Download or read book Kotlin Apprentice Third Edition written by raywenderlich Tutorial Team and published by Razeware LLC. This book was released on 2021-02-27 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to program with Kotlin!Kotlin is the exciting modern language from JetBrains, creators of IntelliJ IDEA, the basis of many popular IDEs such as Android Studio and PyCharm. Since the adoption of Kotlin by Google as an official language for Android, the momentum behind Kotlin has gone off the charts.Kotlin supports many platforms, including Android, the web, the back-end, and even iOS. By reading this book, you'll be ready to use Kotlin on any and all of these platforms.Who This Book Is ForThis book is for complete beginners to Kotlin. No prior programming experience is necessary!Topics Covered in Kotlin ApprenticeKotlin Development Environment: See how to setup a development environment for Kotlin using IntelliJ IDEA.Numbers and Strings: These are the basic kinds of data in any app-learn how to use them in Kotlin.Making Decisions: Your code doesn't always run straight through-learn how to use conditions and loops to control program flow.Functions and Lambdas: Group your code together into reusable chunks to run and pass around.Collection Types: Discover the many ways Kotlin offers to store and organize data into collections.Building Your Own Types: Learn how to model elements in your app using classes, objects, interfaces, and enumerations.Functional Programming: Learn how to use Kotlin in a functional style and how this can make your code clearer and more efficient.Coroutines: Asynchronous programming can be a complex topic on any platform, but Kotlin gives you a clear and consise approach with coroutines.Kotlin Platforms and Scripting: Learn about how Kotlin can be used on multiple platforms and see its use as a scripting language.Kotlin/Native and Multiplatform: See how to use Kotlin/Native to bring your apps to more than one platform.One thing you can count on: after reading this book, you'll be prepared to take advantage of Kotlin wherever you choose to use it!

Download or read book Kotlin Apprentice Second Edition written by raywenderlich Tutorial Team and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-18 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Android Apprentice Fourth Edition written by Namrata Bandekar and published by R. R. Bowker. This book was released on 2021-04-28 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn Android programming with Kotlin! Learning Android programming can be challenging. Sure, there is plenty of documentation, but the tools and libraries available today for Android are easily overwhelming for newcomers to Android and Kotlin. Android Apprentice takes a different approach. From building a simple first app, all the way to a fully-featured podcast player app, this book walks you step-by-step, building on basic concepts to advanced techniques so you can build amazing apps worthy of the Google Play Store! Who This Book Is For This book is for anyone interested in writing mobile apps for Android. Though no previous mobile experience is necessary, this book is also a great resource for iPhone developers transitioning from iOS. Topics Covered in Android Apprentice Getting Started: Learn how to set up Android Studio and the Android Emulator. Layouts: Create layouts that can be used for both Activities and Fragments Debugging: No one's perfect! Learn how to dig down and troubleshoot bugs in your apps. Communication: Design separate Activites and communicate and send data between them using Intents. Scrolling Layouts: Learn how to use Recycler Views to make efficient, reusable views that scroll fluidly at a touch. Google Places: Integrate location APIs to bring the magic of maps into your Android apps. Networking: Learn how to access resouces on the internet and handle networked responses. Material Design: Make sure your apps conform to modern best practices by using Google's standards of Material Design AndroidX: Learn how to use the AndroidX libraries to support older versions of Android. And much, much more! One thing you can count on: after reading this book, you'll be prepared to write feature-rich apps from scratch and go all the way to submiting them to the Google Play Store! About the Tutorial Team The Tutorial Team is a group of app developers and authors who write tutorials at the popular website raywenderlich.com. We take pride in making sure each tutorial we write holds to the highest standards of quality. We want our tutorials to be well written, easy to follow, and fun. If you've enjoyed the tutorials we've written in the past, you're in for a treat. The tutorials we've written for this book are some of our best yet - and this book contains detailed technical knowledge you simply won't be able to find anywhere else.

