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Hello App Inventor!: Android programming for kids and the rest of us
Summary
Hello App Inventor! introduces creative young readers to the world of mobile programming—no experience required! Featuring more than 30 fun invent-it-yourself projects, this full-color, fun-to-read book starts with the building blocks you need to create a few practice apps. Then you'll learn the skills you need to bring your own app ideas to life.
Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.
About the Book
Have you ever wondered how apps are made? Do you have a great idea for an app that you want to make reality? This book can teach you how to create apps for any Android device, even if you have never programmed before. With App Inventor, if you can imagine it, you can create it. Using this free, friendly tool, you can decide what you want your app to do and then click together colorful jigsaw-puzzle blocks to make it happen. App Inventor turns your project into an Android app that you can test on your computer, run on your phone, share with your friends, and even sell in the Google Play store.
Hello App Inventor! introduces young readers to the world of mobile programming. It assumes no previous experience. Featuring more than 30 invent-it-yourself projects, this book starts with basic apps and gradually builds the skills you need to bring your own ideas to life. We've provided the graphics and sounds to get you started right away. And a special Learning Points feature connects the example you're following to important computing concepts you'll use in any programming language.
App Inventor is developed and maintained by MIT.
What's Inside
About the Authors
Paula Beer and Carl Simmons are professional educators and authors who spend most of their time training new teachers and introducing children to programming.
Table of Contents
Hello App Inventor! introduces creative young readers to the world of mobile programming—no experience required! Featuring more than 30 fun invent-it-yourself projects, this full-color, fun-to-read book starts with the building blocks you need to create a few practice apps. Then you'll learn the skills you need to bring your own app ideas to life.
Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.
About the Book
Have you ever wondered how apps are made? Do you have a great idea for an app that you want to make reality? This book can teach you how to create apps for any Android device, even if you have never programmed before. With App Inventor, if you can imagine it, you can create it. Using this free, friendly tool, you can decide what you want your app to do and then click together colorful jigsaw-puzzle blocks to make it happen. App Inventor turns your project into an Android app that you can test on your computer, run on your phone, share with your friends, and even sell in the Google Play store.
Hello App Inventor! introduces young readers to the world of mobile programming. It assumes no previous experience. Featuring more than 30 invent-it-yourself projects, this book starts with basic apps and gradually builds the skills you need to bring your own ideas to life. We've provided the graphics and sounds to get you started right away. And a special Learning Points feature connects the example you're following to important computing concepts you'll use in any programming language.
App Inventor is developed and maintained by MIT.
What's Inside
About the Authors
Paula Beer and Carl Simmons are professional educators and authors who spend most of their time training new teachers and introducing children to programming.
Table of Contents
360 pages, Paperback
First published June 28, 2014
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August 12, 2016
A really useful, well written book for beginners with AppInventor !
I have just finished reading Paula Beer and Carl Simmons' book published by Manning and I cannot but warmly recommend it.
It is not the kind of book usually published by Manning : this one mainly targets fledgling developers (and of the younger variety) but it may nevertheless appeal to more mature hobbyists without much experience in developments and who would be interested in visual programming.
The book perfectly achieves its goal of guiding an aspiring developer even without any experience towards being able to develop attractive applications for the Android platform, all the while understanding what he/she is doing. The examples are practical, entertaining and well chosen. They give an accurate view of the many things it is possible to develop on Android while at the same time provide a development experience with a lot of fun.
At the same time, the authors take great care of introducing concepts very gradually and explaining how to do what with AppInventor.
To be used without moderation !
I have just finished reading Paula Beer and Carl Simmons' book published by Manning and I cannot but warmly recommend it.
It is not the kind of book usually published by Manning : this one mainly targets fledgling developers (and of the younger variety) but it may nevertheless appeal to more mature hobbyists without much experience in developments and who would be interested in visual programming.
The book perfectly achieves its goal of guiding an aspiring developer even without any experience towards being able to develop attractive applications for the Android platform, all the while understanding what he/she is doing. The examples are practical, entertaining and well chosen. They give an accurate view of the many things it is possible to develop on Android while at the same time provide a development experience with a lot of fun.
At the same time, the authors take great care of introducing concepts very gradually and explaining how to do what with AppInventor.
To be used without moderation !
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