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!