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Explore Android Studio
I'm a self learner. I know what it is like to try to teach yourself a subject and be left following code someone else wrote but not fully understanding what you've done. I've gone through various tutorials, constantly asking myself "what does this line mean?", "Why did they do that here?", "How does this actually work?". Those frustrations helped motivate me to create this course.
While I may be a self taught programmer, I am a Master Teacher with a depth of experience in education. I know how to teach, how to relate high level concepts at a fundamental level, and what makes knowledge stick. We'll start by taking the time to fully explain the fundamentals and work through the starting files created for us in an Android Studio project.
Dive Into Code
Together, we will work through 15 sections of this course. Each section will highlight concepts and ideas, explaining every step along the way and answering any questions you might have. I promise that you won't experience any of the frustrations I had while learning because I know how important it is to not just introduce knowledge, but also to provide context for that knowledge to grow.
I'm sure there are other introductory courses out there that will try to teach you more...but I would imagine that the depth of knowledge in those courses is shallow. My goal for this course was not to expose you to every single concept or idea in android development but rather provide you with the structure and context to feel like you fully understand the fundamentals presented to you in this course.
Create, Test, Run
Anyone can follow a guide and retype what someone else has already written. But by taking this course, I believe you will have the confidence, knowledge base, and ownership of knowledge such that you won't have to follow someone else's work, but rather create something from your own mind. After all, I believe the highest level of knowledge is creation.
After taking this course, based on the way I break down each topic and present the material, you will have a mastery level understanding of the fundamentals of Android Studio, Android app development, and the Kotlin programming language.
I hope to see you in the class!