6. Broadcast Hub
Send "Punajuuri" SMS to
+358 50 415 6799 to get
live SMS updates
⢠Android version of successful
SMS software
⢠Derivative used in 1000 person
event in Helsinki
Carlie Kralj
International Relations Major
7. Why App Inventor Works
⢠Event-based
⢠No Syntax Errors
⢠Drag and drop, only some blocks plug-in
⢠High-level Android library built by Googlers
8. How you can use App Inventor
⢠Prototyping
⢠Build Complete Apps
⢠"Situated" apps
⢠Personal apps
9. Trinity College -- CS 0 Course
http://turing.cs.trincoll.edu/~ram/cpsc110/
10. CPSC 110 Final Projects
http://turing.cs.trincoll.edu/~ram/cpsc110/portfolios.html
11. Trinity College -- Tree Height Calculator
http://notes.hfoss.org/index.php/TreeCalc
12. Commodity Tracker App for Haiti
http://notes.hfoss.org/index.php/Haiti_Commodity_Collector
14. Wellesley College
Courses
⢠CS114 Socio-Techno Web
(Fall 2009)
⢠CS249 Web Mashups
(Spring 2011)
⢠CS117 Inventing Mobile
Apps (Fall 2011)
Highlights
⢠No limits for imagination
⢠Students for Students
⢠Let's try to vote!
Jump to the website and show a live demo of Designer, Blocks editor, and also connection with the phone.
here or on another slide we should mention basics like:
* App Inventor is a blocks language
* Scratch for mobile phones
*might also mention lego mindstorms as similar
* has been called hypercard for mobile apps
* "democratizing" app building, DIY movement
* mention wedding proposal, maybe add pic as its funny
DW: One way Iâve done it is to first show the blocks for a simple version of âNo Text While Drivingâ and ask the audience if they can figure out what the blocks do. This sort of demonstrates the power, Â and simplicity of the language, and how easy you can hook into powerful technology.
App is fairly simple, but shows how easily you can create apps with lots of technology:
 sms, text to speech, location
translate an idea into an interactive app (prototype)
Ken Banks frontline
text to join group, something like when you vote for dancing with the stars
Carly's idea was to build an Android version.
Built one.
Open source nature of app inventor apps:Â
A group in Helsinki used
No syntax/typing: and no cryptic error messages when you type wrong
events at top level:Â
"when this happens, the app does this"
compare to java like languages with listeners.Â
Eni: may want to move this silde or remove