Description
Book SynopsisApp 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!
Trade Review"The perfect DIY instruction manual and guide for creating apps,
Learn To Program With App Inventor is an ideal and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, highschool, college, and university library Computer Science & Technology collections."
—Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments
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
