If your like me and new to programming you will quickly find that in order to develop complete applications you not only need to know more than one technology but at the very minimum a few that complement each other. One complex, object oriented "Do-all" language like Java or C++ isn't enough. You should, at minimum, know some easier stuff like XML for layouts and moving data, and some storage based technologies like SQL or SQLite. Even better would be to learn some HTML, PHP or even some Flash stuff too. That alone is enough to put a green programmer into overload but throw in the ability to make them work together through their respective API's, and I still think it's a miracle it all works. My next article shows how I overcame the technology boundary with a custom SQLite Adapter slightly modified so users don't lose data on an update -pretty important:) don't miss that!
Tips:
I will say try no to feel discouraged. When it all starts to make sense and come together, the different technologies are just equivalent to wording something a bit different. It gets easier.
Don't rob yourself the feeling you get when it does all work and work well either. That's what it's all about.
-Quest Graves
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