FIT2081: Mobile application development

11 x Lab worth 2%, 11 x Quiz worth 2% (top 10 of each count)

Just a heads up, these comments aren't structured properly, so soz in advance.
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This subject is somewhat interesting. You get taught Java and Android, you spend the first few weeks going over basics (what is a for loop etc.) and then after week 5, you go balls deep with programming computer programs/Android apps.

I did this unit as an elective, because I'm interested in the Android OS and I just wanted to gain some more experience with Java. In saying that, the majority of the students in this class are from the Bachelor of Business Information Systems. One thing that I found interesting is the lack of programming knowledge that the BBIS kids have. They found the most basic programming stuff to be hard (e.g. what is a for loop?) and they didn't really understand any of the code. This resulted in the majority of the BBIS kids receiving lowish marks for the internal labs. So if you're reading this and you're a BBIS kid with limited programming knowledge... pls program more and get a head start!

As for the weekly quizzes, they are really, really weird. Some of the questions aren't even in English and come across as super convoluted. However, I'd say ~70% of the quiz questions and answers are in the lecture notes.

I can't really be bothered to write more, but essentially.. this subject isn't hard at all. If you know basic programming rules/syntax, learning Java and Android won't be hard, meaning you'll do very well in the labs. As for the quizzes, the majority of the questions/answers are taken from the actual lecture slides and aren't that bad... HOWEVER, depending on your tutor, you may get really weird marks (e.g. I wrote the same answers as a friend, copied from the lecture notes; he got full marks, I got 3/4). The quizzes are done in an informal fashion, meaning you get to use your computer and talk to your friends about figuring out the answers.

ALSO, THE EXAM IS THE EXACT SAME AS THE LECTURE QUIZZES. Stephen admits this, and tells everyone to only study the lecture quizzes for the exam.

Tl;dr, program a bit, remember lecture quizzes, get a HD

Mr Stephen Huxford

no. the exams are just the questions taken from the quizzes

3 out of 5

Yes, no idea if it has screen capture or not (wtf is screen capture?)

No recommendations, everything you need is in the lecture notes and quizzes

1 x 2 hour lecture and 1 x 2 hour laboratory

2015 Sem 1

Pretty good