14. Tutorial and Feedback
This blog post will be primarily about the class discussion on the 3rd of January.
Discussed current frustrations with Lin Yew regarding Android Studio. I had severely underestimated how complicated the software is, and the annoying thing is that most online tutorials either teach the most basic of basics, or assume you understand everything already. I'm at a stage where if a tutorial says "oh just add this bunch of code in", and my response is "yes but WHEREEEE". Also why?? I don't understand how most of it works. Lin Yew advised listing out all my tasks and solving one problem at a time, and prioritising establishing a Bluetooth communication with my own app first. Secondary priorities would be figuring out file transfer and voice recording, while graphics and design would be a tertiary priority. Basically: get SOMETHING to work.
This discussion during class led to an interesting revelation - remember that Bluetooth tutorial which turns on an LED like 5 blog posts ago?
Yeah after looking through the files again I realise that the guy who wrote the tutorial (Mayoogh Girish) DID INCLUDE THE APP FILES.
Discussed current frustrations with Lin Yew regarding Android Studio. I had severely underestimated how complicated the software is, and the annoying thing is that most online tutorials either teach the most basic of basics, or assume you understand everything already. I'm at a stage where if a tutorial says "oh just add this bunch of code in", and my response is "yes but WHEREEEE". Also why?? I don't understand how most of it works. Lin Yew advised listing out all my tasks and solving one problem at a time, and prioritising establishing a Bluetooth communication with my own app first. Secondary priorities would be figuring out file transfer and voice recording, while graphics and design would be a tertiary priority. Basically: get SOMETHING to work.
This discussion during class led to an interesting revelation - remember that Bluetooth tutorial which turns on an LED like 5 blog posts ago?
Yeah after looking through the files again I realise that the guy who wrote the tutorial (Mayoogh Girish) DID INCLUDE THE APP FILES.
BLESS THIS HUMAN. I don't know how I missed this the first time. I feel like an idiot, but I'm also really grateful. I'm hoping dissecting this can help with figuring things out.
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