Android Apps for Absolute Beginners by Wallace Jackson
Anybody can start building simple apps for the Android platform, and this book will show you how! Recently updated to include Android Jelly Bean, Android Apps for Absolute Beginners, Second Edition takes you through the process of getting your first Android apps up and running using plain English and practical examples.
This book cuts through the fog of jargon and mystery that surrounds Android apps development, and gives you simple, step-by-step instructions to get you started.
- Teaches Android application development in language anyone can understand, giving you the best possible start in Android development
- Provides simple, step-by-step examples that make learning easy, allowing you to pick up the concepts without fuss
- Offers clear code descriptions and layout so that you can get your apps running as soon as possible
This book is Android Jelly Bean compliant, but is backwards compatible to most of the previous Android releases.
Wallace Jackson has authored numerous Apress book titles, including several titles in the ever popular Apress Pro Android series, Java and JavaFX game engine development titles, digital image compositing titles, digital audio editing titles, digital video editing titles, digital illustration titles, VFX special effects titles, digital painting titles, Android 6 new media content production titles, and now JSON and HTML5 titles.
Wallace is currently the CEO of MindTaffy Design, the new media advertising agency which specializes in new media content production and digital campaign design and development, located by La Purisima State Park, in Northern Santa Barbara County, on the Point Conception Peninsula, halfway between their clientele in Silicon Valley to the North, and Hollywood, The OC, West Los Angeles, and San Diego to the South. Mind Taffy Design has created open-source, technology-based (HTML5, JavaScript, Java 9, JavaFX 9, and Android 6.0) digital new media i3D content deliverables for more than a quarter century, since January of 1991. The company's clients consist of a significant number of international brand manufacturers, including IBM, Sony, Tyco, Samsung, Dell, Epson, Nokia, TEAC, Sun Microsystems (Oracle), Micron, SGI, KDS USA, EIZO, CTX International, KFC, Nanao USA, Techmedia, EZC, and Mitsubishi Electronics, among others.
Wallace received his undergraduate BA degree in Business Economics from the University of California at Los Angeles, or UCLA, and his graduate degrees in MIS/IT, Business Information Systems Design and Implementation, from University of Southern California located in South Central Los Angeles (USC).
Wallace also received post-graduate degrees from USC, in Entrepreneurship and Marketing Strategy, and completed the USC Graduate Entrepreneurship Program. Wallace earned his two USC degrees while at USC's night-time Marshall School of Business MBA Program, which allowed him to work full-time as a COBOL and RPG-II programmer while completing his business and IT degrees.
Wallace is currently the CEO of MindTaffy Design, the new media advertising agency which specializes in new media content production and digital campaign design and development, located by La Purisima State Park, in Northern Santa Barbara County, on the Point Conception Peninsula, halfway between their clientele in Silicon Valley to the North, and Hollywood, The OC, West Los Angeles, and San Diego to the South. Mind Taffy Design has created open-source, technology-based (HTML5, JavaScript, Java 9, JavaFX 9, and Android 6.0) digital new media i3D content deliverables for more than a quarter century, since January of 1991. The company's clients consist of a significant number of international brand manufacturers, including IBM, Sony, Tyco, Samsung, Dell, Epson, Nokia, TEAC, Sun Microsystems (Oracle), Micron, SGI, KDS USA, EIZO, CTX International, KFC, Nanao USA, Techmedia, EZC, and Mitsubishi Electronics, among others.
Wallace received his undergraduate BA degree in Business Economics from the University of California at Los Angeles, or UCLA, and his graduate degrees in MIS/IT, Business Information Systems Design and Implementation, from University of Southern California located in South Central Los Angeles (USC).
Wallace also received post-graduate degrees from USC, in Entrepreneurship and Marketing Strategy, and completed the USC Graduate Entrepreneurship Program. Wallace earned his two USC degrees while at USC's night-time Marshall School of Business MBA Program, which allowed him to work full-time as a COBOL and RPG-II programmer while completing his business and IT degrees.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781430247883 |
| ISBN 10 | 1430247886 |
| Title | Android Apps for Absolute Beginners |
| Author | Wallace Jackson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG |
| Year published | 2012-12-06 |
| Number of pages | 404 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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