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This post has been updated to reflect new Zoom offerings and resources for educators in response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.March 31Waiting Room on by default: Starting today, the Waiting Room feature will be automatically turned on by default. This security feature is one of the best ways to control who’s entering your Zoom virtual classroom by giving you the option to admit participants individually or all at once. Visit our support page for more information on adjusting your Waiting Room settings, or check out our blog on best practices for securing your virtual classroom.March 29Zoom has lifted the 40-minute meeting limit on free Basic accounts for K-12 schools in Australia, India, and New Zealand. Request to have the limit lifted for your school here.We’ve also put together this security resource for educators teaching over Zoom – Blog: Best Practices for Securing Your Virtual Classroom.March 26We’ve lifted the 40-minute meeting limit on free Basic accounts for K-12 schools in Israel. You can request to have the limit lifted for your school here.We’re also lifting the minutes limit for K-12 schools in Hong Kong SAR. Hong Kong SAR schools must request access using this e-learning support website only.March 25Zoom hardware partner Logitech is providing free equipment bundles for K-12 educators. Get more details in the Logitech blog post, or access the application request form.March 23Zoom has lifted the 40-minute meeting limit on free Basic accounts for K-12 schools in Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Request to have the minutes limit lifted for your school here.March 20Resources for parentsSome programs that can help keep your at-home kids learning in a structured environment:California State Parks PORTS Program:The Home Learning Program offers virtual field trips four times a week!Khan Academy: Live online classes on a variety of subjects for ages 4-18National WWII Museum: Online teaching resources and distance learning archiveOutschool: Live online classes on a variety of subjects for ages 3-18March 16We’ve also lifted the 40-minute meeting limit on free Basic accounts for K-12 schools in the United Arab Emirates. Request to have the minutes limit lifted for your school here.March 13[Updated at 4:00 p.m. PT]We’ve proactively lifted the 40-minute meeting limit on free Basic accounts for schools in Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece, Norway, Portugal, and Switzerland. You can request to have the minutes limit lifted for your school here.March 13As of this morning, we have two new offers for schools:1. Zoom is proactively lifting the 40-minute meeting limit on free Basic accounts for nearly 60,000 K-12 schools in the U.S.If your school has already been pre-approved and your Zoom Basic account is linked to your school email address, you’ll get a notification the next time you log into Zoom. If you did not receive a notification, you can request to have the time limit lifted for your school here.2. We’ve partnered with Clever to make Zoom accessible to the 8,000 Clever districts who may be experiencing school closures.Clever is the most widely used single sign-on portal in K–12 districts, making it easy for schools to roll out Zoom quickly. Zoom accounts set up through Clever will include:Unlimited teacher accountsNo time limit on virtual class sessionsSingle sign-on via the Clever PortalSupport for PCs, Macs, Chromebooks, iPads, Android phones & iPhonesZoom is making all of these features available at no charge through July 1, 2020, for Clever districts.Here are some additional online resources for educators:Outschool, a marketplace for live online classes, has made available Free Remote Teacher Training Webinarsdemonstrating how to get started teaching online in a live video chat classroom for learners ages 3 to 18. These webinars are led by Outschool’s experienced K-12 teachers who have transitioned from in-person to online teaching. Educators can sign up and find available times/dates here.Instructional platform Nearpod is temporarily offering free online learning access to schools impacted by closures. Access includes live weekly webinars, a guide to using Nearpod for distance learning, and lessons on the coronavirus to keep students, teachers, and parents informed.March 12Zoom is temporarily lifting the 40-minute meeting limit on free Basic accounts for seven additional countries during the global COVID-19 pandemic.Effective immediately, K-12 schools in the following countries can request the 40-minute time limit be lifted for free Basic Zoom accounts:AustriaDenmarkFranceIrelandPolandRomaniaSouth KoreaSchools in these countries can request the limit removal by having a member of your school fill out this form using a school email address.Zoom has already removed the 40-minute limit on free Basic accounts for schools in Japan and Italy, and have lifted the limit by request for K-12 schools in the United States.Additional resourcesHere are some additional online resources to help you most effectively use Zoom for virtual education:Live Zoom training daily: These include sessions specifically highlighting Zoom Meetings for Education (Students & Educators), focusing on using Zoom Meetings as your classroom setting. Zoom Webinar training is also available.Recorded Zoom training: Watch previously recorded sessions on demand and at your convenience. Several are in German, Japanese, and Korean, in addition to English.Tips for instructors: Check out this Twitter thread from USC Ph.D. student and online instructor Alana Kennedyon some of the most useful features and best practices for teaching over Zoom.March 6Zoom has a wealth of experience helping educational institutions optimize the Zoom platform for virtual