A simple Google Android application Part I

What is Google Android? I don't need to babble that... because I think that it will be very clear if you see this : http://code.google.com/android/what-is-android.html

Basically, Android includes Linux kernel as operating system, libraries ( C language), Android runtime ( Dalvik virtual machine for Java byte code), and application framework (APIs for Java) . The applications we wanna develop are based on this application framework and Java 1.5 language specification, and will run on Android runtime.

Until now, Google only has prototype cell phone for running Android platform. Due to this reason, all the applications need to execute on the emulator which emulates the same environment just like you really have the hardware. There is a simple example that can give an idea about developing a Android application.

This example will ask you a number for defining N x N Queen problem.
Then it will calculate the possibility of results showing as a simple checker.

P.S: It runs on the Android emulator.

JavaFX Scripting Language

As we know that scripting language for an operating system is called a shell script such as C shell.
In January 2007, IronPython was released. It is a new implementation of the Python programming language running on .NET. This year also in January, Sun was released The JavaFX Script Programming Language.
These two scripting language are amazing for developers to control the applications dynamically during the run-time. For example, you can create a Frame in the command line like : var jframe= new JFrame("This is a Frame"); or use JavaFX code to define it. Then, you can modify the attributes and see the change immediately. I think that it is useful when developers wanna design GUI applications because arranging UI components and layouts are tedious jobs. More details about Java FX Scripting Language as link: https://openjfx.dev.java.net/JavaFX_Programming_Language.html
http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/scripting/javafx/ria_1/

[Android] DroidDraw

Dealing with the widgets and layouts in the Android project is a tedious work, especially Eclipse plug-in Android right now doesn't have visual tool for developers to construct the interfaces.
All the things need to do with XML. Fortunately, there is a tool that is very useful to it.
It also provides tutorials that developers can quickly understand how to use it.

http://www.droiddraw.org/

[Flickr] Schmap: San Francisco Photo Short-list

Today I got a email from Flickr about my one photo that has been short-listed for inclusion in the fourth edition of our Schmap San Francisco Guide, to be published mid-February 2008.
Schmap: San Francisco Photo Short-list
http://www.schmap.com/shortlist/p=61565007N00/c=SF20012284

That photo was taken from Hyatt Hotel in San Francisco.
I don't know that my old digital camera (Nikon 995) was still able to take good photos.