by,
-Sateesh Shedge
It has been really valuable spending enough time with a
group of motivated developers to move beyond the first steps and into real
development work. A couple of my temporary college mates here are already well
on their way to implementing a general puzzle application for Android.
It will
enable you to choose your favorite puzzle engines to install and then play a
selection of puzzles downloaded on demand from a server – quite an ambitious
project for a first try, but these guys are pretty determined and hope to have
a prototype of the first application module working before I hit the road again
on next day.
We were also treating the implementation as a chance to learn the
architecture: learning the right way to use the architectural pieces in Android
rather than opting for the quick and easy shortcuts, which is the best way to
really learn a new platform in my experience.
The week is far from over yet, with another internal and
external hackathon planned, and as many more ideas sessions as we can cram in.
With the holidays getting close, don't forget that a latest
SDK version was announced last week with several improvements. It might be
worth grabbing that before taking off for the holidays, just in case you get
the urge to do some Android coding while trying to work out if you ate just a
bit too much for dinner.
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