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SQLite3 Tutorial 4

SQLite3 TutorialWelcome to part 4 of my SQLite3 Tutorial! I cover an enormous amount of information on SQLite3 here.

I cover all of the following: Review of most everything from previous SQlite3 tutorials, SQLite3 ENUMs, Composite Primary Keys, dates, data types, data affinities, joins, inner join, left join, natural join, cross join, ON, GROUP BY, select statements inside of select statements, views, triggers and more. If you missed the previous parts look here SQLite3 Tutorial, Part 2 & Part 3. Continue reading SQLite3 Tutorial 4

SQLite3 Tutorial 3

SQLite3 Tutorial 3Welcome to part 3 of my SQLite3 Tutorial! Here I will cover a TON of commands for SQLite3. If you want a video that covers a ton on SQL you are in the right place.

All of the following are covered in the video and the code that follows: SELECT, FROM, WHERE, COLLATE, NOT NULL, DEFAULT, UNIQUE, CHECK, FOREIGN KEY, REFERENCES, ALTER, ADD COLUMN, RENAME, AND, OR, LIKE, NOT LIKE, ORDER BY, LIMIT, OFFSET, AS, UPDATE, DELETE, and more. I also cover a bunch of arithmetic, boolean, bitwise, relational and other operators. Continue reading SQLite3 Tutorial 3

SQLite3 Tutorial 2

SQLite3 Tutorial 2Welcome 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 you missed part 1 you should watch it first here SQLite3 Tutorial. All of the code used in the video is available below. I hope you find it to be useful. Continue reading SQLite3 Tutorial 2

SQLite3 Tutorial

SQLite3 TutorialWelcome to my SQLite3 Tutorial! This tutorial is part of my Android Development Tutorial, so my Android tutorial is not over. I have many more videos on Android coming.

In this video I explain how to install SQLite3 on both Mac and Windows. I also cover how to use SQLite3 using the console. SQLite is an embedded relational database that doesn’t require a dedicated database management system. The database is part of your code and not an outside resource. The reason for creating SQLite was to provide a self contained database that was easy to use, could travel with the program using it and run on any machine with no other required software. Continue reading SQLite3 Tutorial

Android Development Tutorial 9

Android XmlPullParser TutorialWelcome to part 9 of my Android Development tutorial. Here is the complete package for my Android Stock Quote Picker.

In this tutorial I will focus on using the Android XmlPullParser for parsing an xml file. I’ll be getting data from the Yahoo Web Service just like last time. Google recommends the XmlPullParser over all others because it is fast, requires the least amount of memory and helps maintain battery life. With the video below and the code that follows you should have no problem using it in your own Android apps. Continue reading Android Development Tutorial 9

Android Development Tutorial 8

android xml parserWelcome to part 8 of my Android development tutorial. Today I’m going to show you how to make an android xml parser using the DOM. I’ll cover XmlPullParser next time.

I also cover numerous other topics including : How to use AsyncTask to execute threads in the background : How to write to the GUI from a thread : How to use Log.d : How to connect to a web service : Much more…

The code & video below will help you learn this stuff completely. Continue reading Android Development Tutorial 8

Android Development Tutorial 7

Android Development TutorialWelcome to part 7 of my Android Development Tutorial! Today I will continue what I started in the last Android tutorial.

I cover how to do all of the following: Pass values between activities : Save key value pairs : Use OnClickListeners : Retrieve saved data : Use ScrollViews : Use Alert Dialog Boxes : Use Intents to Open Applications : Use Intents to Open Activities : Force Close the Keyboard : Much More… Download all the code here Continue reading Android Development Tutorial 7

Android Development Tutorial 6

Android Development TutorialWelcome to part 6 of my Android Development Tutorial! Over the next few videos I will cover a tremendous amount of information. You can get the whole app right now if you can’t wait here Android Stock Quote App.

Here are just a few of the things I’ll cover over the next few videos: The TableLayout : Dynamically Fill ScrollViews : Save Key / Value Pairs : Review of ClickListeners : Using Intents to Open other Applications : Alert Dialog Boxes : Start other Activities and Pass in Information : Yahoo Web Service : YQL : AsyncTask : Threads : Parsing XML  Continue reading Android Development Tutorial 6

Android Development Tutorial 5

android event listenerWelcome to part 5 of my Android Development Tutorial! In this tutorial, I completely finish the tip app that I have been making. If you want to learn about the Android event listener you are in the right place.

I will cover how to both get values from and change values in Android components.I also cover how to use changeListener, OnCheckedChangeListener, setOnCheckedChangeListener, OnItemSelectedListener, setOnItemSelectedListener, onItemSelected, setOnClickListener, and also how to turn a chronometer into a stop watch. Continue reading Android Development Tutorial 5

Android Development Tutorial 4

Android Development Tutorial 4Welcome to part 4 of my Android Development Tutorial. In the last part, I showed you how to put together an Android User Interface. This time I will add to that app in a big way!