classrooms and online learning. It’s our goal to make Zoom easy to use and accessible for everyone, and we’re committed to streamlining the experience for our educational users amid the global coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.Zoom’s teams are working to provide teachers, administrators, and students around the world with the resources they need to quickly spin up virtual classrooms, participate in online classes, and continue their studies online. It’s our intention that everyone, from seasoned Zoom users to those who’ve never interacted with our product, can easily download the client, start and schedule meetings, set students up with Zoom, and start using Zoom for virtual instruction with ease.This post is designed to help our education users:Sign up for a Zoom accountPick the best account optionUnderstand best practices for using Zoom in educationHelp for schoolsTo ensure all of our K-12 districts and other institutions can most effectively leverage Zoom for virtual education during this time, Zoom is:Temporarily removing the 40-minute limit on free Basic accounts for schools in Japan and Italy, and by request for K-12 schools in the United StatesProviding multi-language resources specifically designed for principals, vice principals, teachers, students, and parents to set up and use ZoomExpanding live trainings, webinars, and recorded offerings to share best practices for using the platformHow to enable your free Zoom accountTo have the 40-minute time limit temporarily removed for your organization’s free Basic accounts:Have your administrators, staff, and teachers sign up for a free Zoom account.Have a member of your school fill out this form to request the temporary removal.Upon verification, all free Basic accounts using your school’s email domain will have the time restriction lifted.Now teachers will be able to log in, schedule their classes, and send out invites to students. Students are not required to have a Zoom account and can join classes using the links sent from the teacher. For the best experience, we do recommend every user download the Zoom application on their preferred Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, or Android device.We have numerous short videos on support.zoom.us to help you get started.Zoom account features & benefitsZoom offers robust collaboration and engagement tools as part of its standard free license, including the ability to connect using VoIP or via traditional phone when internet is not available. Administrators, teachers, parents, and students also have access to:Unlimited meetings for up to 100 participantsHD audio and videoScreen sharingWhiteboardingAnnotationBreakout RoomsVirtual backgroundsIn-meeting chatLocal recordingNonverbal feedbackFor organizations requiring a more robust feature set and administrative control, Zoom’s Education plan provides the above capabilities and more at a low cost, including:Unlimited meetings for up to to 300 participantsSingle sign-on (SSO)LTI integration to support most LMS platformsEnhanced user management to add, delete, and assign add-on featuresAdvanced admin controls for enabling/disabling recording, chat, and notifications500 MB of cloud recordingCloud recording transcriptionUsage reports to track participationNeed help deciding whether a Basic or Education plan is right for you? Connect with a Zoom education specialistfor assistance.Resources for Zoom’s education usersHere are some guides to help school administrators, staff, teachers, students, and parents leverage Zoom for virtual learning:Comprehensive Guide to Educating Through ZoomTips and Tricks for Teachers Educating on ZoomTips and Tricks for Administrators and StaffStudent Tips for Participating in Online LearningEducation Guide to Getting Started on ZoomSchool Administrator’s Guide to Rolling Out ZoomWe’re also providing multi-language resources specifically designed for principals, vice principals, teachers, students, and parents to set up and use Zoom.Additional measuresZoom is also proactively monitoring our global infrastructure to ensure reliability and uptime for your online learning programs. Our proven infrastructure regularly supports over 8 billion meeting minutes a month, and we are confident that our architecture can handle spiking levels of activity and support educational institutions around the world during this time.

Edit//I have since started reading Elon's biography (Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future: Ashlee Vance) and I've typed up some of the book's great insights about Elon's most formative years. It's been a fascinating read!Reading Obsessively:From a very young age, he seemed to have a book in his hands at all times. "It was not unusual for him to read ten hours a day," said Kimbal. "If it was the weekend, he could go through two books in a day." The family went on numerous shopping excursions in which they realized mid-trip that Elon had gone missing. Maye or Kimbal would pop into the nearest bookstore and find Elon somewhere near the back sitting on the floor and reading in one of his trance-like states.As Elon got older, he would take himself to the bookstore when school ended at 2pm and stay there until about 6pm, when his parents returned home from work. He plowed through fiction books and then comics and then nonfiction titles. "Sometimes they kicked me out of the store, but usually not," Elon said. He listed The Lord of the Rings, Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, and Robert Heinlein's The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress as some of his favorites, alongside The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. "At one point, I ran out of books to read at the school library and the neighborhood library," Musk said. "This is maybe the third or fourth grade. I tried to convince the librarian to order books for me. So then, I started to read the Encyclopedia Britannica. That was so helpful. You don't know what you don't know. You realize there are all these things out there."Elon, in fact, churned through two sets of encyclopedias -- a feat that did little to help him make friends. The boy had a photographic memory, and the encyclopedias turned him into a fact factory. He came off as a classic know-it-all. At the dinner table, Tosca would wonder aloud about the distance from the Earth to the moon. Elon would spit out the exact measurement at perigee and apogee. "If we had a question, Tosca would always say, 'Just ask genius boy,' " Maye said. "We could ask him about anything. He just remembered it." Elon cemented his bookworm reputation through his clumsy ways. "He's not very sporty," said Maye.