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Android Development Tutorial 11

Derek Banas — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:22:26 +0000

I finish the interface for my Android Address Book app and then show every query I will be issuing to my SQLite database

Android Development Tutorial 10

Derek Banas — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:43:39 +0000

I will show you how to create an Address Book / Contact App using both Android and SQLite

SQLite3 Tutorial 4

Derek Banas — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 03:24:31 +0000

I cover SQLite3 ENUMs, dates, data types, data affinities, joins, inner join, left join, natural join, cross join, ON, GROUP BY, views, triggers, more

SQLite3 Tutorial 3

Derek Banas — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:38:47 +0000

Topics covered on SQLite3 : SELECT, FROM, WHERE, COLLATE, NOT NULL, DEFAULT, UNIQUE, CHECK, FOREIGN KEY, ALTER, ADD COLUMN, RENAME, LIKE, and more

SQLite3 Tutorial 2

Derek Banas — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 22:07:04 +0000

Welcome to part 2 of my SQLite3 Tutorial. Today I’m going to talk about something that is always ignored in most database tutorials. I’ll show you how to alphabetize a multidimensional array. I’ll also show you the code you can use to generate insert statements so you can save yourself a ton of time. If [...]

SQLite3 Tutorial

Derek Banas — Fri, 31 May 2013 19:29:23 +0000

I cover how to install SQLite3 on both Mac and Windows. I also cover how to use SQLite3 using the console

Android Development Tutorial 9

Derek Banas — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:56:15 +0000

I cover the Android XmlPullParser for parsing xml files. Google recommends it because it is fast, requires the least amount of memory and battery life

Android Development Tutorial 8

Derek Banas — Sun, 19 May 2013 23:34:40 +0000

I cover how to make an android xml parser, using AsyncTask to execute threads in the background, writing to the GUI from a thread, Log.d, connecting to a web service

Android Development Tutorial 7

Derek Banas — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:16:58 +0000

I cover how to Pass values between activities, Save key value pairs, OnClickListeners, Retrieve saved data, ScrollViews, Alert Dialog Boxes, Intents ...

Android Development Tutorial 6

Derek Banas — Wed, 15 May 2013 01:56:38 +0000

I cover a tremendous amount of information about making Android Apps as I make a stock quote xml parsing app

Android Development Tutorial 5

Derek Banas — Sat, 04 May 2013 16:21:03 +0000

I cover how to use numerous Android event listeners, how to change components, the chronometer and much more

Android Development Tutorial 4

Derek Banas — Fri, 03 May 2013 02:22:22 +0000

I cover RadioButtons, RadioGroups, CheckBoxes, DropDows (Spinners), Buttons, Chronometers, ChangeListeners, ItemSelectedListeners, onClickListeners and much more

Android Development Tutorial 3

Derek Banas — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:37:27 +0000

I cover everything needed to make an Android User Interface : Android Visual Layout Editor : TextView, EditText and the SeekBar : How to catch events & Much More

Android Development Tutorial 2

Derek Banas — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:45:00 +0000

I cover the lifecycle of an Android activity, supporting many languages, how to grab string resources and the AndroidManifest.xml file

Android Development Tutorial

Derek Banas — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:37:13 +0000

In my Android Development Tutorial I'm going to describe almost every file and folder used to develop an Android app

Solving Android SDK Problems

Derek Banas — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:58:48 +0000

I show you how to solve many of the Android SDK Problems you have recently sent me.

Install Android Development Tools

Derek Banas — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:01:23 +0000

I cover how to Install Android Development Tools including common errors and how to correct them

Java Algorithm Video Tutorial

Derek Banas — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:44:07 +0000

I provide 18 videos on not only Java algorithms, but I also cover Data Structures in depth.

Java Heap Tutorial

Derek Banas — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:30:20 +0000

I cover how to insert and remove items from a heap. How an array is heaped. I'll also cover how the Heap Sort works.

