Monday 21 July 2014

Advantages of Online Courses (With inforgraphic)

In SkilledUp’s “The Advantages of Online Courses [Infographic]”–crafted from findings of leading educational research–four observations stand out from the overt characteristics:

Speedier Learning - “Research shows that online students achieve same or better learning results in about half the time as those in traditional courses”

More Active, Engaged & Motivated - Learners thrive “when working with coursework that is challenging but within their capacity to master.”

Tangible Skill Building - with an “improved attitude toward learning”

Better Teaching Quality - Courses are taught by experts, with various multimedia and cutting-edge technology, and “are usually better organized than traditional courses”


Wednesday 16 July 2014

New course by Udacity on programming Android apps

A new course is being offered on Udacity that teaches the fundamentals of Android app programming. 


The topics covered include:
  • Android Studio, Gradle, and debugging tools
  • User Interface and Layout managers
  • ListViews and Adapters
  • Threading and ASyncTask
  • HTTP requests on web APIs
  • Android Permission System
  • App navigation with Explicit Intents
  • Implicit Intents to incorporate 3rd-party apps
  • Share Intent and the Android sharing framework
  • Broadcast Intents and Broadcast Receivers
  • Activity lifecycle and background activity termination
  • SQLite databases and JUnit tests
  • Creating and using a Content Provider as an abstraction layer
  • Using Loaders to asynchronously load data
  • Creating Adapters to bind UI components to Content Providers
  • Fundamental Android design principles
  • Supporting localization and variable screen sizes
  • Optimizing tablet UIs using Fragments
  • Accessibility Features
  • Custom views
  • Background services and alarms to schedule background tasks
  • Efficient background data transfers with SyncAdapters
  • Rich notifications to interact with users

You can start learning by visiting the link below.
 https://www.udacity.com/course/ud853




Summary of Google I/O 2014

Here is a quick summary of the major announcements that were made at Google I/O 2014. 
 
Quick Summaries of I/O:

Opinion pieces:

Java Magazine July/August 2014 released

The July/August 2014 issue of Java Magazine by Oracle has been released. Topics covered in this issue include: 

  1. Alternative Languages for the Java Virtual Machine
  2. Production time compiling with Oracle Java Mission Control
  3. Interactive Objects with BlueJ.
  4. Air traffic control system with Netbeans and Java by a Russian research institute.
  5. Understanding Java JIT Compilation with JITWatch.
  6. Server-Side Deployment on the JVM.
  7. JavaFX with Alternative Languages.
  8. Introduction to the Java Temporary Caching API. 
  9. and many more... 

You can download the free copy from the link below.
http://www.oraclejavamagazine-digital.com/javamagazine/july_august_2014#pg1