So, what, you wouldn't learn it by practicing? You can only learn it by reading the spec? Of course not that's silly. Furthermore, he is taking final exams so I assume he is familiar with the concept of programming.
Also, while Java is in many forms the primary Android development language, in many cases it isn't. If your objective is to make apps for Android learning things like thread locks, blocking queues, etc while it's ok will be superseded when you learn that Android has a bunch of nice helper classes (handler, looper, etc) to integrate better with its lifecycle methodology. Obviously the best would be to learn the spec AS you work on a project. Time spent learning or memorizing some silly spec is better spent making an app that follows to Android standards and practices. On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Kristopher Micinski <krismicin...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Miguel Morales <therevolti...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Right, don't slack on your exams, but nothing beats practice. >> Sure you might get a job just because of your degree but you might suck as >> a programmer. >> >> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Kristopher Micinski < >> krismicin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Though at the same time, getting a good grade on an exam may be important >>> for your future job / school prospects, and I doubt your professor is going >>> to like the "some guy on a mailing list told me to" excuse *again*.... :o) >>> >>> To add some real advice, do you know Java? If not, time to learn that >>> first. (If you try to "just start programming" without actually learning >>> Java, this is going to be tough.) Picking it up from C++ is fairly easy, so >>> that also might work for you. >>> >>> >> Java is extremely easy to pick up, you don't need to know java to start >> developing for android. It would be a waste of time. >> Learn as you go, make mistakes, improve on them. >> > > Yup, I agree, > > Learning a language that is the main development environment on the Android > platform would be simply a waste of time. Doubly so if you intend to > develop good android applications. > > Kris > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- ~ Jeremiah:9:23-24 Android 2D MMORPG: http://solrpg.com/, http://www.youtube.com/user/revoltingx -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