Solving Programming Problems 2

Derek Banas — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:51:38 +0000

I walk through the process of finding bugs in code and talk about how we can fix those bugs

Solving Programming Problems

Derek Banas — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:18:07 +0000

To finish off my Java Algorithm tutorial, I thought it would be interesting to cover solving programming problems in general

Binary Trees in Java 2

Derek Banas — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 17:16:19 +0000

I will take you step-by-step through the process of deleting nodes in a binary tree

Binary Tree in Java

Derek Banas — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 02:03:42 +0000

I show you what a binary tree is, and how to create, add, traverse and find nodes.

Java Hash Tables 3

Derek Banas — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 01:01:56 +0000

I review linked lists, cover hashing Strings, and separate chaining among other topics on Java Hash Tables

Java Hash Table 2

Derek Banas — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:17:09 +0000

1. Why We Use Prime sized hash tables 2. How to Increase Hash Table Size 3. How to Avoid Clustering 4. How Double Hashing Works and Much More!

Java Hash Table

Derek Banas — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:38:37 +0000

Java Hash Table tutorial : A Hash Table is a data structure offers fast insertion and searching capabilities. Hash Functions will be covered as well

Big O Notations

Derek Banas — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 02:33:15 +0000

Big O notations is a way to measure how well a computer algorithm scales as the amount of data involved increases

Java Quick Sort

Derek Banas — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 00:11:30 +0000

My Java Quick Sort tutorial : In most situations the Quick Sort is the fastest sorting algorithm.

Java Shell Sort

Derek Banas — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:31:06 +0000

Java Shell Sort tutorial : I really tried to have fun explaining how the Shell Sort works in this tutorial

Java Recursion

Derek Banas — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 01:21:55 +0000

I cover java recursion in 5 different ways to guarantee it makes sense

Linked List in Java 2

Derek Banas — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:47:30 +0000

I will cover Double Ended Linked Lists, Doubly Linked Lists, Iterators and more

Linked List in Java

Derek Banas — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:30:24 +0000

I cover how work with a linked list in java. I'll show you how they work in 4 different ways.

Stacks and Queues

Derek Banas — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 03:44:23 +0000

I cover everything you need to know about Java stacks and queues including priority queues

Java Sort Algorithm

Derek Banas — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:23:21 +0000

Java sort algorithm tutorial. Here I will cover all of the elementary sorting algorithms : Bubble, Selection and Insertion sort

Java Algorithms

Derek Banas — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:25:06 +0000

I will cover everything there is to know about Java algorithms and data structures.

MVC Java Tutorial

Derek Banas — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:07:54 +0000

MVC Java Tutorial : To understand the Model View Controller you just need to know that it separates the Calculations and Data from the interface

Mark of the Ninja Review

Derek Banas — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:52:17 +0000

I present my Mark of the Ninja Review. I thought it would be fun to try making a video game review

Refactoring Video Tutorial

Derek Banas — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:16:09 +0000

Refactoring Video Tutorial : 18 Videos on the most common reafctorings

Code Refactoring 18

Derek Banas — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:39:47 +0000

I cover the Abstract Factory Pattern to end my code refactoring tutorial

Code Refactoring 17

Derek Banas — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:20:20 +0000

This code refactoring tutorial is all about the Visitor Design Pattern

Code Refactoring 16

Derek Banas — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 01:06:17 +0000

I show you how can we add additional features to code using the decorator design pattern

Code Refactoring 15

Derek Banas — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:10:07 +0000

In this part of my code refactoring tutorial, we'll look at how to replace a primitive type with a class

Use a PS3 Controller with a PC

Derek Banas — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:31:46 +0000

I show you how to use a PS3 controller with a PC. I also provide an easy way to download Motioninjoy

Code Refactoring 14

Derek Banas — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:48:47 +0000

I show you how and when to use the Adapter Design Pattern

Code Refactoring 13

Derek Banas — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 00:32:24 +0000

I show you how to replace conditionals with the command pattern and much more

Code Refactoring 12

Derek Banas — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:28:34 +0000

I show you how to eliminate large Accumulation Methods by Extracting Methods and Using a Collecting Parameter

Code Refactoring 11

Derek Banas — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 02:44:04 +0000

One of you guys sent me a request to explain the chapter in Refactoring to Patterns titled Encapsulate Composite with Builder.

