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I'm in my second year of a CS degree. We have a required module titled "Mobile Application Development" which from what I've heard is purely Android development
by RossM 16y ago
I'm in my second year of a CS degree. We have a required module titled "Mobile Application Development" which from what I've heard is purely Android development. There is also an optional iPhone development module which is less popular due to the £120 Apple developer fee (I expect the people who take this module will be the ones who bring their shiny Macbooks to every lecture and complain loudly when asked to put them away).
We had an email last year asking for input on which platform to develop on this year so it's also the students' decision to learn Android.
- random42 16y agoI am actually surprised Apple would charge developer fees for academic purposes. Wont they be much better of creating future developers for their ecosystems, as compared to getting their wallet fatter by $120/student?
- mattdonahoe 16y agoFree university licenses exist, though I think it needs to be set up by the institution http://developer.apple.com/programs/ios/university/ http://developer.apple.com/programs/ios/university/
- Mongoose 16y agoThat's good to hear. During my internship at Google this past summer, I mentioned to the university outreach folks that they should work with schools to emphasize Android in coursework. It'd be nice to have some enthusiasm coming downstream from Google on this one.