I started out much like you -- I'm basically a LAMP guy with HTML and SQL experience, a smattering of XML and general scripting stuff. No real programming experience to speak of, but I do have a general understanding of basic programming concepts.
Check out Hello, Android by Pragmatic Programmers. Excellent book. On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 7:29 AM, Subjective Effect <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm very interested in learning to develop apps for Android and I've > been reading all about it and reading lots of the info here on > Google. > > My background: I've got some experience using PHP, JavaScript, HTML, > mySQL (SQL and Oracle) and I've created a few sites with PHP/Apache/ > mySQL as well as the old HTML/CSS stuff. I did some work with ASP/ > Visual Basic about 10 years ago and although the details will be out > of date my point is I know a little programming. > > I've no experience with Java or C/C++ or XML though (although XML > isn't totally alien to me - it's often mentioned in the books I used > for HTML). > > What I'd like is a nice book for beginners for Android. > > Has anyone any suggestions? I've look at reviews for a few books and > I'm usually a fan of O'Reilly stuff but the reviews for their Android > stuff aren't too encouraging. > > Thanks for any help > > Subjective Effect > > -- > 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 -- Jay Swartzfeger http://www.swartzfeger.com/ -- 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
