Learn to build mobile apps for Android/iOS devices with MIT App Inventor, a visual drag-and-drop programming language like Scratch.
App Inventor is a free, open-source visual blocks-based programming language that's perfect for beginners who want to learn important coding concepts; first created by Google, it's now maintained by MIT researchers. Each chapter shows you how to make cool apps like "Hi, Mom" that lets you text people using voice recognition. You'll also make games like Frogger and Tic Tac Toe, as well as interactive video apps and more!
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Learn to build mobile apps for Android/iOS devices with MIT App Inventor, a visual drag-and-drop programming language like Scratch.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Hi, World!: Building Your First App
Chapter 2: Practice Makes Perfect: Event-Driven Programming
Chapter 3: Fruit Loot: Creating a Simple Animated Game
Chapter 4: Multiplication Station: Making Decisions with Code
Chapter 5: Beat the Bus: Tracking Location with Maps and Sensors
Chapter 6: Tic Tac Toe: Using Loops to Create a Game
Chapter 7: Multiplication Station 2: Reusing Code with Procedures
Chapter 8: Virtual Shades: Drawing and Dragging Images
Appendix: App Inventor Components and Built-In Blocks
Lyra Blizzard Logan is a certified Perl, JavaScript and Database Design Specialist and Web Development Professional, who develops web applications using PHP and MySQL. She is an MIT Master Trainer in Educational Mobile Computing (App Inventor) and holds graduate certificates in Instructional Technology: Web Design and in Online Teaching and Learning. She earned her BA from Fisk University and JD from Harvard. Currently, Logan is Executive Vice President & General Counsel of the Florida Education Fund (FEF), a non-profit that creates and implements educational programs for underrepresented groups. In addition, Logan directs FEFs pre-college programs, which include after-school and summer coding camps for middle and high school students in Florida.
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