That's a Wrap

Congratulations. 0:00 You've completed another android app. 0:01 You should be super proud of the work you've put into this app and 0:04 just think of all the important concepts we've learned. 0:07 We started off with a look at APIs and the concept of black boxes in development. 0:10 We talked about concurrency and 0:15 how asynchronous processing can keep our apps responsive. 0:17 Next, we learned about some of the things we need to think about 0:21 when interacting with the Internet, and how to make a proper network call. 0:24 We also learned about the very popular and 0:28 useful way to transfer data between services, JSON. 0:30 We even got some additional practice with a model view controller design pattern. 0:35 Further, we explored and started learning about the Android Data Binding Library. 0:39 Great work. 0:45 There's a lot going on behind the scenes in this app and 0:47 hopefully, you're encouraged to expand on it. 0:49 Right now, it's still pretty basic, leaving lots of room for 0:52 experimentation on your end. 0:55 We intentionally hard-coded the location because we wanted to focus on networking, 0:57 but that doesn't mean you couldn't try to implement location awareness yourself. 1:02 I've included some links in the teacher's notes, which can help you get started. 1:08 We've also left several hard-coded bits of text in our app, 1:13 converting these over to string resources, would be a great step. 1:16 Perhaps, even adding some internationalization as well. 1:20 After all, once your app gets into the Google Play Store, 1:25 you'll likely have users that don't read English. 1:28 You now have the power to request data from any API over the web. 1:32 There are several popular APIs available. 1:35 Check them out in the teacher's notes and 1:39 see if you can create an app that consume them as well. 1:41 Whatever you do, let us know in the Treehouse community or reach out to me on 1:44 Twitter about your project, and what you've built so we can check it out. 1:48 As always, pop into the community with questions, or 1:52 better yet, you help others who might have questions along their journey. 1:55 One last thing before we go. 2:01 We're not completely finished with Stormy just yet. 2:03 So don't delete it from your computer or take it down from GitHub. 2:05 We'll build upon this same project in another course. 2:09 Until then, good luck and happy coding. 2:12