Today I'll be giving a talk at Android Montreal: Bootstrapping Android Best Practices Like human language, programming languages are One part syntax, One part vocabulary, and One part culture/socio-linguistics. Too often when learning a new language we focus on syntax and vocabulary, but not enough on culture/best practices. Sure in our courses we might learn that the French like wine and baguettes, and wear berets, but on the ground its not really that simple (n'est pas?). In this tutorial we "immerse" ourselves in the culture of two projects to simultaneously learn syntax, vocab and best practices for getting things done in Android Development. We have selected a few repositories, 2 which show best practices, and 2 pairs of pidgins vs best practices which show not fully formed Android development. Beginner-Friendly Best Practice Learning Grounds MyTracks Beginners: Using the GPS Beginners: Localization Beginners: Choosing the right t