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1. Title:
   Introduction
2. Description:

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   So, Katherine, we've been working
   on this course for a while.

   ¶

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   >> I know, Kunal.
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   And it's about to launch so
   I'm really excited.
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   >> Right.
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   It's been a couple of months that
   we've been designing this course, and
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   I want to be in perfect synch with you.
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   >> Okay.
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    >> Around who the learner or
    the student of this course is.
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    >> Yeah.
    So I think
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    the learner is someone who's
    never programmed before.
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    >> Wait.
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    When you say never,
    you mean no lines of code.
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    >> Zero.
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    >> Zero lines of code.
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    >> Yeah.
    >> Wow that's going to
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    be a tough course for us to design but
    it's going to open up the gambit for
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    everybody to take this course.
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    >> Absolutely.
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    I think that's why it's so powerful.
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    because at the end of this course,
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    I think they should be able to build
    a couple of simple Android apps.
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    >> Wait, let's backtrack a little bit.
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    So, we're saying no lines of code,
    no programming experience but
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    we're still saying you need a computer
    and you need an internet connection.
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    >> Yeah, and to have some familiarity
    with using a computer and a smart phone.
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    >> So you browse the internet let's
    say on a smartphone or a computer?
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    >> Yeah.
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    >> Okay, well let's say this is where
    the student is right now, right?
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    And this is where a professional
    Android developer is, right?
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    This is where they're making apps,
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    they're making money,
    they're changing the world.
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    Let's say this is where we will
    get them at the end of our course.
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    >> I think we can get them to here.
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    >> Okay, so in this journey that
    the student is taking with us,
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    what sort of apps
    are they building here?
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    >> Yeah, so
    the first app is a birthday card app.
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    >> Wait, you said first app,
    so there is more than one app?
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    >> Yeah, so first there's a birthday
    card app, where they can make it for
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    someone that they love.
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    >> I like that.
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    People have birthdays.
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    Sometimes they even have half birthdays.
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    [LAUGH]
    >> Yeah, and
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    the second app should be
    a coffee ordering app.
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    >> So you say, I want two cappuccinos,
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    and two cappuccinos appear
    magically from the phone?
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    >> Not quite.
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    But it captures what
    the user wants to order and
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    then it sends it off in an email.
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    >> Okay.
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    So in this journey that we've been
    sort of dreaming up, how long will it
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    take the student so they can
    budget their time appropriately?
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    >> Hopefully, 20, 25 hours.
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    >> I think that's about right.
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    It'll take a lot of deliberate practice.
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    They'll make a couple of fun apps.
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    But what they can do is they
    can take this 25 hours and
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    split this up into 4 or
    5 weeks worth of their time.
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    >> Yeah, I think that sounds good.
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    >> So that's as much about
    the course and about us.
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    At this point,
    I want to ask our students a question.