Free Video Games

Derek Banas — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:04:52 +0000

I really like games and I'd love to give you guys something. That made me wonder if you'd like me to give away a game at random every week?

Don’t Starve The Game

Derek Banas — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 22:13:26 +0000

Because you guys seem to love games I thought I'd Don't Starve game walkthrough.

Code Refactoring 10

Derek Banas — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:34:38 +0000

I revisit the Builder Design Pattern to answer questions I've received and to get you ready to build composites with it

Code Refactoring 9

Derek Banas — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:21:57 +0000

In this part of my code refactoring tutorial I will cover how to turn an implied tree structure into a composite pattern. What do you do when you want to model a tree structure? You can either list the info as primitives and then search through them for what you want or you can create [...]

Code Refactoring 8

Derek Banas — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 02:52:21 +0000

I show you how to eliminate duplicate code using the template method pattern

Install Eclipse for Java

Derek Banas — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:33:59 +0000

In this video I'll show you how to install Eclipse step-by-step. I also cover how to install Java, set up code completion and install java libraries

Code Refactoring 7

Derek Banas — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 23:17:29 +0000

We'll work with the strategy design pattern in java. We'll explore how the strategy pattern can be used to eliminate conditionals during code refactoring

Code Refactoring 6

Derek Banas — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:35:03 +0000

We'll clean up conditional statements by extracting them into methods, talk about naming, guard clauses and polymorphism

Code Refactoring 5

Derek Banas — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 02:29:28 +0000

In this code refactoring tutorial, I will show you how to replace a constructor with a factory method in 2 code examples. I also solve a challenge question

Code Refactoring 4

Derek Banas — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:17:27 +0000

We'll cover converting simple types into class objects. We'll also look at how to move fields and methods into other classes and a bunch of tricks

Code Refactoring 3

Derek Banas — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:12:34 +0000

I show you examples of how you can make your code more understandable using something called an Explaining Variable

Code Refactoring 2

Derek Banas — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:47:15 +0000

I talk about some basic code refactoring concepts like method extraction and how to handle temporary and local variables

Code Refactoring

Derek Banas — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 02:52:53 +0000

Code refactoring is used to improve code design to make it easier to understand and extend. I cover the code refactoring bad smells and provide examples

Object Oriented Design Tutorial

Derek Banas — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:11:55 +0000

Object Oriented Design Tutorial (11 Videos) I focus on teaching the Object Oriented Design process in numerous ways in this video series.

Object Oriented Design 11

Derek Banas — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:19:47 +0000

I talk about Polymorphism, Indirection, Pure Fabrication and Protected Variations.

Object Oriented Design 10

Derek Banas — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:45:53 +0000

In this tutorial, I cover GRASP, or General Responsibility Assignment Software Patterns.

Object Oriented Design 9

Derek Banas — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:19:36 +0000

I finish turning sequence diagrams into code. If you get good at this process you'll be able to make any program

Torchlight II for Mac

Derek Banas — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:09:52 +0000

In this video I'll show you how to install Torchlight II for Mac.

Object Oriented Design 8

Derek Banas — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:31:41 +0000

I show you how to convert the Sequence and Class Diagram into working code.

UML Video Tutorial

Derek Banas — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:01:09 +0000

I cover Use Case, Activity, Class, Object, Sequence and many more UML Diagrams.

Object Oriented Design 7

Derek Banas — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:25:12 +0000

I show you how to convert a Sequence Diagram into a Class Diagram.

Object Oriented Design 6

Derek Banas — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 02:22:27 +0000

I simulate the process of creating a sequence diagram in a group atmosphere.

Object Oriented Design 5

Derek Banas — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:41:54 +0000

I continue building my ATM software using Object Oriented Design principles with a focus on sequence diagrams

Object Oriented Design 4

Derek Banas — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:18:54 +0000

I cover all of the following: conceptual classes, how to build domain models, turning nouns into classes, associations and how to tell an attribute from a class.

