntax and idioms
   ❏ Take the free course by Kotlin to learn syntax, concepts, OOP altogether
   

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6. 2. Learn Android Platform Fundamentals
   Handling app
   configuration
   changes
   App
   Components,
   Views, and
   Intents
   Context
   Multithreading
   Unit
   testing
   Security
   Navigation
   

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7. TODO
   ❏ Read about app components and intents here
   ❏ Learn more about multithreading in Android
   ❏ Follow the principles of navigation
   ❏ Read about unit testing in Android here
   ❏ Take the Developing Android Apps in Kotlin course on Udacity
   ❏ Learn about security’s best practices
   

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8. 3. Get to know the essential Tools
   Version Control System
   (VCS): Git
   Git is widely used version control
   system that records changes to a
   file or set of files over time so that
   specific versions can be recalled
   later.
   Integrated Development
   Environment (IDE) :
   Android Studio
   Comprehensive source editor with a
   build automation and integrated
   VCS support, and tons of other
   features.
   Build automation: Gradle
   The tool to build, compile and
   publish apps. Built-in in Android
   Studio.
   

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9. TODO
   ❏ Download Android Studio and learn user guide to it
   ❏ Learn Git by reading first two chapters on this website
   ❏ Learn how to use Github on this lab and create your profile on Github
   

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10. 4. Contribute to Open Source Projects
    Ways to
    contribute
    Open an
    issue
    Enhance
    document
    ation
    Fix issues
    or
    introduce
    a feature
    Review a
    pull
    request
    

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11. TODO
    ❏ Start contributing to this project. I wrote down the detailed instructions in each
    issue
    ❏ Open Android Developer Guides and find sample project links to Github and
    contribute to them.
    

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12. 5. Share the journey
    GDG
    groups
    Quora
    Meetup
    Reddit
    Twitter
    

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13. TODO
    ❏ Sign up on Twitter, search tweets by #AndroidDev hashtag and follow dozen
    authors, that use the hashtag
    ❏ Post your first tweet about Android or Kotlin learning with #AndroidDev
    

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14. Just Start Coding!
    

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15. Thank you
    

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