(33)Early Role Model:On the surface, life at Errol's house seemed grand. he had plenty of books for Elon to read from cover to cover and money to buy a computer and other objects that Elon desired. Errol took his children on numberous trips overseas. "It was an amazingly fun time," said Kimbal. "I have a lot of fun memories from that." Errol also impressed the kids with his intellect and dealt out some practical lessons. "He was a talented engineer," Elon said. "He knew how every physical object worked." Both Elon and Kimbal were required to go to the sites of Errol's engineering jobs and learn how to lay bricks, install plumbing, fit windows, and put in electrical wiring.(36)Computers, Entrepreneurship, and Boys Being Boys:"I had to have that and then hounded my father to get the computer," Musk said. Soon he owned a Commodore VIC-20 , a popular home machine that went on sale in 1980... "It was spuposed to take like six months to get through all the lessons," Elon said. "I just got super OCD on it and stayed up for three days with no sleep and did the entire thing. It seemed like the most super compelling thing I had ever seen." Despite being an engineer, Musks's father was something of a Luddite and dismissive of the machine. Elon recounted that "he said it was just for games and that you'd never be able to do real engineering on it. I just said, 'Whatever.' "While bookish and into his new computer, Elon quite often led Kimbal and his cousins (kaye's children) Russ, Lyndon, and Peter Rive on adventures. They dabbled one year in selling Easter eggs door-to-door in the neighborhood. The eggs were not well decorated, but the boys still marked them up a few hundred percent for their wealthy neighbors.Elon also spearheaded their work with homemade explosives and rockets. South Africa did not have the Estes rocket kits popular among hobbyists, so Elon would create his own chemical compounds and put them inside of canisters. "It is remarkable how many things you can get to explode," Elon said. "Saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal are the basic ingredients for gunpowder, and then if you combine a strong acid with a strong alkaline, that will generally release a lot of energy. Granulated chlorine with brake fluid-- that's quite impressive. I'm lucky I have all my fingers."When not handling explosives, the boys put on layers of clothing and goggles and shot each other with pellet guns. Elon and Kimbal raced dirt bikes against each other in sandlots until Kimbal flew off his bike one day and hurtled into a barbed wire fence.(38)Early Teenage Years:The boy's most audacious exploits may have been their trips between Pretoria and Johannesburg. During the 1980s, South Africa could be a terribly violent place, and the thirty-five-mile train trip linking Pretoria and Johannesburg stood out as one of the world's more dangerous rides. Kimbal counted the train journeys as formative experiences for him and Elon. "South Africa was no a happy-go-lucky place, and that has an impact on you. We saw some really rough stuff. It was part of an atypical upbringing -- just this insane set of experiences that changes how you view risk. You don't grow up thinking getting a job is the hard part. That's not interesting enough."The boys ranged in age from about thirteen to sixteen and chased a mix of parties and geeky exploits in Johannesburg. During one jaunt, they went to a Dungeons & Dragon's tournament. "That was us being nerd master supremes," Musk said. All of the boys were into the role-playing game which requires someone to help set the mood for a contest by imagining and then describing a scene. "you have entered a room, and there is a chest in the corner. What will you do? ... You open the chest. You've sprung a trap. Dozens of goblins are on the lose." Elon excelled at this Dungeon Master role and had memorized the texts detailing the powers of monsters and other characters. "Under Elon's leadership, we played the role so well and won the tournament," said Peter Rive. "Winning requires this incredible imagination, and Elon really set the tone for keeping people captivated and inspired."(39)Thoughts on School:As Musk saw it, "I just look at it as 'What grades do I need to get where I want to go?' There were compulsory subjects like Afrikaans, and I just didn't see the point of learning that. It seemed ridiculous. I'd get a passing grade and that was fine. Things like physics and computers -- I got the highest grade you can get in those. There needs to be a reason for a grade. I'd rather play video games, write software, and read books than try and get an A if there's no point in getting an A.I can remember failing subjects in like fourth and fifth grade. Then, my mother's boyfriend told me I'd be held back if I didn't pass. I didn't actually know you had to pass the subjects to move to the next grade. I got the best grades in class after that.