On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 12:42 AM, Mek Rama <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Kristopher, > > Could you tell me what is best in Mark Murphy's books. > >
Well, in general I'm not seeking too much out of Android books, because Android isn't some super dense computer science concept, it's a system. Mark's books give well motivated examples, and point out pieces of the system that aren't really mentioned other places. Most Android (or new systems) books these days are "documentation tomes," they print out a few hundred pages of documentation which will sit on a shelf and acquire dust after the system changes in a few months, as a few version is printed with the (mostly same) API. Since mark's is a subscription based service, his pricing model gives him incentive to keep things up to date. Along with that, he releases the older copies of his books free of charge, so you can go read one. Since I would say that a large amount of beginning Android development hasn't really ever changed, doing this might be the best idea, and when you get serious into development, you'll need to know the most up to date things. For this, you'll have to ether read the documentation and Google for examples (follow the Android developers' blogs, etc...), or you could read Mark's books, which are fairly up to date with PDF copies..., Unfortunately because of the way paperbacks are published, books in print typically lag enough to be out of date on Android. I'm not saying there aren't other options, and certainly someone else is probably pre releasing their pdfs, but his books are fairly easy to understand, with reams of examples, and he also seems to have a fair amount of community presence, which also really helps his credibility. kris -- 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
