Capstone MOOC for "Android App Development"
Vanderbilt University · View on Coursera ↗
Taught by Dr. Douglas C. Schmidt, Michael Walker, Dr. Jules White
Computer Science
About the course
The Capstone project integrates material from throughout the Android App Development Specialization to exercise and assess the ability of learners to create an interesting Android app. Learners will apply knowledge and skills learned in previous MOOCs in this Specialization, including Java programming features; Android activity, broadcast receiver, service, and content provider (plus SQLite) components; and unit, integration, and user interface testing. The project itself is similar in scope to
The dissent
The most-upvoted critical review (32 votes, 2.0★).
“Another missed opportunity is covering gradle as a build tool. Coming to terms with gradle is an important part of android development, yet it's barely mentioned in the material. There is no explanation of what a 'task' is, how to update a project so it doesn't use an antiquated gradle version, or how to adapt a 'new project template' in android studio so it can be used for the course. The result is that all example projects are outdated and students are helpless in coping with any build issues.”
Coursera's 4.4 comes from 69 ratings. Of those, 7.2% are 1–2★.
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