(43)Leaving for Canada:Musk spent the next year working a series of odd jobs around Canada. he tended vegetables and shoved out grain bins at a cousin's farm located in the tiny town of Waldeck. Musk celebrated his eighteenth birthday there, sharing a cake with the family he'd just met and few strangers from the neighborhood. After that, he learned to cut logs with a chain saw in Vancouver, British Columbia...Elon ended up enrolling at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, in 1989. Outside of his studies, Elon would read the newspaper alongside Kimbal, and the two of them would identify interesting people they would like to meet. They then took turns cold-calling these people to ask if they were available to have lunch. Among the harassed was the head of marketing for the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team, a business writer for the Globe and Mail, and a top executive at the Bank of Nova Scotia, Peter Nicholson.Nicholson remembered the boys' call well. "I was not in the habit of getting out-of-the-blue requests," he said. " I was perfectly prepared to have lunch with a couple of kids that had that kind of gumption." It took six months to get on Nicholson's calendar, but, sure enough, the Musk brother's made a three-hour train ride and showed up on time.Nicholson's first exposure to the Musk brothers left him with an impression many would share. Both presented themselves well and were polite. Elon, though, clearly came off as the geekier, more awkward counterpoint to the charismatic, personable Kimbal. "I became more impressed and fascinated as I talked to them," Nicholson said. "They were so determined." Nicholson ended up offering Elon a summer internship at the bank and became his trusted advisor.(46)College Life:For some time, Musk sold computer parts and full PCs in the dorm to make some extra cash. "I could build something to suit their needs like a tricked-out gaming machine or a simple word processor that cost less than what they could get in a store," Musk said." Or if their computer didn't book property or had a virus, I'd fix it. I could pretty much solve any problem."...Musk was more ambitious in college than he'd been in high school. He studied business, competed in public speaking contests, and began to display the brand of intensity and competitiveness that marks his behavior today. After one economics exam, Musk, Farooq, and some other students in class came back to the dorms and began comparing notes to try to ascertain how well they did on the test. It soon became clear that Musk had a firmer grasp on the material than anyone else. "This was a group of fairly high achievers, and Elon stood way outside of the bell curve," Farooq said. Musk's intensity has continued to be a constant in their long relationship. "When Elon gets into something, he develops just this different level of interested in it than other people. That is what differentiates Elon from the rest of humanity."(50)Inklings of Future Ventures:In December 1994, he had to come up with a business plan for one of his classes and ended up writing a paper titled "The Importance of Being Solar."...The paper went on to predict a rise in solar power technology based on materials improvements and the construction of large-scale solar plants. Musk delved deeply into how solar cells work and the various compounds that can make them more efficient. He concluded the paper with a drawing of the "power station of the future." It depicted a pair of giant solar arrays in space -- each for kilometers in width -- sending their juice down to Earth via microwave beans to a receiving antenna with a seven-kilometer diameter. Musk received a 98 on what his professor deemed a "very interesting and well written paper."A second paper talked about taking research documents and books and electronically scanning them, performing optical character recognition, and putting all of the information in a single database -- much like a a mix between today's Google Books and Google Scholar. And a third paper dwelled on another of Musk's favorite topics -- ultra capacitors. In the forty-four-page document, Musk is plainly jubilant over the idea of a new form of energy storage that would suit his future pursuits with cars, planes, and rockets. Pointing to the latest research coming out of a lab in Silicon Valley, he wrote: "The end result represents the first new means of storing significant amounts of electrical energy since the development of the battery and fuel cell. Furthermore, because the Ultracapacitor retains the basic properties of a capacitor, it can deliver its energy over one hundred times faster than a battery of equivalent weight, and be recharged just as quickly." Musk received a 97 for this effort and praise for "a very thorough analysis" with "excellent financials!"...As Musk began to think more seriously about what he would do after college, he briefly considered getting into the video-game business. He'd been obsessed with video games since his childhood and had held a gaming internship. But he came to see them as not quite grand enough a pursuit. "I really like computer games, but then if I made really great computer games, how much effect would that have on the world," he said. "It wouldn't have a big effect. Even though I have an intrinsic love of video games, I couldn't bring myself to do that as a career."