Getting Started with Android Development
I'll be honest, like many I am primarily a .Net developer. My favorite languages are VB and C# and I breath CIL. The world of Android is a little foreign to me and getting started seems like a challenge, however the more Android develops, the more I start to see similarities with .Net. Both languages have an extensive library of predefined functions to speed up development, both are what I call OO 2.0 languages, embodying and fully embracing object-oriented programming, and, with Froyo, both use just-in-time compilers to run the code.
Fortunately, unlike .Net, one of the requirements to get up and running with a full Android IDE is not a pocket full of bills (or enrollment in a major university's CS program). Android is developed mainly in Eclipse, a development environment that you will form a strong love/hate bond with as your relationship with it grows.
