An introduction to programming mobile computing devices. Students will learn about and study the shift in software development from desktop to mobile device applications. Topics will include software engineering and design practices, advances in programming practice, and support tools for mobile application development and testing. Students will develop and deploy mobile applications as part of their course work.
4
UnitsLetter
Grading1, 2, 3
PasstimeNone
Level LimitEngineering
CollegeYou don't really learn anything new in this course; you just work on a group project for a quarter. Project requirements are minimal, so an A is a breeze. If you have a concrete idea for the next Uber or Duolingo, this is the course for you. Otherwise, you're getting an easy A with a half-baked app that you'll forget about in a week.
Class is basically just working in your group the entire time because you don't really learn anything new. You take full control of your project and do anything but there is no way to keep accountability.Only issue is assignments were never graded until the end of the quarter so you don't know your grade. Super easy class and great for your resume.
If you've only taken 156 with Conrad you might not realize that project classes are generally very easy to get an A in. I think Hollerer does a very good job of making the course flexible so you can do the bare minimum or put more effort into your project if there's a specific framework you're interested in learning etc...
There aren't many CS classes where you can actually make something and deploy it. This is a great class to have fun making Android apps that you can actually install on your phone. Lecture slides are kinda dry, but he's kind and answer all questions happily. You'll have to read documentations to learn Android basics tho.
Prof. Hollerer is a great professor who obviously cares about his students. However 184 was a heavier class than I expected. Not conceptually difficult, but you make several apps over the course of the quarter and there's a lot of debugging and hacking stuff up involved. Lectures are also a bit dry. Start your projects EARLY!!!!
come up with your own project first week of class and just work on it till the end of the quarter. Weekly checkins with small tasks that need to be completed and grading was done on completion. Only thing annoying was the daily hw on Agile but it's just busy work. Other than that it's a free A and you get to work on your own project for a quarter