(53)My Old Answer:According to: Elon Musk: The World's Raddest Man | Wait But WhyMusk was born in 1971 in South Africa. Childhood wasn’t a great time for him—he had a tough family life and never fit in well at school.2 But, like you often read in the bios of extraordinary people, he was an avid self-learner early on. His brother Kimbal has said Elon would often read for 10 hours a day—a lot of science fiction and eventually, a lot of non-fiction too. By fourth grade, he was constantly buried in the Encyclopedia Britannica.One thing you’ll learn about Musk as you read these posts is that he thinks of humans as computers, which, in their most literal sense, they are. A human’s hardware is his physical body and brain. His software is the way he learns to think, his value system, his habits, his personality. And learning, for Musk, is simply the process of “downloading data and algorithms into your brain.”3 Among his many frustrations with formal classroom learning is the “ridiculously slow download speed” of sitting in a classroom while a teacher explains something, and to this day, most of what he knows he’s learned through reading.He became consumed with a second fixation at the age of nine when he got his hands on his first computer, the Commodore VIC-20. It came with five kilobytes of memory and a “how to program” guide that was intended to take the user six months to complete. Nine-year-old Elon finished it in three days. At 12, he used his skills to create a video game called Blastar, which he told me was “a trivial game…but better than Flappy Bird.” But in 1983, it was good enough to be sold to a computer magazine for $500 ($1,200 in today’s money)—not bad for a 12-year-old.3Musk never felt much of a connection to South Africa—he didn’t fit in with the jockish, white Afrikaner culture, and it was a nightmare country for a potential entrepreneur. He saw Silicon Valley as the Promised Land, and at the age of 17, he left South Africa forever. He started out in Canada, which was an easier place to immigrate to because his mom is a Canadian citizen, and a few years later, used a college transfer to the University of Pennsylvania as a way into the US.4In college, he thought about what he wanted to do with his life, using as his starting point the question, “What will most affect the future of humanity?” The answer he came up with was a list of five things: “the internet; sustainable energy; space exploration, in particular the permanent extension of life beyond Earth; artificial intelligence; and reprogramming the human genetic code.”Also, apparently there is a biography coming out about him (mentioned in the above article), due on May 19th, 2015.You can pre-order here:Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future: Ashlee Vance

That’s exactly why it’s a great time to learn how to create mobile apps. Of course, the most difficult part will be pinpointing which mobile app platform to focus on. There is Apple and iOS, Google’s Android — across a whole slew of different devices — Windows Phone and even Blackberry. Android and iOS are the two obvious choices to pursue since they’re the most widely used.Whichever platform you choose, however, you’ll need to learn a different language. Luckily the fundamentals of programming largely remain the same no matter what you’re developing.However, before diving into mobile app development, having a handle on programming basics will help.What Language or Platform Should I Learn?Objective-C is the primary language for Apple devices like the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. (However, Swift is up and coming.) The official language for Android development, on the other hand, is Java. However, you can create mobile applications for Android through the Android Native Development Kit (NDK) using C and C++ but it’s not recommended or promoted by Google.Windows Phone apps are designed in multiple ways: XAML is used for the UI and C# or Visual Basic is used for the programming aspect. With the latest version, Windows Phone 8, you can develop applications with C++ using Direct3D to take advantage of powerful graphics hardware. The latter is relevant if you want to develop mobile games.We’re not going to explain Blackberry in depth because you can use a wide variety of languages with it. Moreover, the platform is no longer popular among mobile users.As far as choosing a platform, your best bet is to choose the one you intend to use most. If you don’t have a variety of test devices then stick with the platform that matches the current device you own. This will allow you to test and prototype your work on an existing mobile device.Where Should You Start?Unlike learning other programming languages, mobile app development takes more time and involves multiple layers.Nonetheless, it is very possible to teach yourself mobile app development. You don’t have to spend tons of money going back to school, or even invest in one of the more exclusive coding bootcamps.You can easily hone your skills through hands-on practice.To help you get started in the world of mobile app development, we compiled a huge list of resources. Some are free, and others costs money. Either way, they all hold value in some way.Top 50 Websites to Learn Mobile App DevelopmentThe following list is broken down into three sections:Android Development and ResourcesiOS (Apple) Development and ResourcesOther Mobile App Development ResourcesWe’ll explain which options are more suitable to your tastes — whether you’re at a beginner, intermediate or expert level.Android Mobile Development Resources1. Learn Java for Android DevelopmentThis paperback book is ideal for beginner to intermediate programmers. If you have absolutely no prior experience coding then don’t fret, this guide will walk you through getting started, as well. Since Java is integral to Android app development, that’s what you’ll be focusing on.Price: Starts at $252. Android Development Community ForumsAnddev or the Android Development Community is dedicated to mobile app dev on the Android platform. It’s primarily a forum where like-minded individuals can discuss mobile dev related topics. However, there is also a great deal of useful tutorials available. It’s a great place for developers of any skill level.Price: