GDG Seattle Android Study Jam #3

GDG Seattle Android Study Jam #3

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1. GDG Seattle Session 3, 4/9/2016
2. Agenda • 10:00AM Welcome & Intro • 10:15AM Discussions • 10:30AM Lesson 3 Review • 11:00AM Help with projects • 11:45AM Lunch break • 12:30AM Project Presentation • 1:00PM Prizes & Raffle • 1:15PM Where to Go Next?
3. Introduction • Coaches • Students - intro on Slack #intros channel ◦ Who am I? ◦ Why am I here?
4. Android Study Jam What is Android Study Jams? • Community organized study groups • Udacity Android Dev for Beginner’s course • Organized by GDGs worldwide • 3 sessions for GDG Seattle: 3/12, 3/26 & 4/9
5. 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
6. 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
7. Reminder • Fill out the survey for us to know your background • Join Slack after receiving an invitation (Seattle) • Join G+ Community Study Jam (Global) https://goo.gl/UMZ3Nn • Join Udacity special link: https://www.udacity.com/account/affiliate/GoogleStudyJams • Post your photos here: https://goo.gl/photos/jrax1ZYPY5udCJXW9 • Use #devstudyjam when posting on Twitter & G+
8. Discussion • Why Learning to Code is So Damn Hard • Imposter Syndrome Discussion forum thread on Udacity
9. Lesson 3 Object Oriented Programming Things covered • Java Methods: ◦ public void foo(int bar){}; • Java Class: A way to organize data, states; many people draw analogy from real life objects. ◦ class MyJavaClass {} • Java Objects: An instance of class at run time ◦ new MyJavaClass(); • Inheritance: A way to reuse code and also override existing functionality defined in base classes ◦ class MySubClass extends MyJavaClass {}
10. Lesson 3 Object Oriented Programming Things covered • Resources: Images, XML files that are not Java source code and lives in res/ directory • Conditional flow-control with if/else ◦ If (condition) { performThis();} else { performThat();} • Intent: A way to ask other apps to do things for you. • Style: A collection of properties that can be applied to a View. ◦ Apply using style=”@style/MyStyle” in layout xml. • Theme: A way to style everything in your app. ◦ Apply to <application> and/or <activity> tags in AndroidManifest.xml
11. Study Time • Help with Lesson 3 • Help with your projects
12. Lunch break
13. Final Project Link on Udacity is here & project rubic is here • An educational app that teaches 5 new things • Can contain text, images, and other Views • Limited to a single screen that can scroll • Interactive with buttons • Link to maps, phone dialer, web browser etc (optional)
14. How to Submit Final Project • Fill out this project submission form: http://goo.gl/forms/Y96zPjFVpI • Project due by Saturday 4/16 • Submit ◦ A brief idea doc ◦ A few screen shots ◦ Source code
15. Final Project Presentation
16. Raffle Time!
17. Where to Go Next? • Take more classes, online or in person • Read books and tutorials • Teach and help others • Learn from experts ◦ Blogs ◦ Conferences ◦ YouTube videos ◦ Follow them on twitter, G+, Medium...
18. Learning Resources from Udacity • Android Nanodegree • Intro to Java Programming • Programming Foundations in Python • Git Version control course... https://www.udacity.com/course/viewer#!/c-ud837/l-4584545214/m-4582702844
19. Additional Learning Resources • Read blog: The Android Developers Blog • Listen to Podcast: ◦ Fragmented by Donn Felker and Kaushik Gopal ◦ Android Developers Backstage by Google • Watch YouTube: Android Developers • ... Margaret Maynard-Reid’s story: How I become an Android Developer
20. Join the Community! • GDG Seattle • Seattle Android Developers • Eastside Android Developers
21. Final Reminder From you - • Submit your final project by 4/16 • Fill out the Study Jam participant feedback survey To you - • Google issued Study Jam certificate • 15% Discount on the Android Nanodegree
22. Organizers & Coaches