On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Nency Robert <angelgirl4...@gmail.com> wrote: > HI All, > > I am new to android development. As I am still in learning phase, I > have searched so many courses and materials on google for it. >
Online materials are good, especially the android site and related books, but you'll want some good experience with Java first. Also a CS background (systems, especially) may help you understand the design decisions in android, etc... > I found one interesting course which is online. It is held at > University of California, Irvine Extension. I am planning to enroll > for this course. > > So anyone have any idea about how the course is, please let me know. > This course costs about, $650. So before I enroll for it I want to > know how useful it will be for me to get job after completion of it. > I would say that you would almost have zero probability of getting a job because you took a course in Android development. However, if you aren't at a point where you can figure at least a little of it out without instruction, you might want to look at Java development (and traditional CS in general). I.e., no single course is going to make you become a good programmer (who train for years to be proficient) and get a job. This isn't to say that the course has no merit: surely they point things out to you that you might not have figured as quickly alone, and the extra pressure of a course forcing you to do assignments on a regular basis changes things as well. > I also want to know if anyone has any idea about it, what is the > difference between University of California Irvine and University or > California Irvine Extension degree. Are these both same collage or > different? > Completely separate entities, UC Irvine is an internationally recognized institution, an extension degree would a) take much more than one class, and b) is not held to as high a standard as a traditional CS degree from the actual institution. 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
