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While on vacation I have spent most of my time relaxing and a small portion reading and learning. The learning portion was trying to learn how to write apps for Android telephones.
I have instructed programming courses before so I did not expect it to be much of a challenge. It was not. However, it was different. I tried two different platforms (Eclipse and App Inventor) and had a hard time getting the Eclipse to work out.
The App Inventor was very easy to work with and get results. The only limitation was doing very complex apps.
For me it is very unlikely that I will spend a lot of time programming apps in the future BUT it was nice to be able to refresh my skill set. Even nicer was the feeling that I can teach myself how to do something without a formal class. God bless YouTube videos....
Today's question is:
"What new thing have you taught yourself?"
While on vacation I have spent most of my time relaxing and a small portion reading and learning. The learning portion was trying to learn how to write apps for Android telephones.
I have instructed programming courses before so I did not expect it to be much of a challenge. It was not. However, it was different. I tried two different platforms (Eclipse and App Inventor) and had a hard time getting the Eclipse to work out.
The App Inventor was very easy to work with and get results. The only limitation was doing very complex apps.
For me it is very unlikely that I will spend a lot of time programming apps in the future BUT it was nice to be able to refresh my skill set. Even nicer was the feeling that I can teach myself how to do something without a formal class. God bless YouTube videos....
Today's question is:
"What new thing have you taught yourself?"
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