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Centrale Supélec via Coursera
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22 hours of effort required
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★★★★☆ (1,689 Ratings)
Taught by: Dr. Virginie Galtier, Michel Ianotto
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In this project-centered course*, you’ll design, build, and distribute your own unique application for the Android mobile platform. We’ll provide you with a set of customizable building blocks that you can assemble to create many different types of apps, and that will help you become familiar with many important specificities of Android development. When you complete the project, in addition to having a personalized app that you can use and share, you’ll have the skills and background you need to move on to more advanced coursework in Android development.

What you’ll need to get started:

This project-centered course is designed for learners who have some prior experience programming in Java, such as an introductory college course or Coursera’s Java Programming Specialization.

You will need a computer with a stable Internet connection, but you will not need an Android phone – we’ll use free software that you can use to emulate a phone on your computer. We’ll use Android Studio as IDE; it is compatible with most computer and operating systems.

About Project-Centered Courses:

Project-centered courses are designed to help you complete a personally meaningful real-world project, with your instructor and a community of learners with similar goals providing guidance and suggestions along the way. By actively applying new concepts as you learn, you’ll master the course content more efficiently; you’ll also get a head start on using the skills you gain to make positive changes in your life and career. When you complete the course, you’ll have a finished project that you’ll be proud to use and share.

Time: 10 hours of study, 10 hours of active project work

Social Proof:

Let us now discuss the comments that different users have given after they have completed the course. They have shared their views and how this course has helped them in taking their career to a next level. Also the purpose of these comments is to help other users to understand what this course has to offer.

5 Star rating:

Best course about android programming even for beginners.

This is the best course so far that I have taken regarding programming. I am a beginner and I took some short courses regarding this field but those courses were not very informational, but then I took this course and it blew my mind. The course has too much information regarding this field and I have gained a lot of knowledge about android programming only because of this course. Indeed an amazing course for beginners.

Amazing course, would recommend it to others.

This is a very interesting course. There are many terms discussed in the course that are very helpful and conceptual. This is the kind of course that I would very much like to recommend it to others.

Helps to build basic blocks to develop complex apps.

Programming is very difficult and there are so many complex applications that need special tips, by taking this course a learner will learns to develop a great sense of understanding regarding so many things. How you can make complex applications and make them work efficiently is very well explained in this course.

Lectures were simple and easy to understand.

I found the lectures in the course to be very easy to understand. Every piece of information was very helpful and I enjoyed the course to the end.

The course made me a better android app developer.

I am a professional app developer and have developed many applications but taking this course was the best thing that I have done. The course had too much information in it that helped me a lot in improving my way of work. This course has enhanced my work experience.

Best for those who wants to learn from scratch.

This course would be an excellent choice for all those who wishes to learn about android programming from the very beginning. The course is designed in such a way that will help a person to start from scratch and get a hold of every concept more efficiently.

Every content is explained in an interesting manner.

I would say that the course has been organized in a very efficient way. Every topic discussed was presented in an organized manner.

The instructors are very well trained and amazing.

The instructors of the course seemed very talented and their body language showed that they are enjoying in delivering the course themselves. This optimistic behavior makes it easy for learners to learn the concepts more easily.

The course helped me a lot in taking my idea to the next level.

I had an idea of developing an android app for the first time and this course became the reason of my success. It had so many techniques in it that I used and it made my idea a success.

Enjoyed a lot learning this course along with my job.

I have a tough job but I decided to take this course in order to upgrade my knowledge. I can say with full honesty that the course was very amazing and I enjoyed learning from it even with my job.

4 Star rating:

A very good course for beginners.

This course is a very good start for all the beginners. The course can give them a platform to start their career in this field. It has so many conceptual information that if one takes the course seriously he can flourish in this field very quickly.

I would highly recommend this course to my peers.

This course is definitely the one that I can recommend it to others without any doubts. I have gained so much information from this course and every piece of information that I gained from this course turned out to be very useful. That is why I can easily recommend it to my peers.

It has covered all the areas of android development.

Not many courses have the ability to cover all areas of the main topics but this course has everything in it explained in a very good way. The course covers all the important plus basic areas that is related to android development. Very helpful course indeed.

The examples were very practical and helpful.

The examples given in the course are the best part and they are based on real lie problems. If a learner solves all these practical examples attentively then this course is the best help for anyone to master this field.

Can easily take beginners to an advanced level.

This course can easily help all the beginners to take their career to the next level. I am a beginner but I have huge interest in this field. When I started the course, I listened to every piece of information that the instructors had to offer very carefully and soon it made me a better android app developer.

Best project based course so far.

This is a project based course. It has many projects in it that if a user completes them according to the given instructions, they can become an excellent app developer in days.

The course will permanently connect you with basics of app development.

The course has so many knowledge regarding app development. The instructors have explained the basics of app development so smoothly that once a person understands them, he will have permanent access to all basics of this field for the rest of a person’s life.

3 Star rating:

The course was not updated according to the latest versions of android studio.

The course is good but it was not updated to the latest version of android studio. Due to this drawback I didn’t give the course 5 stars. But I must say the rest of the course is good.

Overall a best effort course it is but I feel like the videos need to be updated.

Well the course is a good investment of time and money but I feel like the videos were outdated and caused difficulty. So if the videos could be updated then the course is excellent.

The course was good but the instructor should have used better microphone.

The course is good but the voice quality of the instructor was poor. I think his microphone was not working properly that is why I was unable to hear his voice properly at some points.

2 and 1 Star rating:

A lot of language issue.

It lacks database implementation.

Alternatives:

Let us now discuss some of the alternatives that we can use against this course. If a user thinks that he has gained all the information there is about android app from this course and wants more or thinks that he wants more advanced knowledge then he should take a look at the below discussed courses. We will give a brief detail about the courses that will let a user decide easily what he wants.

Android app development specialization:

This is a very informative app that has all the knowledge regarding how a user can apply core java programming features in developing mobile apps. The course has clear and concise step by step chapters that are totally independent from each other and this feature makes the user start from wherever he want to. The course is highly informative and available at an affordable price.

Android app components:

The course has a deeper knowledge regarding android app. In this course, the user will learn about all the components of android apps. The course is filled with practical examples that will help a user to develop an app very easily and efficiently. The course also has useful information about computer programming and concurrent computing. Hence taking the course will be very helpful.

Conclusion:

We can conclude this topic by saying that keeping in mind the scope of android apps and its usage, if a person chooses to take this field as a career then he should take this course. As the course has so many practical and real life examples that will not only help the user to understand the concepts easily but will also enable a user to apply all these examples in real life. The course can turn out to be very useful if taken seriously and can help a user in developing an android app very easily. The course is not only helpful for beginners but also professionals can also upgrade their knowledge from this course. Hence taking this course anyone won’t be a waste of time.

Build Your First Android App (Project-Centered Course) 2021 [Updated]