Direct link to the course page:<p><a href="https://www.udacity.com/course/ud853" rel="nofollow">https://www.udacity.com/course/ud853</a>
Okay, I realize that complaining about pricing makes little sense, but $150/month for the "full" course, with the free option labelled as a simple "textbook"?<p>That changes the mooc positionning somewhat. In my case (student) I would not take the full course.<p>Seems that Coursera is doing something right in that respect: you can get a verified certificate for $49, or pay to get a capstone project graded individually. You also get to complete a substantial part of the course before committing to a certificate. That brings value to individual students while keeping the price affordable.<p>/end of pointless rant
Just watched most of the material. Really great stuff. Good android tutorials are hard to find in my opinion. Even in the official documentation, most of the time it's quite long and always 'support libs' oriented.<p>Those videos are by far the best learning material on Android I have found so far.
Thanks for this. I'm excited about this course. Personally I never really liked the course material in the developer docs. It seems structured, but you can go into way too many directions at once. At least that's what happened to me
My question to other android developers and especially people in hiring positions:<p>Do you think such a certificate would be a deciding factor in the hiring process? (Especially for entry-level positions, but also generally)
The highest barrier of entry for Android programming isn't the lack of learning resources but the need to use Eclipse/Android Studio coupled with very bad documentation.