EESTEC Magazine Vol 34 2014/1 | Page 38

Engineering Project A! LC Novi Sad December 1st - December 8th 2013 Novi Sad, Serbia Text: Andrea Ljubljanac, LC Novi Sad Photographs: LC Novi Sad Everywhere you turn around, everywhere you look, everything you want to explore more in this modern world, you will somehow figure out you have a shortcut to. Shortcuts which previous generations did not have an approach to, while they have been having our problems and in our age. No, I am not talking of something that has been developing throughout the previous decades, I am talking about something that caught us very fast, grabbed our backs and said “Hey man, why you need to worry? We are here to help and ease up your life!” Yup, I am talking about modern technology! About computing, programming, more specific, about applications for mobile phones. Whatever activity you do on a regular basis, whatever news you read, whatever social media you use, and a lot more - there is most probably an application for mobile phone that was developed for it. Android is one of the main platforms and might be the most famous one, when we are talking about this subject. Now the question is: how to learn basics and where to begin when developing application for Android platform? Almost 50 people asked themselves that question and that is why they applied for workshop that LC Novi Sad organized in December of 2013, “Project A!”. Unfortunately, not all of them could be accepted, as spots were limited, but 18 lucky ones joined the thrill. Out of them, there were 16 official participant