Object Oriented Design 3

Derek Banas — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 00:46:37 +0000

In this Object Oriented Design Tutorial I cover Iterative Development, The Unified Process and Usage Cases.

Object Oriented Design 2

Derek Banas — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:27:22 +0000

In this tutorial, I show you how to turn UML diagrams into code and a working program.

Object Oriented Design Tutorial

Derek Banas — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:55:45 +0000

I cover a ton of things in the video below. The goal of this tutorial is to teach you how to create excellent OO designs.

Recording iPad Screen

Derek Banas — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:11:08 +0000

I received a bunch of requests on the best way for recording iPad screens. I show you how to get into the lucrative world of recording games for YouTube

UML 2.0 Deployment Diagrams

Derek Banas — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:21:38 +0000

I explain how to use nodes, artifacts, dependency arrows, communication lines, deployment specs and more in this UML deployment diagram tutorial

UML 2 State Machine Diagrams

Derek Banas — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:40:51 +0000

In this tutorial I cover UML 2 State Machine diagrams and Package diagrams

UML 2.0 Component Diagrams

Derek Banas — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 03:13:36 +0000

On top of covering every symbol associated with component diagrams I decided to also cover Composite Structures and UML relationship arrows.

UML 2.0 Timing Diagrams

Derek Banas — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:11:51 +0000

UML timing diagrams are used to detail interactions based on time. With timing diagrams you'll describe events, participants and the time involved

UML 2.0 Communication Diagrams

Derek Banas — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:26:03 +0000

Welcome to my UML 2.0 Communication Diagrams tutorial! If you haven’t seen my tutorial on Sequence Diagrams check it out first, because in this tutorial I explain Communication Diagrams by comparing them to Sequence Diagrams. Communication diagrams are used to show links between participants. They focus in on which interactions are triggered and when. They [...]

UML 2.0 Sequence Diagrams

Derek Banas — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:11:12 +0000

Sequence diagrams model interactions in your program and provide you with a logical way to layout your system.

UML 2.0 Class Diagrams

Derek Banas — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 01:36:36 +0000

Welcome to my UML 2.0 Class Diagrams tutorial. Class diagrams describe classes and how they relate to each other

UML 2.0 Activity Diagrams

Derek Banas — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:10:43 +0000

In this tutorial, I'll show you all of the symbols used to create UML 2.0 Activity Diagrams.

UML 2.0 Video Tutorial

Derek Banas — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:15:08 +0000

Welcome to my UML 2.0 Video Tutorial! In this series I will cover Use Case, Activity, Class, Object, Sequence and many more UML Diagrams.

Tutorial Vote

Derek Banas — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:04:43 +0000

I leave it to you to decide which tutorial series I will do next

Design Pattern Video Tutorial

Derek Banas — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:25:41 +0000

Here are all 26 videos from the Design Pattern Video Tutorial.

Visitor Design Pattern Tutorial

Derek Banas — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:01:07 +0000

The Visitor design pattern allows you to add methods to classes of different types without much altering to those classes.

Memento Design Pattern Tutorial

Derek Banas — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 01:26:58 +0000

The Memento design pattern provides a way to store previous states of an Object easily.

Mediator Design Pattern Tutorial

Derek Banas — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:41:57 +0000

The Mediator design pattern is used to handle communication between related objects (Colleagues)

Make Java Executable

Derek Banas — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 23:05:22 +0000

I show how to make a java program executable

Interpreter Design Pattern Tutorial

Derek Banas — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 23:12:12 +0000

Welcome to my Interpreter Design Pattern Tutorial! I'll show you how to do some cool things with it.

Mac Game Controller

Derek Banas — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:10:03 +0000

I show you the Best Mac Game Controller and how to set it up easily on your Mac

Chain of Responsibility Design Pattern Tutorial

Derek Banas — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 23:04:34 +0000

The Chain of Responsibility Design Pattern has a group of objects that are expected to between them be able to solve a problem.