Over the course of this tutorial and the next I will cover RadioButtons, RadioGroups, CheckBoxes, DropDows (Spinners), Buttons, Chronometers, ChangeListeners, ItemSelectedListeners, onClickListeners and much more. All of the code below should help you along. Continue reading Android Development Tutorial 4

Android Development Tutorial 3

Android User InterfaceIn this part of my Android Development Tutorial, I will build an Android user interface.

I cover how to do numerous things: How to use the Android Visual Layout Editor, How to edit the GUI layout by editing the XML, How to use TextView, EditText and the SeekBar, How to catch events, How to save the apps state with onSaveInstanceState(), How to get values from components and how to change the values. The video and code below will teach you all you need to start making apps. Continue reading Android Development Tutorial 3

Android Development Tutorial 2

Android Development Tutorial 2In this tutorial, I decided to cover all of the topics I would need, so that in every tutorial that follows I can just make apps. Don’t try to memorize everything! Here I’m just covering a bunch of things you need to be familiar with.

We’ll cover the lifecycle of an Android activity completely. We’ll then look at how to make an app support many languages. We’ll look at how to grab string resources and how to pull them into java and xml files. Finally, we’ll look at the AndroidManifest.xml file in detail. Continue reading Android Development Tutorial 2

Android Development Tutorial

Android Development TutorialIn a previous tutorial, I showed you how to Install the Android Development Tools. In this first part of my Android Development Tutorial I’m going to describe almost every file and folder used to develop an Android app.

I’ll walk through every single file and explain how it is used. I’ll explain the whole file system. We’ll also make an app and as I create it, I’ll explain every single step and what everything means. I have never seen anyone try to teach this much in one video. I hope you enjoy it. All of the commented code is available below. Continue reading Android Development Tutorial

Solving Android SDK Problems

Solving Android SDK ProblemsIn my last tutorial, I showed you how to install the Android development tools. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to solve many of the Android SDK Problems you have recently sent me.

We’ll look at: How to speed up the emulator. Solve the problem in which the Android SDK Manager could not find packages. Solve the Android SDK parse error problems. Solve the issue in which the emulator doesn’t execute your program. If you have any other problems leave a comment below and I’ll solve them. Continue reading Solving Android SDK Problems

Install Android Development Tools

Install Android Development ToolsWelcome to my tutorial on how to Install Android Development Tools. I received many requests on how to do this and it is a great topic to cover right before I start my Android Development Tutorial.

I’ll cover how to install Googles ADT plugin, all of the common errors people get and take you through running your first app. Many important things need to be pointed out like the fact that Googles emulators are terribly slow. If you haven’t installed Eclipse yet, definitely checkout my tutorial Install Eclipse for Java first. Continue reading Install Android Development Tools

Java Algorithm Video Tutorial

Java Algorithm Video TutorialWelcome to my Java algorithm video tutorial. Here I provide 18 videos on not only Java algorithms, but I also cover Data Structures in depth.

We cover numerous search and sorting algorithms. We also look at stacks, queues, lists, recursion, Big O Notation, hash tables, trees, heaps and a ton more.

A playlist filled with all the videos is below, along with links to all of the code used. Continue reading Java Algorithm Video Tutorial

Java Heap Tutorial

Java Heap TutorialWelcome to my Java Heap Tutorial. In previous tutorials, I covered how to print out trees in Java. You may want to look at that before continuing here, but it isn’t required.

A Heap is kind of like a tree, but it is normally implemented as an array. There are 2 main rules for using a heap. 1. Every row is complete except for last row. 2. Parent keys are bigger then children. I will cover how to insert and remove items. I’ll show how an array is heaped. I’ll also cover how the Heap Sort works. Everything is covered in the video and code below. Continue reading Java Heap Tutorial

Solving Programming Problems 2

Solving Programming ProblemsIn my previous tutorial Solving Programming Problems, I walked you threw the process of solving a generic programming problem. We made a method that printed out a tree structure in the console.

In this tutorial, I’ll walk through the process of finding bugs in the code and talk about how we can fix those bugs. I think this topic may be the hardest to teach. I hope the video and the code that follows can help you better grasp how to solve most any programming problem. Continue reading Solving Programming Problems 2

Solving Programming Problems

Solving Programming ProblemsTo finish off my Java Algorithm tutorial, I thought it would be interesting to cover solving programming problems in general. So, in this tutorial I’ll answer the question I’ve been getting, which is how to print a tree data structure.

On our journey to better understand how to solve problems I will first solve the basic problem. Then in the next part of the tutorial I will perfect printing any type of tree. The code below will better explain the process of solving this problem. Continue reading Solving Programming Problems

Binary Trees in Java 2

Binary Trees in JavaWelcome to my 2nd video on Binary Trees in Java. If you haven’t seen part 1, definitely watch it first or this will be confusing binary tree in Java.

In this part of the tutorial, I will take you step-by-step through the process of deleting nodes in a binary tree. This topic seems to be confusing to many people. I personally prefer to build trees with the builder design pattern like I showed here Encapsulate Composite with Builder, but it is also important to understand the basics of the binary tree. Continue reading Binary Trees in Java 2