I don't know how to code any kind of app or software at the moment, but I'll probably be taking a course on software development over the Summer and I was curious about the current state of mobile operating systems.
Namely, which platform would be the most beginner friendly?
I've heard great things about WP7 and Silverlight being easy to develop for, but iOS is also very attractive because there's just so much knowledge out there right now about it. Then there's Android, but I've heard it's a little more difficult and piracy is a bigger issue.
Any guidance would be much appreciated!
No answers? *bump* ... Don't need a new topic.
Since u don't know advanced coding, Android is good. See appinventor.org
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My dream is to open up my own company and design my own mobile os and to make smart phones. Working for Google like designing things would be cool too. I am heading off to college this fall and I need some help picking a major. What major would I need to go into to do things like this. Please help me. Also i have a term paper and I have to write how to achieve my dream job, so if you can answer quick that would help thanks in advance! btw I signed up for electrical engineering - is that good?
Firstly, ud need to know the name of the company
Google is the company, android is their mobile os flagship.
I don't think electrical engineering will help much as a major, but having an understanding of that stuff will help. But definitely look into computer science, software engineering, and pretty much anything computer related, especially things like systems engineering, and for phone development, you will DEFINITELY want to look into anything involving embedded systems.
You will need experience programming software and firmware, so programming courses are a must, so take as many of those as you can.
The most important thing you can do, though, is find books and resources for yourself and teach yourself as much as possible outside of school. A lot of courses revolve around a specific subset of material and may not discuss the topics that interest you. That, of course, will depend on your school's curriculum requirements and the professor teaching the class.
Whatever you do, though, make sure it is enjoyable to you and that you aren't just settling for something easy or convenient.
From a tech vet at Google:
http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_nex...oogle-interview-questions-hiring-process.html
To those of you with a decent understanding of IT-Security:
I'm preparing a presentation on the security threats to web-enabled mobile devices and was looking for some input in regards to iOS, Blackberry, and Windows Phone.
I've got enough material for the Android part (and I guess Symbian too), but I'm having trouble finding enough cases of breaches for those previously listed OSes.
What are the real technical reasons why they seem to be less exploited? I'm not interested in the "popularity" arguement here, so no reason to post that.
So is iOS's walled garden approach keeping the programmers from having access to the information they need to find the loopholes? Is it the same with Windows Phone and Blackberry?
Did they just build those OSes from the ground up while constantly looking for loopholes, what Google didn't do, or is it something else? Does this have to do with the withholding of source code?
Thanks in advance to those that help enlighten me!
Does no one know, or do you guys simply not want to take the time to post anything?
Hell, I'd even take a push in the right direction (besides lmgtfy).
Hi,
a question
not sure where best to post, on here or on other forums...
I have a good business start-up idea, which I will be able to get investment in,
I've had 15 years in the mobile industry, on the business and commercial side.
I need an android developer to develop some apps, beta, to prove interest and concept, as then you get a better level of investment..
any suggestions where to look?
the trouble is, it woould be a a mainly speculative development, non paid for, although i have android testing, graphic design, and documentation resource freely available ...
thanks in advance..
hi there hopefully i can get some help here now i am going back to school as i hurt myself at work and wcb is paying..
In my second year i have a elective it consists of this
***The major focus of the course is software development for mobile devices – primarily using the Java Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME). Other topics that may be explored include hardware, operating systems and software, wireless communications technologies, and mark-up languages for mobile devices.****
it is programming Java 2
now is there any other electives that would help me be more involved with say app development any help would be great most of my degrees are networking related and it has been many many years since i was in school but i am really interested in learning more about the android phones so any other courses i can take to help would be greatly appreciated
in my third i have one more that i can choose too i know by then i would have more knowledge but i am kind of curious now
wow have to stop drinking and trying to make sense LOL
thanks all
Or basically a developer in general.
I know XDA probably gets a helluva lot of these threads regularly, but bare with me.
No I am not a script kiddy. Rather, I'm looking for somewhat of a career advice.
So please don't simply say: Learn C and Java.
That is already an imperative for me.
Here's the deal.
I'm in my final year of my schooling life, Year 12, and next year I will probably begin University (or what the U.S call College).
Important decisions need to be made, like what courses I want to do, what subjects I should take.
Now my ultimate goal in life (not really but you get what I mean) is to be able to do anything to my device.
Like when I was following the PSP dev community, it was incredible. Custom firmwares, homebrew, plugins, exploits etc.
It was awesome. And I want to be able to help and give back to the community.
And I also want to be independent.
Like if theres a bug or something I don't have to rely on the developer to fix it.
For example, my current rom has a random reboot problem.
I want to be able to find and fix the problem myself and add new features and stuff.
That's my ultimate aim.
To be able to legitimately own my devices to such a degree.
Currently my skill resides in web-based javascript, which isn't even legitimate javascript (not in my eyes at least).
I've done some programming courses at school and one year I did Pascal which helped me to get a basic idea of programming functions, like loops and basic practice etc.
But it still doesn't really help me with the two big languages C (#/++) and Java that I have yet to start learning.
Anyways, there's a point to this I promise.
There are 3 courses that I'm interested in Software Engineering, Advanced Computing and Computer Science.
I've looked at the course descriptions and they still all sound the same to me. Although Advanced Computing seems to be more Mathematical based.
But yea, I'm not sure which one will help me achieve my said aim.
Do you guys have any basic career advice? Better yet, any career advice that could relate to my situation?
Are any of you in University/College right now? What courses are you studying?
Perhaps you've already graduated and you're currently an employed developer or something. What courses did you take to get there?
I'm sure XDA isn't one of the best places to ask this kinda thing; heck I bet the first comment will be someone saying how this is in the wrong section or something.
But yea. I just want to help and contribute back to the community.
Legitimate advice is more than welcome.
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