Preparing for the Journey Ahead

Common obstacles

When speaking with many students, we found common reasons why they were hesitant to start learning Android:

• Lack of confidence that they can be a developer
• Code seems intimidating
• Tools seem complex
• Too much jargon
• Concepts are too abstract

We take these obstacles seriously and came up with ways to try to help you overcome them. Our aim is to make the learning curve as comfortable as possible for you as a student, so your confidence grows with each new concept mastered.

Visuals

For all the visual learners out there, we use lots of drawings, analogies, and props to explain technical concepts that otherwise could be confusing.

Vocab Glossary

We also don’t want you to be overwhelmed by all the jargon that comes up, or to feel like you need to memorize it. As a result, we’ve created a custom vocabulary glossary to help you. If you ever forget what a word means, you can check out the glossary for a beautiful image, description, and code sample.

Instructor Notes

When navigating in the Udacity classroom, if you scroll vertically below a video, you’ll often find instructor notes. In these notes, we’ve provided supplementary links to other resources that you can read to get more information about the concepts covered in the video.

Learning Something New

If you’re motivated and willing to be persistent, we are fully confident in your ability to learn Android development. We have thousands of students who have gone from no coding experience to building simple apps on their own. You can do this!

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