Archive for August 1st, 2010
App Inventor Beta from Google Labs
by abaggy on Aug.01, 2010, under app, Droid
Recently been invited by Google to participate in beta testing of their new Android App Inventor software. It’s a web based app developer that doesn’t require in-depth knowledge of Java, C or C++.
Quite a novel concept. It’s based on visual blocks that are shaped liked puzzle pieces, each block represents a line of code or a statement. Statements/pieces can only interact with other statements/pieces that “fit”. For example: A <when – Button.Click – do> statement/piece, can be connected to a <Call – Sound.Play> statement/piece. So when a button is clicked a sound is played.
This is a great way to get kids (or newbies) to start programming, they can create apps by visually building them. Statements that fit will lock together like puzzle pieces.
If you’d like to participate in the beta or would like to learn more click on over to the App Inventor site and request access.
