Journey as an Android Developer

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Journey Through Android Development David Odari

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My Journey

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Why Android? What’s this presentation about? Use this slide to introduce yourself and give a high level overview of the topic you’re about to explain.

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Why Android? ● Open Source ● Runs on over a billion devices ● Simple ,get apps running quick.

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Fun fact The Android logo isn't actually called Android but bugdroid.

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Getting Started ● Perseverance/Determination ● Patience ● Curiosity ● An open mind ● Being honest with yourself. ○

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Tools ● Android Studio/Intellij

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Need to knows ● Java/Kotlin knowledge,Kotlin preferrebaly ● Activities ● Services ● Broadcast receivers ● Content Providers ● Databases - SQL & NoSQL

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Skill Levels & Work Environment

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Beginner Still learning can build basic apps

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Junior Has some experience building apps and can deliver on projects given proper guidance. Learning Stage.

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Mid level Can deliver on work with minimal supervision and understands best practices whiel delivering tasks on time.

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Senior Has clear view of the team and guides mid and junior developers in a team with amassed technical expertise. Can also make decisions on technical tradeoffs.

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Lead Responsible for the whole team and manages all phases involved with the product.

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Staying Relevant

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Online Courses ● Udacity ● Udemy ● Pluralsight ● Youtube

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Meetups & Events ● Android254 ● KotlinKenya ● Devfest ● DroidconKE ● Google IO ● Android Dev Summit ● KotlinConf

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Socials ● Twitter - GDEs ,Kotlin,Android..etc ● Linkedin

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Certiﬁcations ● Associate Android Developer(Java/Kotlin)

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Products ● Build side projects ● Have a playstore account and ship ● Produce libraries from your projects or contribute to open source libraries you use.