BTW, here's a good tutorial for installing Android, Java and Eclipse.
On Dec 11, 12:12 pm, filbert <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, there's lots of books out there.. you could start with a Java
> Certification book (proagrammer is the first level). Or there are
> Java patterns books as well as general coding books and J2ME, J2SE,
> J2EE, etc... I'm sure there are Eclipse books too... Not sure if
> there's an Android book yet.
>
> Honestly, I would set aside a couple hours, head to B&N or Borders and
> grab a couple promising looking books and spend 15-20 minutes reading
> through a couple chapters in each, find one you like and then buy it.
> Or look for java books on Amazon and read the reviews. I learned from
> a certification book and a few co-workers set up a review class so we
> could prepare for the cert test, but otherwise most every day sort of
> stuff I learned on the job...
>
> I would go for Eclipse unless you're a die hard command prompt guy
> (that's what I do for PHP, but not Java).
>
> On Dec 10, 1:42 pm, ruffy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > This really fresh out of the womb newbie wants
> > to learn to develop for android.
> > That means, I take it, learning java.
> > Is that right?
> > And if I need a platform to work on,
> > let's say I want to do it on the popular Eclipse.
>
> > Is there a good book of instruction that
> > will cover both these avenues under one cover?
>
> > If not, are there 2 good books to do it?
>
> > Thanks much for your input.
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