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Dr. Iyad Abu doush’s New Book Receives Worldwide Recognition by BookAuthority

31st Oct 2021 | by the Department of PR & Marketing

Professor of computer science and information systems at AUK, Dr. Iyad Abu doush recently authored a new book titled, Learn Simply: Android Mobile Application Development Using Kotlin. The book teaches how to develop mobile applications using Kotlin. Readers will be introduced to Kotlin programming, after which they will learn how to use Kotlin for Android mobile development. The Android topics covered are Layout Design, Views (Widgets), Data-Driven Containers, Intents, Activity Life Cycle, RESTful Web API, Action Bar, SQLite Database, Cloud Database - Firebase, Localization, and Location services. The pattern followed to develop mobile applications is by starting with an idea, designing the solution, and coding the solution. The book has been recognized as one of best new mobile development books to read in 2021 by BookAuthority—the world's leading site for book recommendations.

Commenting on the significance of this achievement, Dr. Iyad said, "I'm very pleased to have my newly-authored book recognized by BookAuthority as one of best new mobile development books to read in 2021. The experience I had at AUK when teaching the mobile application development enables me to develop technical content that is easy to learn and apply."

The book is a textbook that can be used by students or mobile application developers to learn about different technologies that can be used to create an Android mobile application. The 3-step pattern it features can help future generations in having hands-on experience with the latest technologies needed in the market for mobile application development. 

The book can be purchased from the Leanpub website (https://leanpub.com/mobilekotlin) or from Amazon.
  

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Professor of computer science and information systems at AUK, Dr. Iyad Aboudoush

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