Free3. Official Android Developer’s Community PortalYou won’t find tutorials or coding advice on the official Android Developer’s Community portal managed by Google devs. However, you will find plenty of information about the Android platform as a whole. This is where they announce software updates, new features and discuss important development information.Price: Free4. Official Android Developer’s TrainingThis guide is hosted on the official Android Developer’s Community, but it’s definitely something you’ll want to bookmark as a mobile dev. Experienced coders might not want to visit the guide often, it walks you through getting started and building your first app. That said, it’s great as a resource when you want to know how to do something specific.Price: Free5. Learn Android SDK from Scratch by Tuts PlusIf you’re a newbie to coding you should check out the Tuts Plus Android SDK tutorial. It’s free, and it walks you through using the Android Software Development Kit, which can be a pain to setup if you’ve never handled something like it before. It’s also a great resource for intermediate level coders. Experts might not find anything worthwhile.Price: Free6. Creative, Serious and Playful Science of Android Apps on CourseraThis course for beginners is a great place to learn the basics of computer science and programming. First it will walk you through the introductory material and then it will move on to Android specific lessons using Java and standard software development tools. You do not need any prior coding experience to get started.Price: Free7. Developing Android Apps Udacity CourseUdacity is yet another online coding school, but their Developing Android Apps course was actually built by Google. If you make it through the course, you can continue learning more in depth topics in regards to Android development. It’s great for beginner to intermediate coders.Price: $199/month after free 14-day trial8. VogellaThis website offers a wide variety of high-quality Android development tutorials, and they all happen to be free. Coders of all skill levels can find something here. The tutorials are well written, provide in-depth tips and information and include a bunch of useful code snippets and exercises. There are links to more resources too, if you need them.Price: Free9. TechnotalkativeThis website is run by Paresh Mayani, a popular Android developer, who specializes in mobile dev tutorials. Technotalkative is essentially where he compiles all his guides and writes about his experiences with Android development. After you’re done, you can head to the main blog where he addresses working with various aspects of Android.Price: Free10. Android HiveThis blog is by Ravi Tamada another renowned Android developer. Many of the posts are step-by-step guides on working with Android development tools. He also details some specific functions that you can use with your own projects.Price: Free11. Made in AndroidThis website is yet another blog or online publication that offers a wide variety of Android app development tips, tricks and guides. It’s great for all skill levels, especially if you’re looking for help with something specific like making a custom listview in your app with a search box or creating a Google Map enabled application.Price: Free12. Codelearn Android TutorialCodelearn specializes in a quite unique form of teaching. Their lessons show you how to build applications — with a number of different programming languages — right in your browser. They recently launched an Android-centric portal which is more than useful.Price: Free13. Android ExampleUsed to working with Android and want to know how to handle some of the more advanced features and functions? Android Example is a blog focused on the niche topics. There are step-by-step guides on using SharedPreferences, opening the file browser with the camera application and much more.Price: Free14. Android BeginThis is another great resource for intermediate to experienced coders. It’s a blog — updated regularly — that discusses a great deal of topics related to Android development.Price: Free15. Mybringback Android Development for Absolute BeginnersThis YouTube series by Mybringback is pretty self-explanatory. It’s a bit dated now but there are still a lot of useful concepts particularly when it comes to working with the fundamentals. It will have you up and running in a matter of days.Price: Free16. Learn Android Dev the Right Way by Kevin DartyKevin Darty is a developer, but he put together this list for his wife that wanted to break into the world of programming. He believes that every coding newbie should start with Java in order to build a strong foundation in the basics of Android mobile app development. This list of resources include a bevy of tutorials, books, articles and more that will help you learn to code.Price: Free17. The New Circle – Android Bootcamp Series 2012Obviously, the Android Bootcamp Series video tutorials are way out of date by now. However, they cover a lot of topics that what help newbies get into Android app development. Check it out if you need still something more after sorting through this list.Price: Free18. My Life with AndroidGabor Pellar, an active Android developer, has created a diary of his experiences with the dev process. It’s not meant to be a tutorial or guide of any kind, but it can definitely serve as a great resource. Pellar documents many of his thoughts along with his working process. If you’d like to know how the average developer thinks and operates, give it a whirl.Price: Free19. Udacity Android Developer NanodegreeThis Udacity Android dev course takes up to a year to complete. Coursework includes building apps for movies, Android wear watch faces, and construct an app of your own. The tuition may seem steep, but you can