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

8 points by maciek_kon ↗ HN
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 :)

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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).
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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.