Download or read book Android Apprentice written by Raywenderlich Com Team and published by Razeware LLC. This book was released on 2018-07-09 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn Android programming with Kotlin! Learning Android programming can be challenging. Sure, there is plenty of documentation, but the tools and libraries available today for Android are easily overwhelming for newcomers to Android and Kotlin. Android Apprentice takes a different approach. From building a simple first app, all the way to a fully-featured podcast player app, this book walks you step-by-step, building on basic concepts to advanced techniques so you can build amazing apps worthy of the Google Play Store! Who This Book Is For This book is for anyone interested in writing mobile apps for Android. Though no previous mobile experience is necessary, this book is also a great resource for iPhone developers transitioning from iOS. Topics Covered in Android Apprentice Getting Started: Learn how to set up Android Studio and the Android Emulator. Layouts: Create layouts that can be used for both Activities and Fragments Debugging: No one's perfect! Learn how to dig down and troubleshoot bugs in your apps. Communication: Design separate Activites and communicate and send data between them using Intents. Scrolling Layouts: Learn how to use Recycler Views to make efficient, reusable views that scroll fluidly at a touch. Google Places: Integrate location APIs to bring the magic of maps into your Android apps. Networking: Learn how to access resouces on the internet and handle networked responses. Material Design: Make sure your apps conform to modern best practices by using Google's standards of Material Design And much, much more! One thing you can count on: after reading this book, you'll be prepared to write feature-rich apps from scratch and go all the way to submiting them to the Google Play Store!

Download or read book Kotlin Coroutines by Tutorials Second Edition written by raywenderlich Tutorial Team and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Android Programming with Kotlin for Beginners written by John Horton and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 699 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build smart looking Kotlin apps with UI and functionality for the Android platform Key FeaturesStart your Android programming career, or just have fun publishing apps on Google Play marketplaceThe first-principle introduction to Kotlin through Android, to start building easy-to-use appsLearn by example and build four real-world apps and dozens of mini-appsBook Description Android is the most popular mobile operating system in the world and Kotlin has been declared by Google as a first-class programming language to build Android apps. With the imminent arrival of the most anticipated Android update, Android 10 (Q), this book gets you started building apps compatible with the latest version of Android. It adopts a project-style approach, where we focus on teaching the fundamentals of Android app development and the essentials of Kotlin by building three real-world apps and more than a dozen mini-apps. The book begins by giving you a strong grasp of how Kotlin and Android work together before gradually moving onto exploring the various Android APIs for building stunning apps for Android with ease. You will learn to make your apps more presentable using different layouts. You will dive deep into Kotlin programming concepts such as variables, functions, data structures, Object-Oriented code, and how to connect your Kotlin code to the UI. You will learn to add multilingual text so that your app is accessible to millions of more potential users. You will learn how animation, graphics, and sound effects work and are implemented in your Android app. By the end of the book, you will have sound knowledge about significant Kotlin programming concepts and start building your own fully featured Android apps. What you will learnLearn how Kotlin and Android work togetherBuild a graphical drawing app using Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principlesBuild beautiful, practical layouts using ScrollView, RecyclerView, NavigationView, ViewPager and CardViewWrite Kotlin code to manage an apps' data using different strategies including JSON and the built-in Android SQLite databaseAdd user interaction, data captures, sound, and animation to your appsImplement dialog boxes to capture input from the userBuild a simple database app that sorts and stores the user's dataWho this book is for This book is for people who are new to Kotlin, Android and want to develop Android apps.It also acts as a refresher for those who have some experience in programming with Android and Kotlin.

