02 May 2010

Waypoint Reached

As previously mentioned, my plan to get into Android development is pretty methodical.

  1. Get comfortable with Java.
  2. Get comfortable with Android.
Pretty thorough, right? :P

Today, I finished working through the resources mentioned in my previous post. I've typed through every tutorial; hit countless bugs; pimped many of the tutorials with my own additions; hit more bugs and done all kinds of other exciting things! Adding it all together I've probably gone through about 100 to 150 hours of work to get to where I am now. (My girlfriend being away for a fortnight helped! :P )

While I'm a long way from actually being able to call myself a developer, I feel that I have enough of a grasp for the basics that I can now move onto step 2 and start working through the Android tutorials. 

Not much of a blog post I know, but I feel pretty excited about the momentum I've maintained and at the same time a bit annoyed that I haven't been able to post many updates during that time. 

I hope to post more now that I'm moving onto Android proper and start to work through any of its particularities. 

So, time to get back to work and say "Hello Android"!