You need to learn the following1) Java - follow the tutorial on Sun Microsystem's Java site which is free. Or get a good book which teaches the basics of programming using the Java language.
2) Learn GUI (Graphical User Interface) Programming in Java which is the SWING windowing toolkit. This will give you the much needed concepts and techniques of how to write code for an 'event driven' model. Android OS too, just like Java SWING, provides 'event driven' GUI framework. So understanding SWING is more than sufficient for you to learn how GUI's work. With this knowledge, which you can gain within 15 days if you seriously follow just one or two books/websites, you can program for the Android OS. Tip: Get a good book, or follow the Sun Site ( http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/index.html) <http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/index.html> download Eclipse as your IDE to write code and then bury your head in that book/website and type out every example and try it. Dont get distracted by too many websites and discussion groiups, etc. Once you have learnt the basics, you can then read a lot more about each topic. Happy programming :) - Sunit On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Markjm223 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just picked up my G1 and I'm very interested in learning how to > develop applications. > > Is this a realistic goal? Can I learn this on my own or do I need a > degree to understand? > > Thanks > > Mark > > > > -- - Sunit Katkar --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