Download or read book Flutter Apprentice Third Edition written by Michael Katz and published by Razeware LLC. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build for iOS & Android With Flutter!Flutter is an exciting development toolkit that lets you build apps for iOS, Android and even web and desktop, all from a single codebase.It uses a declarative approach to UI development. You can "hot reload" code while developing, and apps will perform at native speed thanks to its custom rendering engine.With Flutter and Flutter Apprentice, you can achieve the dream of building fast applications, faster.Who This Book Is ForThis book is for developers who are new to Flutter, and also developers that already have some experience with building apps for the iOS and Android platforms, or web apps.Topics Covered in Flutter ApprenticeWidgets: Use Flutter widgets to build modern mobile user interfaces.Navigation: Navigate between multiple screens within a Flutter app, including using deep links.Networking and Persistence: Fetch data from the network, parse the JSON response and cache data locally in a SQLite database.State Management: Explore the all-important idea of state management in Flutter and learn about various state management techniques and tools.Streams: Learn about Dart streams and how to use them in Flutter apps.Deployment: Learn to prepare and deploy your app to mobile app stores.Firebase: Learn how to leverage Firebase Cloud Firestore to store data remotely.One thing you can count on: After reading this book, you'll be prepared to create and deploy full-featured mobile apps to both the iOS App Store and the Google Play Store, without having to write two separate apps.

Download or read book Dart Apprentice First Edition written by Jonathan Sande and published by R. R. Bowker. This book was released on 2021-04-29 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make Dart Your Programming Language of Choice There are many programming languages you can start learning today. But not many are as modern, easy to learn, object-oriented and scalable as Dart. Plus, combined with Flutter, Dart allows you to build native iOS, Android, web and desktop applications with a single code base. Dart Apprentice will teach you all the basic concepts you need to master this language. Follow along with the clearly and thoroughly explained concepts and you'll be building Dart applications in a breeze. Who This Book Is For Dart Apprentice is aimed at anyone interested in learning this new and modern programming language. If you're a beginner and want to start programming, this is great place to start. If you're an experienced programmer interested in learning Dart, here you'll find all the concepts you need to know. In either case, following along with this book, you'll be comfortable writing your own Dart programs in less time than you think. Topics covered in Dart Apprentice Expressions, Variables and Constants: The building blocks of the language Types and Operations: Static vs. dynamic typing, inference and strings Control Flow: Booleans, enums, switches, if statements and loops Functions: Named and anonymous functions, parameters and arrow syntax Classes: Objects, constructors, methods and properties Nullability: Null and how to handle it Collections: Lists, sets and maps Advanced classes: Inheritance, abstract classes, interfaces and mixins Asynchronous Programming: Concurrency, futures, streams and isolates One thing you can count on: after reading this book, you'll be prepared to build your own applications using Dart. About the Tutorial Team The Tutorial Team is a group of app developers and authors who write tutorials at the popular website raywenderlich.com. We take pride in making sure each tutorial we write holds to the highest standards of quality. We want our tutorials to be well written, easy to follow, and fun. If you've enjoyed the tutorials we've written in the past, you're in for a treat. The chapters we've written for this book are some of our best yet - and this book contains detailed technical knowledge explained in a way you simply won't be able to find anywhere else.

Download or read book Git Apprentice Second Edition written by raywenderlich Tutorial Team and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn Git via Tutorials!Chances are, if you're involved with software development, you've heard of and have used Git at some point in your life. Version control systems are critical for any successful collaborative software project. Git is simple to start using while still accommodating the most complex tasks with version control. However, even seasoned Git users hit roadblocks on how to handle everyday situations.Git Apprentice is here to help! This book is the easiest and fastest way to get hands-on experience using Git to handle version control in your projects.Who This Book Is ForThis book is for anyone who wants to leverage version control's power with Git in their software development process. It starts with a gentle introduction, then moves on to more complex topics including branching, merging and stashing changes.Topics Covered in Git ApprenticeCrash course in Git: Covers the Git basics that every software artisan should know. Understand how to set up Git, committing, ignoring files and more.Branching: The real power in Git comes from its branching and merging model, which allows you to work on multiple things simultaneously.Syncing with a Remote: You've created code, now you'll learn how to share it with others.Merging: The whole point of Git is collaboration. Merging, or taking in, changes from others is a fundamental concept to put into practice.One thing you can count on: After reading this book, you'll be well-prepared to use Git in your software development project!

