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Learn to Program with App Inventor: A Visual Introduction to Building Apps
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!
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!
200 pages, Paperback
Published November 26, 2019
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January 31, 2021
Great Intro to Easy Visual App Programming Environment
I've been coding off and on for decades. My first introduction to visual programming was Visual Basic back in the day. How far we've come since then! This book is meant for kids 11 and up, according to the author, but it could also be a fun way for an adult to try their hand at programming a simple app without a need to know how to write a line of code. The book is filled with screenshots that take the reader from the very beginning of how to access this online app programming environment. The writing is simple and easy to understand. The projects are simple to start with, of course, but get progressively more interesting and complex. Honestly, some later projects are pretty interesting in and of themselves; the author provides excellent instructions about how to do all these projects. In the introduction, the author tells us how kids across the globe have made creative apps using this online software. Could you or your child use App Inventor to do the same thing? If creating simple apps interests you or your child, I recommend checking this book out and giving it a try!
I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.
My book blog: https://www.readingfanaticreviews.com
I've been coding off and on for decades. My first introduction to visual programming was Visual Basic back in the day. How far we've come since then! This book is meant for kids 11 and up, according to the author, but it could also be a fun way for an adult to try their hand at programming a simple app without a need to know how to write a line of code. The book is filled with screenshots that take the reader from the very beginning of how to access this online app programming environment. The writing is simple and easy to understand. The projects are simple to start with, of course, but get progressively more interesting and complex. Honestly, some later projects are pretty interesting in and of themselves; the author provides excellent instructions about how to do all these projects. In the introduction, the author tells us how kids across the globe have made creative apps using this online software. Could you or your child use App Inventor to do the same thing? If creating simple apps interests you or your child, I recommend checking this book out and giving it a try!
I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.
My book blog: https://www.readingfanaticreviews.com
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