GDG Seattle Android Study Jam #1

GDG Seattle Android Study Jam #1

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1. GDG Seattle Session 1, 3/12/2016
2. Welcome to Android Study Jams!
3. Agenda • 10:00AM Kickoff & Intro • 10:15AM What is Study Jam? • 10:30AM Udacity Lesson 1 - Layouts & AS • 11:45AM Project idea brainstorm • 12:15PM Lunch • 12:45PM Reflection • 1:00PM What to Expect from Study Jam #2?
4. Intro Coaches Students - intro on Slack #intros channel • Who am I? • Why am I here?
5. Android Study Jam What is Android Study Jams? • Community organized study groups • Organized by GDGs worldwide • Udacity Android Dev for Beginner’s course
6. Android for Beginners on Udacity • Beginner course for those new to programming or new to Android • You have 3 options: 1. Take the free version on your own 2. Take the paid version with Udacity coaches help & get a certificate from Udacity 3. Take the free version as part of the Android Study Jam & get a certificate from Google ← free help from peers and coaches
7. Study Jam Sessions Make sure to sign up for all 3 sessions! • Saturday 3/12 10AM-1:30PM, Google Kirkland ◦ Lesson 1 - Layouts, Android Studio setup • Saturday 3/26 10AM-1:30PM, Google Fremont ◦ Lesson 2 - Making an app interactive • Saturday 4/9 10AM-1:30PM, Google Kirkland ◦ Lesson 3 OOP, Final Project
8. What Do You Get? • Personal tutoring • Support from peers and coaches • Swag pack • Google-offered Study Jams completion certificate • Discount on the Android Nanodegree upon course completion • Opportunity to join Google Launchpad with completed app, pending app quality
9. How To Get The Certificate? Student receives an Android Study Jam completion certificate only if all conditions are met: • Complete the Udacity course ← tracked with this link https://www.udacity.com/account/affiliate/GoogleStudyJams • Attend all 3 study sessions • Submit a final project to the Study Jam facilitators/Coaches
10. Helpful Resources • Coaches help during Study Jams • Android Developers official site • Search on Stack Overflow • Post questions on Slack (Seattle only) • Post questions on G+ Community Study Jam (Global) https://goo.gl/UMZ3Nn
11. Lesson 1A & 1B Building Layouts Test Your Knowledge • Give a few examples of Views • When do we use a LinearLayout? • How does layout_weight help you? • When do you use a RelativeLayout? • Padding vs Margin • What are some specific resources for learning Android?
12. Android Studio Install Party • Watch DevBytes on Android Studio • Hands-on: Android Studio setup • Demo: “Hello World” • Demo: import a sample project • Android Studio tips & tricks: ◦ G+ #androidstudioprotip ◦ GDE Philippe Breault’s Blog
13. Final Project Link on Udacity is here & project rubic is here • Educational app • Teaches 5 new things • Topic of your choice
14. Final Project - In Scope • Should teach a user 5 things about a topic • Can contain text, images, and other Views • Should be limited to a single screen that can scroll • Can link to other apps like maps, phone dialer, web browser, etc... • Should be interactive with buttons
15. Final Project - Out of Scope • An app with multiple screens • Storing user’s preferences/data on the device • Getting data from a server • Syncing data across devices
16. Project idea brainstorming
17. Lunch break
18. Reflection Get into small groups and share - • What you have done so far? • How are you feeling? • What has been challenging? Rewarding? • What lessons have you learned so far?
19. What to Expect from Session #2? Study Jam Session #2 is at Google Fremont • Udacity Beginner course Lesson 2 • Discussions: ◦ Student questions ◦ Your favorite app and what you like about it ◦ Android news
20. Organizers & Coaches