I should also mention, my university (UMD) holds Android classes in our CS department occasionally :-), but they start on a per-semester basis..
Kris On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Kristopher Micinski <[email protected]> wrote: > Kieth, > > If you have years of development experience and are willing to work > hard at it, why not pick up the platform on your own? This will be a > lot cheaper (I think the commercial classes, while not unhelpful, are > very expensive, perhaps necessarily so), and might suit somebody that > could learn at their own pace. Did you give an overview to the > Android SDK introduction page? It's not a difficult platform to pick > up, specially since you probably another GUI environment that will > help you pick up the UI stuff quickly.. > > Kris > > On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Keith Bennett <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Hi, all. >> >> I'm looking to learn Android quickly and would be willing to travel to >> another country (I currently live in the Washington, DC area in the >> USA) for affordable, intensive multi-week training with an Android >> expert. >> >> Could be a formal class, could be tutoring, informal pairing, etc. >> >> I'm a long time Java developer with strong Linux skills looking to >> learn Android. I did several years of Java Swing work, so I know the >> concepts of assembling a UI, event handling, etc. More recently I've >> been working with Ruby, and love it, but that's another story. >> >> Maybe there's something I could teach you too, and we could be study >> partners. I find I'm more productive learning with others than by >> myself. >> >> I'm open to discussing any arrangement, even a wacky, creative, >> outside-the-box one. ;) >> >> Thanks, >> Keith >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en

