Repetition of what I sent to another question on this: Depending on your level of programming experience I would recommend learning Java and then being comfortable with widget-based programming along with using Eclipse as your IDE.
I put other tips to get up to speed in Android and how to win free access to Mark Murphy's Guide To Android Development - http://www.googleandblog.com/free-busy-coders-guide-to-android-development/3 285/ Mark is often quick to help and provide direct Android programming answers within Android's Google Groups. Michael Martin Google And Blog -----Original Message----- From: filbert [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 10:12 AM To: Android Beginners Subject: [android-beginners] Re: Really new newbie asks about a good instructive book 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. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
