Introductory talk about Native Android Development given in International Hellenic University on July 19th, 2012. This presentation aims in revealing the need of the contemporary developer to be agile and a fast-learner. The technical part was covered during the hands-on session.

1. Android Development
from theory to practise

2. ACADEMIA
PhD Candidate /
APOSTOLOS Coordinator
Research Associate,
Informatics Dept. KRITIKOS
OTHER LOCAL Mentor,
Co-Founder SOCIAL NETWORKS Software Eng. /
Development Process

3. WHY ARE
YOU HERE?

4. POTENTIAL
YIELD?

5. THE PROBLEM W/ INFORMATICS
• Things are moving to fast
• We can’t afford investing in a specific
technology / standard
• There is a plentitude of options
…and as from 1980s
THERE IS FREE/LIBRE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

6. TODAY, A GOOD PROGRAMMER IS…
• An expert to a single programming language
• An expert to a couple of programming
languages
• An expert to desktop development
• An expert to web development
• An expert to mobile development
• An expert in ruby :)

7. TODAY, A GOOD PROGRAMMER IS…
• An expert to a single programming language
• An expert to a couple of programming
languages
• An expert to desktop development
• An expert to web development
• An expert to mobile development
• An expert in ruby :)

8. A GOOD PROGRAMMER IS
AGILE &
A FAST LEARNER

9. IN THIS CONTEXT…

10. _____ Development
learning to learn new stuff

11. ANDROID
our case study for today :)

12. PREREQUISITES
• Internet connection
• Time
• An idea for a toy example (in order to apply
what we learn)

13. TECH PREREQUISITES
• Toolset
(e.g. SDKs, IDEs, Emulators, etc…)
• Documentation
(API, Tutorials / Video Tutorials, Books)
• Examples / Reusable material
(Demo Apps, F/LOSS Source Code, etc…)

14. UP, UP AND AWAY!