Download or read book The Python Apprentice written by Robert Smallshire and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-06-21 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the Python skills and culture you need to become a productive member of any Python project. About This Book Taking a practical approach to studying Python A clear appreciation of the sequence-oriented parts of Python Emphasis on the way in which Python code is structured Learn how to produce bug-free code by using testing tools Who This Book Is For The Python Apprentice is for anyone who wants to start building, creating and contributing towards a Python project. No previous knowledge of Python is required, although at least some familiarity with programming in another language is helpful. What You Will Learn Learn the language of Python itself Get a start on the Python standard library Learn how to integrate 3rd party libraries Develop libraries on your own Become familiar with the basics of Python testing In Detail Experienced programmers want to know how to enhance their craft and we want to help them start as apprentices with Python. We know that before mastering Python you need to learn the culture and the tools to become a productive member of any Python project. Our goal with this book is to give you a practical and thorough introduction to Python programming, providing you with the insight and technical craftsmanship you need to be a productive member of any Python project. Python is a big language, and it's not our intention with this book to cover everything there is to know. We just want to make sure that you, as the developer, know the tools, basic idioms and of course the ins and outs of the language, the standard library and other modules to be able to jump into most projects. Style and approach We introduce topics gently and then revisit them on multiple occasions to add the depth required to support your progression as a Python developer. We've worked hard to structure the syllabus to avoid forward references. On only a few occasions do we require you to accept techniques on trust, before explaining them later; where we do, it's to deliberately establish good habits.

Download or read book Android Programming written by Bill Phillips and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 859 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide is an introductory Android book for programmers with Java experience. Based on Big Nerd Ranch's popular Android Bootcamp course, this guide will lead you through the wilderness using hands-on example apps combined with clear explanations of key concepts and APIs. This book focuses on practical techniques for developing apps compatible with Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and up, including coverage of Lollipop and material design. Write and run code every step of the way, creating apps that integrate with other Android apps, download and display pictures from the web, play sounds, and more. Each chapter and app has been designed and tested to provide the knowledge and experience you need to get started in Android development. Big Nerd Ranch specializes in developing and designing innovative applications for clients around the world. Our experts teach others through our books, bootcamps, and onsite training. Whether it's Android, iOS, Ruby and Ruby on Rails, Cocoa, Mac OS X, JavaScript, HTML5 or UX/UI, we've got you covered. The Android team is constantly improving and updating Android Studio and other tools. As a result, some of the instructions we provide in the book are no longer correct. You can find an addendum addressing breaking changes at: https://github.com/bignerdranch/AndroidCourseResources/raw/master/2ndEdition/Errata/2eAddendum.pdf.

Download or read book Head First Software Development written by Dan Pilone and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2008-12-26 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on successful software development, covering such topics as customer requirements, task estimates, principles of good design, dealing with source code, system testing, and handling bugs.

Download or read book IOS Apprentice written by Matthijs Hollemans and published by . This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn iPhone and iPad Programming via Tutorials! If you're new to iOS and Swift, or to programming in general, learning how to write an app can seem incredibly overwhelming. That's why you need a book that: Shows you how to write an app step-by-step Has tons of illustrations and screenshots to make everything clear Is written in a fun and easygoing manner! In this book, you will learn how to make your own iPhone and iPad apps, through a series of four epic-length hands-on tutorials. These hands-on tutorials describe in full detail how to build a new app from scratch. Four tutorials, four apps. Each new app will be a little more advanced than the one before, and together they cover everything you need to know to make your own apps. By the end of the series you'll be experienced enough to turn your ideas into real apps that you can sell on the App Store. Tutorial 1: Bull's Eye. In the first tutorial in the book, you'll start off by building a simple but fun game to learn the basics of iPhone programming. In the process, you'll get familiar with Xcode, Interface Builder, and Swift in an easygoing manner. Tutorial 2: Checklists. In the second tutorial in the series, you'll create your own to-do list app. In the process, you'll learn about the fundamental design patterns that all iOS apps use and about table views, navigation controllers and delegates. Now you're making apps for real! Tutorial 3: MyLocations. In the third tutorial, you'll develop a location-aware app that lets you keep a list of spots that you find interesting. In the process, you'll learn about Core Location, Core Data, Map Kit, and much more! Tutorial 4: StoreSearch. Mobile apps often need to talk to web services and that's what you'll do in this final tutorial of the book. You'll make a stylish app for iPhone and iPad that lets you search for products on the iTunes store using HTTP requests and JSON. It is my sincere belief that this series can turn you from a complete newbie into an accomplished iOS developer, but you do have to put in the time and effort. By writing this book I've done my part, now it's up to you...