Proxy Design Pattern Tutorial

Derek Banas — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:12:29 +0000

Proxy Design Pattern Tutorial : The Proxy design pattern limits access to just the methods you want made accessible in another class.

State Design Pattern Tutorial

Derek Banas — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:55:01 +0000

Welcome to my State Design Pattern Tutorial! I explain how the state pattern is used by using it to simulate an ATM machine.

Easy Veggie Burger Recipe

Derek Banas — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 23:39:25 +0000

Previously I showed you my black bean veggie burger recipe and this time I’ll show you my easy veggie burger recipe. I actually prefer the taste of this recipe and it is much cheaper. It costs about 50 cents a burger! I started experimenting with veggie burger recipes a while back because they were so [...]

Flyweight Design Pattern Tutorial

Derek Banas — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:41:22 +0000

The flyweight design pattern is used to dramatically increase the speed of your code when you are using many similar objects.

Composite Design Pattern Tutorial

Derek Banas — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 02:00:38 +0000

The Composite design pattern is used to structure data into its individual parts as well as represent the inner workings of every part of a larger object.

Iterator Design Pattern Tutorial

Derek Banas — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 16:42:13 +0000

My Iterator Design Pattern Tutorial! This design pattern allows you to access objects that are stored in many different collection types.

Healthy Pork Chop

Derek Banas — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:27:55 +0000

I make a healthy pork chop with a meat alternative called Seitan. This video also could be called how to make seitan.

Template Method Design Pattern Tutorial

Derek Banas — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 03:18:36 +0000

Welcome to my Template Method Design Pattern Tutorial. It is an extremely easy design pattern to understand and use.

Healthy Sausage

Derek Banas — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:33:57 +0000

Today I do the impossible! I show you how to make Healthy Sausage!

Bridge Design Pattern Tutorial

Derek Banas — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:36 +0000

If you ever wanted to build a group of classes that slowly added functionality from one class to the next the Bridge Design pattern is here

Facade Design Pattern Tutorial

Derek Banas — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 21:44:05 +0000

The Facade pattern is extremely easy to understand. Chances are you have used it already and just didn't know it.

Adapter Design Pattern Tutorial

Derek Banas — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:39:22 +0000

My Adapter Design Pattern Tutorial! This pattern is used when you want to translate one interface of a class into another interface.

Delicious Healthy Sandwich

Derek Banas — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 01:37:51 +0000

Is there any quest worth more than the quest that leads you to a delicious healthy sandwich? In this video, I show you how to make the best

Command Design Pattern Tutorial

Derek Banas — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:28:05 +0000

Welcome to my Command Design Pattern Tutorial! I cover the basic pattern in numerous ways including descriptions, diagrams and code.

Decorator Design Pattern Tutorial

Derek Banas — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 00:20:58 +0000

Welcome to my Decorator Design Pattern Tutorial. The Decorator allows you to modify an object dynamically and much more

Java Reflection Video Tutorial

Derek Banas — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 02:09:39 +0000

Welcome to my Java Reflection Video Tutorial! I'll show you pretty much everything you can do with Java Refelection.

Prototype Design Pattern Tutorial

Derek Banas — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 01:18:01 +0000

Welcome to my Prototype Design Pattern Tutorial. The Prototype design pattern is used for creating new objects by cloning other objects

Builder Design Pattern Tutorial

Derek Banas — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:34:23 +0000

My Builder design pattern tutorial. You use the builder design pattern when you want to have many classes help in the creation of an object.

Singleton Design Pattern Tutorial

Derek Banas — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:38:49 +0000

The Singleton pattern is both easy to understand as well as useful. I'll demonstrate how to implement it and many examples of the Singleton

YouTube Video Blocked by Copyright Claims

Derek Banas — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:53:47 +0000

Lately I have had many videos taken down on YouTube because of false claims from the recording industry. It seems that the recording industry is just blindly making claims on everything on YouTube lately. What is crazy about this is that I use Apple iLife royalty free music on all of my videos. That has [...]

