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Show HN: My first Android App - written after 14 days of learning how to code :)

#1

Post by maciek_kon » Thu, Feb 16, 2012, 10:00 PM UTC

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.wtfsoftware.wtfgeneratorfunnypics

I submit it as a proof that in 14 days anyone can become a (crappy) programmer :)

I'm 32, educated in humanities, I work in a bookstore and in my entire life I have never tried programming. Just a typical user, I knew basic HTML, like adding bold to text etc.

Few months ago I started lurking on hackernews, I read about CodeAcademy and decided to learn how to code JavaScript.

Fast-forward 14 days: Wow, it's easier than I thought;)

Here's my first app. It's written in Javascript and compiled in Appcelerator Titanium. It's, uhm, basic and it's a bit crappy, half of the code is copied from different sources found online (Titanium Q&A! love it!) - but it works! It downloads and shows random memes from a number of websites.

Probably it's not the best place to show that kind of stuff, but I'm proud enough to ignore it :)

Re: Show HN: My first Android App - written after 14 days of learning how to code :)

#2

Post by maciek_kon » Thu, Feb 16, 2012, 10:04 PM UTC

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.wtfsoftware.wtfgen... - Here's the clickable link

Re: Show HN: My first Android App - written after 14 days of learning how to code :)

#3

Post by mgallivan » Thu, Feb 16, 2012, 10:08 PM UTC

Good for you. Will you continue to build on this or start a new project entirely?

Re: Show HN: My first Android App - written after 14 days of learning how to code :)

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 16, 2012, 10:14 PM UTC

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#5

Post by maciek_kon » Thu, Feb 16, 2012, 10:16 PM UTC

mgallivan wrote: post #3

Good for you. Will you continue to build on this or start a new project entirely?

Thanks! No, I think I'll start writing something new (hopefully more useful).

Re: Show HN: My first Android App - written after 14 days of learning how to code :)

#6

Post by _x_y_z_ » Thu, Feb 16, 2012, 10:37 PM UTC

Just saw a post about http://www.proxxler.com (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3600713). Maybe this is what you are looking for?

I bet you will need some days less for your first "Hello World!" with this one.

Re: Show HN: My first Android App - written after 14 days of learning how to code :)

#7

Post by maciek_kon » Thu, Feb 16, 2012, 10:57 PM UTC

_x_y_z_ wrote: post #6

Just saw a post about http://www.proxxler.com ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3600713 ). Maybe this is what you are looking for? I bet you will need some days less for your first "Hello World!" with this one.

Looks cool, but now I hope to go further from my "Hello World, now I scrape You" app :)

Re: Show HN: My first Android App - written after 14 days of learning how to code :)

#8

Post by lix2333 » Tue, Feb 21, 2012, 9:15 PM UTC

Hey there, I started CodeAcademy recently as well. Did you only use that to learn JavaScript? Or were there other resources as well?

I was just hoping for more of a detailed explanation of how you went from nothing to an android app.