Download or read book Head First Kotlin written by Dawn Griffiths and published by O'Reilly Media. This book was released on 2019-02-13 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What will you learn from this book? Head First Kotlin is a complete introduction to coding in Kotlin. This hands-on book helps you learn the Kotlin language with a unique method that goes beyond syntax and how-to manuals and teaches you how to think like a great Kotlin developer. You’ll learn everything from language fundamentals to collections, generics, lambdas, and higher-order functions. Along the way, you’ll get to play with both object-oriented and functional programming. If you want to really understand Kotlin, this is the book for you. Why does this book look so different? Based on the latest research in cognitive science and learning theory, Head First Kotlin uses a visually rich format to engage your mind rather than a text-heavy approach that puts you to sleep. Why waste your time struggling with new concepts? This multisensory learning experience is designed for the way your brain really works.

Download or read book Learn Kotlin for Android Development written by Peter Späth and published by Apress. This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build Android apps and learn the essentials of the popular Kotlin programming language and APIs. This book will teach you the key Kotlin skills and techniques important for creating your very own Android apps. Apart from introducing Kotlin programming, Learn Kotlin for Android Development stresses clean code principles and introduces object-oriented and functional programming as a starting point for developing Android apps. After reading and using this book, you'll have a foundation to take away and apply to your own Kotlin-based Android app development. You'll be able to write useful and efficient Kotlin-based apps for Android, using most of the features Kotlin as a language has to offer. What You Will Learn Build your first Kotlin app that runs on Android Work with Kotlin classes and objects for Android Use constructs, loops, decisions, and scopes Carry out operations on data Master data containers, arrays, and collections Handle exceptions and access external libraries Who This Book Is For Very little programming experience is required: no prior knowledge of Kotlin needed.

Download or read book Swift Programming written by Matthew Mathias and published by Pearson Technology Group. This book was released on 2016-11-23 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. Through the authors' carefully constructed explanations and examples, you will develop an understanding of Swift grammar and the elements of effective Swift style. This book is written for Swift 3.0 and will also show you how to navigate Xcode 8 and get the most out of Apple's documentation. Throughout the book, the authors share their insights into Swift to ensure that you understand the hows and whys of Swift and can put that understanding to use in different contexts. After working through the book, you will have the knowledge and confidence to develop your own solutions to a wide range of programming challenges using Swift.

Download or read book Flutter For Dummies written by Barry Burd and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create awesome iOS and Android apps with a single tool! Flutter is an app developer’s dream come true. With Google’s open source toolkit, you can easily build beautiful apps that work across platforms using a single codebase. This flexibility allows you to get your work out to the widest possible audience. With Flutter already being used by thousands of developers worldwide in a market where billions of apps are downloaded every year, now is the right time to get ahead of the curve with this incredible tool. Flutter for Dummies is your friendly, ground-up route to creating multi-platform apps. From how to construct your initial frameworks to writing code in Dart, you’ll find the essentials you need to ride the Flutter revolutionary wave to success. This book includes how to create an intuitive and stunning UI, add rich interactivity, and easily pull in data. You’ll also see how Flutter features like Hot Reload—providing sub-second refreshes as you refine your work—help you make sure your app is a delight to use. Start simple: follow steps to build a basic app It’s alive! Keep connected to online data It moves! Make things fun with animated features Get the word out: use tips to expand your audience Whether you’re a fledgling developer or an expert wanting to add a slick feather to your programming cap, join the Flutter revolution now and soar above the rest!