get half of it back if you complete the course in under 12 months. This nanodegree is recommended for programmers with 1-2 years of development experience, but a beginners course is available too.Price: $200/month after free trial (1 week or 14 days [for beginners course])20. Android App Course by Professor David Janzen of Cal PolyThese Android development labs go along with a course offered by Prof. David Janzen of Cal Poly. The labs are exercises that will help walk you through working with Java.Price: FreeiOS (Apple) Mobile Development Resources21. iOS Dev CenterApple maintains a free online resource for those interested in iOS app development. It contains starter guides, tutorials, videos and important documentation. Coders of all skill levels would do best to keep this portal in mind.Price: Free22. iPhone Dev ForumsThis is a community forum for iPhone developers. You’ll find lots of resources, tutorials, guides, helpful advice and, of course, an active community of iOS developers.Price: Free23. Developing iOS 8 Apps with SwiftThis course by Stanford is hosted through the iTunes online university. Obviously, the course has been updated for iOS 8 — the latest version of the OS — and Swift. To attend, or view the lessons, you’ll need to have iTunes installed on your computer. However, they are free. Due to the nature of the course material, it’s probably best left to those with prior coding experience. Intermediate programmers and up.Price: Free24. NSScreencastBen Scheirman from NSScreencast has a great way to teach iOS development with XCode and objective-C, through what he calls “bite-sized” video tutorials. The videos are published on a weekly basis, and each one explores a new area or topic regarding iOS app development. There are a bunch of free lessons, but if you want access to more content you can subscribe for $9 a month and that nets you unlimited access to the entire library of videos hosted on the site.Price: Limited selection of videos are free; $9/month for complete library.25. Flatiron School iOS Development PreworkThe instructors from Flatiron School compiled a collection of useful iOS development resources and order them in a lesson structure. It serves as the ideal starting point for beginner coders and offers plenty of resources even for the more experienced out there. Topics covered in the course include iOS basics, principles of object-oriented programming, iOS UI tools, customizing UI kit, mobile design, Map Kit and much more.Price: Free26. Geeky Lemon XCode 6 TutorialsGeeky Lemon offers a series of tutorials on working with XCode 6, which is necessary for developing apps for iOS. This portal offers 3-full length courses.Price: Starts at $9927. Go from Beginner to Building Apps Like a ProAn ex-Apple employee, Paul Solt, put together a comprehensive app development course for those interested in developing their first iPhone or iPad application. It’s actually a course bundle — with 11 courses total — that covers a wide range of topics from basics to more advanced stuff. Aspects of iOS development like code, app and UI customization, layout, interface design, and storyboarding. The course is $69 per month and you get access to the entire bundle.Price: $69/month; individual courses start at $9928. Avocarrot iOS CheatsheetThis is a better resource for beginner to intermediate coders, but experts may still find a thing or two of use. It’s a cheat sheet of sorts for iOS app development with Objective-C and C related code. It’s a great reference guide if you’re actually working with code and need further assistance. It is a work in progress but there’s plenty of content available already, and since it’s through GitHub you can send pull requests if you want to add or edit anything in the sheet just like a normal project.Price: Free29. NSHipsterDespite the tongue-in-cheek name, NSHipster is an online journal that discusses many aspects of Swift, Objective-C and Cocoa development. It doesn’t exclusively offer tutorials, resources and guides either, there are a plethora of articles and features that are great for staying in the loop. That means it’s a suitable resource for developers of any skill level.Price: Free30. The Ray Wenderlich BlogThis blog is closer to a comprehensive collection of guides and tutorials for iOS app developers and gamers. There are well over 840 high-quality lessons available. Some content is free, while more in-depth content is accessible through a subscription to the site.Price: Limited selection of content is free; $19/month for full access31. OneMonth iOSThe OneMonth iOS course walks you through the process of creating your first iPhone or iPad application. If you follow the syllabus as directed, you’ll complete the project in a month. The project itself is a video app using Vimeo’s API. The course is $49.Price: $4932. CodePath iOS Development Courses for ProfessionalsCodePath offers two great courses for professionals. There’s iOS Bootcamp for Designers and iOS Mobile Bootcamp. You do have to be located in San Francisco to attend, and the course lasts for 8 weeks with two night sessions per week on Monday and Wednesday. The goal of the bootcamp is to allow professionals — already ingrained in the workforce — to learn app development at their own pace.Price: Free33. Code Fellows iOS Development CourseIf you want to learn how to develop iOS apps — with Objective-C and Swift — using tools like Cocoa, Git XCode and UIKit, this is the course for you, with locations in Portland, Seattle, and Chicago. Due to the nature of the material, you probably don’t want to get involved with this course until you have prior programming experience, at least when it comes to the fundamentals. Topics covered by the course include asynchronous code, MapKit, CoreImage, NSURLSession and JSON, Core Data, Source