Course: Begin Programming: Build Your First Mobile Game

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The  University of Reading  offers a wide range of courses. For example, our undergraduate degree in Computer Science, which includes the option of an industrial placement, providing you with valuable experience. …

Over the past few weeks you’ve worked on a game with a moving paddle at the bottom of the screen, and a bouncing ball that you manoeuvre to gain points. …

This tutorial will build on what was learnt in the ‘Introduction to conditional statements’ video (in the previous step) by discussing Boolean logic and how it is used in conditional …

Nested looping Here’s an example of nested looping: Suppose we have the marks for a class of four students and we want to sort these into ascending order. An algorithm …

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In this video we’ll have a look at some of the existing files in the Android Studio. If you’re eager to push yourself a little further, you may like to …

In this Step we’ll guide you through setting up an ‘Integrated Development Environment’ (IDE). For this course you’ll be using Android Studio created by Google to develop your mobile game. …

Sometimes programmers need to directly interface with the computer’s operating system rather than interacting via applications. To do this they open a window that provides a text interface to the …

Before you begin programming in this course, you’ll need to download, install and set up some specialist software. Don’t worry, we’ll guide you through this in the following steps. Like …

In the next two Steps you’ll check whether your JDK installation was successful. In the unfortunate case it isn’t successful, we have various suggestions to try to get it fixed. …

You’ll first need to set up specific software to be able to view, edit and modify the code. Start by downloading and installing the JDK (Java Development Kit). You’ll need …

It’s the final week! Thanks for joining us, we hope you’ve had fun learning the basics of programming. In this video you’ll be invited to leave feedback on what you’ve …

In this video we’ll cover the basics of conditional statements and how to use them to improve the game. You’ll also learn about Boolean expressions and how these help the …

In this video we’ll cover the basics of this week’s topic – algorithms. We’ll bring together all of the constructs you’ve had a go at so far, and find out …