Getting Started with Jetpack Compose

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1. Getting Started with
   Jetpack Compose
   Loveleen Kaur
   Software Engineer (Android)
   Android
   

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2. Agenda
   ● Understanding Jetpack Compose
   ● Benefits of Compose
   ● Pathways
   ● Earn Digital Badges
   ● Pathway Resources
   ● Additional Resources
   

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3. 3
   Jetpack Compose
   Jetpack Compose is the modern toolkit for
   building native user interfaces for Android apps.
   Compose apps are written in the Kotlin
   programming language.
   Compose makes it easier and faster to build UIs
   on Android.
   

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4. Benefits of using Jetpack Compose
   Less code
   Do more with less code
   and avoid entire classes
   of bugs. Code is simpler
   and easier to maintain.
   Intuitive
   Just describe your UI,
   and Compose takes
   care of the rest. As app
   state changes, your UI
   automatically updates.
   Accelerates
   Development
   Compatible with all your
   existing code so you can
   adopt when and where
   you want. Iterate fast
   with live previews and
   full Android Studio
   support.
   Powerful
   Create beautiful apps
   with direct access to the
   Android platform APIs
   and built-in support for
   Material Design, Dark
   theme, animations, and
   more.
   

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5. Let’s compare with Traditional View
   

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6. “Jetpack Compose is
   Love that makes
   Android Developers
   happier.”
   Compose
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7. Pathways
   Each track offers learning content from
   Google that is structured into pathways.
   A pathway consists of a sequence of
   learning activities (videos, articles, and
   codelabs), to help you learn about a
   certain technical topic.
   There is a quiz at the end of a pathway to
   test what you learned.
   

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8. Earn digital badges
   For each quiz successfully passed, participants earn a badge on their developer profiles
   Carrie
   Sawyer
   

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9. Pathway Resources
   Practice problems
   These appear throughout the Android Basics with Compose course for learners to apply
   what they just learned in context of a new app. These practice problems are optional.
   Learners can start on them if they finish early at a session.
   Open-ended projects
   At the end of each unit, there are opportunities for learners to create their own app, with
   some guidelines to help them. Since these apps will be unique to each individual, the apps
   could be added to their portfolio of work, and even uploaded to GitHub.
   Unit 1 - Business Card app Unit 2 - Art Space app Unit 3 - 30 Days app
   

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10. Resources
    ● https://developer.android.com/jetpack/compose/tutorial
    ● https://developer.android.com/jetpack/compose
    ● https://developer.android.com/courses/jetpack-compose/course
    

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11. Thank you
    Loveleen Kaur
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/loveleen-kaur/
    https://twitter.com/loveleen_nancy
    

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