Control, AutoLayout and submitting your app in the Apple store.Price: $10,000 with scholarships available. Requires application to the course.34. ManiacDev iOS 5 SDK Tutorial and Guide PageiOS 5 is way out of date these days, but many of the tutorials offered on ManiacDev’s page are great if you’re just getting started with app development. The basics and fundamentals are pretty much the same no matter what version of iOS you’re planning to create an app for.Price: Free35. Make School Online AcademyWant to do something a little more fun for your first development project? Make School’s iOS dev course will walk you through building your first game. Along the way you’ll learn Objective- C, working with Cocos2D, view lectures from industry experts and more. You’ll also learn to build a Flappy Bird, Angry Birds, and Game of Life game clones as well as a game of your own. The best part is that you don’t need any previous coding experience to get started. The course is $99.Price: $9936. The Daleisphere Where to Start with iPhone App DevelopmentHaving trouble figuring out where to start? This guide, from an experienced app developer will tell you how to set everything up and then walk you through creating your first app.Price: Free37. What’s on iPhone Hello World TutorialThe first application you create in any programming class, course or lesson is the infamous Hello World. This guide is exactly that, with iOS development tools.Price: Free38. Designthencode Motion Design for iOS BookOnce you know how to develop an application, it’s time to spruce it up. Designthecode’s Motion Design for iOS book (scroll down) will teach you everything you need to know about animation. Want to know how all those fancy iOS apps look so good when you interact with them? Then this is your guide.Price: $6939. Technobuffalo’s Introduction to iOS DevelopmentSorry expert coders, you’ll want to sit this one out. It’s yet another intro to iOS development guide. It’s not quite as comprehensive as some of the other resources on the list, which is why it’s being mentioned late. That said, if you’re looking for a quick tutorial, this is it.Price: Free40. Mobile Makers AcademyThis online bootcamp and coding school is application based, so not everyone will be able to attend. Still, it’s a great opportunity for anyone interested in learning the fundamentals of mobile app development. They also offer on-site bootcamps in Chicago and San Francisco. They focus specifically on iOS related content.Price: Starts at $5,000Other Mobile App Development Resources41. General Assembly Mobile Development GuideDon’t know where to get started? Want some help with the fundamentals and basics? Want to dive right in and get started with some hands-on guides and practice exercises? General Assembly’s Mobile Development section is your place. These courses offer face-to-face instruction in a variety of cities.Price: Starts at $4042. Alison App Development CoursesDon’t want to spend tons of money on an online coding school or university? Want a certified course that you can include on your resume? The Alison app development courses are completely free and they walk you through the entire dev process from beginning to end. It’s great for beginner to intermediate coders interested in Android, iOS and game development.Price: Free43. Xamarin Online UniversityXamarin is a relatively inexpensive online coding school — if you choose the indie developers plan it’s $25 a month. You can also start a trial account if you want to sample their courses before paying any money. You’ll find lots of tutorials, videos and resources for learning mobile app development.Price: Starts at $25/month with a free limited trial44. Apigee Mobile App Development VideosThe Apigee YouTube channel is a great resource for all mobile app developers, beginner to experienced.Price: Free45. Coursera Mobile App Development LessonsCoursera is another great online coding school, and their mobile app development lessons cover a wide variety of topics. All the courses you find on the platform are available for free.Price: Free46. Microsoft Virtual AcademyLike Google and Apple’s official learning resource sites, the Microsoft Virtual Academy offers app development training specifically for Windows and Windows Phone apps. You’ll primarily be working with C++ and Microsoft’s .NET framework.Price: Free47. Thenewboston tutorialsThere are video tutorials on this site for absolutely any topic you can think of, even outside programming and computer science. That said, the iOS, Android and mobile app development lessons are exceptional. No matter what your skill level, you can find something useful here.Price: Free48. Building Mobile Applications with iOS, Android and HTML5This is a university grade course — from Harvard — that was originally available in Spring 2012. It includes a bevy of resources including assignments, video lectures, exercises, and even a syllabus for each lesson. You’ll learn how to develop apps on both iOS and Android, or at the least the fundamentals for doing so. By today’s standards it is somewhat outdated, but it’s still a viable resource especially for beginners.Price: Free49. Luke W Mobile BlogThis blog focuses almost entirely on the business side of mobile app development. You’ll learn about basic design, UX elements, and popular business trends. There are a few listed publications you can use as additional resources too.Price: Free50. PhoneGapThis platform is not a learning resource, nor does it offer any tutorials. However, it will allow you to create mobile applications for multiple platforms — including iOS and Android — using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It’s great if you’re already familiar with those languages and you’d rather not bother with Objective-C and Swift.Price: Free