Apps development is emerging as a lucrative as a career option and if you
always wanted to develop an app, the MIT
App Inventor may help
you get started.
Formerly the Google App Inventor, this on line tool is now maintained by
MIT’s centre for Mobile Learning.
The best part is that you need
not know programming languages, as it makes use of ‘Blocks’ that have to be
placed to perform the action that you want the App to do. This makes it perfect
for enthusiasts who want to create an app without worrying about coding, as it
uses a very visual approach.
It also has an innovative learning approach: you can learn by building the
games mentioned and the level of difficulty increases gradually. Each game
addresses a function that you can add to the app. For instance, if you want to
build an app that will have multiple screens, you can use the Coloured Dots
Tutorials, which is a painting program that uses multiple screens.
Before starting it’s advisable to familiarize yourself with the tool’s
various components. Some of these components can be modified, while others
remain static and cannot be changed. This information can be accessed
from the reference section under the learn tab. Additionally you can also
access the PDF of the book ‘App Inventor: Create Your Own Android Apps’ by
David Wolber, Hal Abelson, Ellen Spertus and Liz Looney (2011). Most of the
chapters in the book are accompanied at video screen casts.
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