Abstract Factory Design Pattern

Derek Banas — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 02:14:42 +0000

Here is my Abstract Factory design pattern tutorial. I also take a second look at the Factory design pattern here as well.

Babys First Two Days

Derek Banas — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 01:22:18 +0000

It has been an eventful past 2 days, but now baby and mommy are back home now! So many people asked me to provide a glimpse into a babys first two days of life. So in this video, I show you some of the highlights. I cut out anything that you don’t want to see [...]

Ivy Veronica Banas

Derek Banas — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 03:37:02 +0000

My wife gave birth to my second daughter tonight at 9:52. Her name is Ivy Veronica and at birth she weighed 7 pounds and 7 ounces. The whole process went extremely fast. My wife alerted me to contractions at 6:30 pm and we were at the hospital by 7:25 pm. She received an epidural at [...]

Factory Design Pattern Tutorial

Derek Banas — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 23:38:18 +0000

Welcome to my Factory design pattern tutorial. This is a continuation of my design patterns video tutorial. You use the Factory design pattern when you want to define the class of an object at runtime. It also allows you to encapsulate object creation so that you can keep all object creation code in one place. [...]

Observer Design Pattern Tutorial

Derek Banas — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:55:44 +0000

Welcome to my Observer Design Pattern Tutorial. I cover a lot in this tutorial including the Observer pattern, how to use it with threads and more

Strategy Design Pattern Tutorial

Derek Banas — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:01:36 +0000

Here is my Strategy design patterns tutorial. You use this pattern if you need to dynamically change an algorithm used by an object at run time

Design Patterns Video Tutorial 2

Derek Banas — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:02:32 +0000

I cover polymorphism, abstract classes, abstract methods, interfaces, using static methods and variables and a whole bunch more.

Nexus 7 Camera Apps

Derek Banas — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 18:51:13 +0000

I went and bought a few of the most popular Nexus 7 camera apps to see if any of them work. In this article I'll show you the pictures

Design Patterns Video Tutorial

Derek Banas — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 13:39:50 +0000

Here I begin my design patterns video tutorial. This tutorial will start off by revisiting OOP concepts.

How Do I Get Twitter Followers

Derek Banas — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:13:40 +0000

The most popular request I get is How Do I Get Twitter Followers. I'll show you exactly what FREE sites I use to get Twitter followers

Mexican Cuisine

Derek Banas — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:22:44 +0000

I provide you with my favorite recipes for making flour tortillas, refried beans, guacamole, salsa and an amazing salad that uses all of the above

Java Video Tutorial

Derek Banas — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 18:50:20 +0000

A long time ago I started my Java Video tutorial. When I started this I wanted to completely cover the Java language. So, far I’ve recorded over 64 videos that are over 14 hours in total length. I’m not near done with this tutorial, but I thought it would help if I combined all of these [...]

Google Nexus 7 Video Review

Derek Banas — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 01:31:14 +0000

I’ve had the first iPad since it first came out, but after years of use it wasn’t holding its charge. So, over the last 2 months I’ve tried out many competitors to find my new tablet. In this video, I provide my Google Nexus 7 video review. I tested the iPad 2, New iPad, Kindle [...]

Java Video Tutorial 60

Derek Banas — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:29:01 +0000

I show you how to do a bunch of new things. I show you how to play sound in a JFrame. We introduce yet another way to handle collision detection. We remove items from the screen when they are destroyed. And, a whole bunch more is covered.

Java Video Tutorial 59

Derek Banas — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:00:42 +0000

In the last tutorial, I showed you how to make the PhotonTorpedo class using a UML class diagram. Here I show you how to make your space ship shoot the torpedos on the screen.

Java Video Tutorial 58

Derek Banas — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 22:52:41 +0000

As we continue to make an asteroid Java game, I show you how to make your space ship shoot.

Java Video Tutorial 57

Derek Banas — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:34:20 +0000

In this video I continue making a Java Asteroids game while teaching about OOP design principles.

Java Video Tutorial 56

Derek Banas — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 23:53:47 +0000

In this part of my Java video tutorial I turn the SpaceShip UML class diagram I designed in the last video into a real class.

