[android-developers] Re: My first android program

2011-05-14 Thread res_au
Thanks so much for your input! I've just had my final exam today, so I'm back into it. It's my final year in medicine actually, the only programming experience I have is in VB6 from a few years back (I loved it!). I'm familiar with the concept of OOP but haven't used it much. I think I'll take your

Re: [android-developers] Re: My first android program

2011-05-03 Thread Kristopher Micinski
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Miguel Morales wrote: > 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 Ja

Re: [android-developers] Re: My first android program

2011-05-03 Thread Miguel Morales
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 m

Re: [android-developers] Re: My first android program

2011-05-03 Thread Kristopher Micinski
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Miguel Morales 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> wro

Re: [android-developers] Re: My first android program

2011-05-03 Thread Miguel Morales
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 wrote: > Though at the same time, getting a good grade on an exam may be important > for your

Re: [android-developers] Re: My first android program

2011-05-03 Thread Kristopher Micinski
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 fir

Re: [android-developers] Re: My first android program

2011-05-03 Thread Miguel Morales
Remember that memorizing things is useless, practice, practice, practice. The time you spend on your projects will probably help you more than memorizing some silly exams. On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 3:02 PM, res_au wrote: > Thanks for your reply Miguel, > > Like everything I guess, you learn from ex

[android-developers] Re: My first android program

2011-05-03 Thread res_au
Thanks for your reply Miguel, Like everything I guess, you learn from experience. I'm looking forward to get into it soon! (I have my final year exam in a week, I find myself always working on projects just before exams!) Cheers, Richard On May 4, 7:37 am, Miguel Morales wrote: > Honestly, the