Amanda Tries Android

Episodes

1. 16

   16: Made My First $5

   I made $5 from donations, started learning game making in unity, and still plan on always learning more!

   Jun 7, 2019

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2. 15

   15: Perspective

   Thinking about a drawing app as a chalkboard app was a change in perspective that helped motivate me to tackle an app problem again. Even though it was the same problem (making an mvp drawing app), the different perspective made the problems seem easier to tackle. It at least helped me TRY. Some...

   Apr 5, 2019

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3. 14

   14: Tutorials

   I'm working on a drawing app and trying to focus on a minimum viable product. I also want to build the app in a way that makes it easy to add features later, but when I'm just following tutorials it can be hard to figure out best practices.

   Mar 3, 2019

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4. 13

   13: Feature Creep

   Who knew that feature creep could be a problem for something as simple as a tip calculator app?

   Jan 3, 2019

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5. 12

   12: Post-Thanksgiving Recap

   Tried out the Unity game engine, now starting on a tip calculator app.

   Dec 26, 2018

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6. 11

   11: New App - Temperature Converter

   This is my sixth app on the Google Play Store. On to the next one! Also, time to study.

   Dec 19, 2018

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7. 10

   10: Infinite Loops are NOT Scary

   TextWatchers are fun, but watch out for the infinite loops! I also made a tool in VBA to help me with app translations. Trying out other programming languages is much less scary now that I've got basic programming skills under my belt.

   Dec 12, 2018

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8. 9

   9: Teach What You Know

   I still feel like a beginner, but teaching what I know is fun and helpful for me (and hopefully to other people too). I also want to keep doing small, easy apps so that I can quickly iterate through my app development process, and hopefully I'll be learning the skills to build better (and cooler)...

   Dec 5, 2018

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9. 8

   8: Try All the Things!

   I want to try Kotlin, Instant Apps, and test the app bundles feature, but I probably won't get to all of that. Time to use the whiteboard to prioritize.

   Nov 28, 2018

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10. 7

    7: New App - Random Number Generator

    I finished the Random Number Generator! I forgot to mention it, but Android Studio made it easy to create an app bundle.

    Nov 19, 2018

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11. 6

    6: Android Basics Nanodegree Complete!

    I finished the ABND from Udacity! Now on to getting a job (I'll try not to fail the interviews...), and continuing to develop Android apps.

    Nov 14, 2018

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12. 5

    5: Take a Hike

    It's good to get outside in the sunshine one in a while.

    Nov 7, 2018

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13. 4

    4: App Bundle Things

    Lasers at the dentist are the best. Working on Inventory App and Random Number Generator.

    Nov 2, 2018

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14. 3

    3: SQLite Databases

    I made one of the top scorekeeper apps in the Google Play Store using SQLite (bit.ly/amandafarrell_scorekeeper), so making another SQLite database for the Inventory App (the final project of the Udacity Android Basics Nanodegree) shouldn't be too bad.

    Nov 1, 2018

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15. 2

    2: Whiteboard

    Bought myself a big whiteboard and a bunch of dry erase markers.

    Oct 31, 2018

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16. 1

    1: Udacity Android Project Procrastination

    Should be working on the News App project for the Android Basics Nanodegree from Udacity...

    Oct 30, 2018

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