Java Video Tutorial 55

Derek Banas — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 00:57:46 +0000

In this part of my Java video tutorial I focus on Java OOP Design Principles. I go from needed features to a finished UML class diagram

Java Collision Detection With Polygons

Derek Banas — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 01:19:55 +0000

I've been asked many times to create a program that handles Java collision detection with polygons. I teach you about it in this video!

Java Video Tutorial 53

Derek Banas — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:22:43 +0000

I cover : Finding the length and angle of a line between vectors / Calculate the points of a rotating polygon / Calculate the area of irregular polygons / Find the center points of an irregular polygon / Repeat keyboard clicks if the user holds down a key

Black Bean Veggie Burger Recipe

Derek Banas — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 01:57:25 +0000

Here I introduce my Black Bean Veggie Burger Recipe! You guys and girls seem to really like when I make recipe videos, so I thought I'd make another.

Java Video Tutorial 52

Derek Banas — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:58:32 +0000

In this part of my Java video tutorial, I create the spaceship object and a keyboard listener. I will use the keyboard listener to move the ship around the screen.

Cook Without A Recipe

Derek Banas — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:28:18 +0000

I decided to take the knowledge passed down to me by my Great Grandmother to cook without a recipe. In this video you'll see how I did that.

Java Video Tutorial 51

Derek Banas — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 23:45:05 +0000

Here I continue what I started in Make a Java Video Game. I'll now create the GameBoard class that will animate all of my asteroids.

Java Video Tutorial 50

Derek Banas — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 01:52:10 +0000

I show you how to design a game. I teach OOP design principles using UML, how to draw & animate polygons collision detection and more

Java Video Tutorial 49

Derek Banas — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:04:33 +0000

In this part of my Java Video Tutorial, I continue to show you how to make a Java paint application. I cover numerous topics including: how to draw lines, ellipses, brush strokes and how to save transparency values for shapes.

Java Video Tutorial 48

Derek Banas — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 01:27:27 +0000

I show you how to Make a Java Paint Application! You asked me to do this and it gives me a great opportunity to review and cover new topics all at once.

Java Video Tutorial 47

Derek Banas — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:30:23 +0000

In this part of my Java Video Tutorial, I cover how to draw 2D graphics in Java. I cover drawing lines, curves, ellipses, rectangles and numerous other shapes. Then we look at strokes, fills and gradients.

Java Video Tutorial 46

Derek Banas — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 02:59:06 +0000

Today I introduce the easiest way to read and write to XML files using Java. It is call the JDOM2 library. With it you'll easily read any element, or attribute and create your own.

Java Video Tutorial 45

Derek Banas — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 02:48:41 +0000

In this tutorial I cover Java XPath. XPath can be used to easily grab data from an XML file and into your Java code.

Java Video Tutorial 44

Derek Banas — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:36:27 +0000

After I made my XML Video Tutorial, you asked me to show you how to parse XML with Java. So, that is what I'm doing in this tutorial.

XML Video Tutorial 7

Derek Banas — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:12:33 +0000

Here I end my XML Video tutorial by covering complex types, sequence, groups, and a ton more! I also show you how to design schemas and XML files using the Eclipse design tools.

XML Video Tutorial 6

Derek Banas — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:15:32 +0000

In part 1 of my XML Schema video tutorial I introduce you to XML schema files. I talk about schemas, namespaces, the different data types available, how to restrict the data, enumerations and much more.

XML Video Tutorial 5

Derek Banas — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:36:02 +0000

In this part of my XML video tutorial, I will cover how to use an entity. I'll also show you how to combine XML, DTD and XSL files.

XML Video Tutorial 4

Derek Banas — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 21:35:46 +0000

In this part of my XML Video Tutorial, I cover Document Type Definitions (DTD). DTDs are used to define the markup for your XML files.

Followers/Following Ratio

Derek Banas — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:42:36 +0000

I looked for those with the best Followers/Following Ratio on Twitter. Those with the best Followers/Following Ratio are most likely to follow you and to follow you quickly.