10 Apps in 10 Weeks

by Mark Lassoff

So you want to be a Mobile App Developer? With 10 Apps in 10 Weeks you will learn how to build 10 different mobile apps in 10 weeks. Each app is unique and while building it you'll learn a distinct and important skill set used by professional app developers every day. Each chapter of this book includes detailed step-by-step instructions, screenshots, and full source code listings. You'll build all of these The Sound of A fully-featured MP3 Player, Chuck Norris Joke Chuck Norris jokes at the click of a button, Phillly When are the next trains coming? (Philly Transit System), Current What's the weather like where I am?, Weather What's the weather forecast?, Where Am I?: Show me a map of where I am standing right now!, I'm Hungry!: What restaurants are close to me?, Scout Scouts never leave home without a trusty compass!, Whack-a-mole Whack the mole. Hilarity ensues., Bat Hunt Kill the bats before you run out of time. While creating these apps you'll learn skills like media control, web service consumption, XML and JSON parsing, jQuery Mobile, Google Maps, Google Places API, geolocation, gaming techniques and much, much more. Forget choosing Android, iOS, or Kindle... these apps can easily be deployed to all three of the largest app stores and we'll show you how. There is simply no better way to learn mobile app development.

288 pages, Paperback

Published March 20, 2015