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Learn to build mobile apps for Android devices with MIT App Inventor, a visual drag-and-drop programming language like Scratch.
You’ve swiped and tapped your way through countless apps, but have you ever created one? Now you can, thanks to Learn to Program with App Inventor. In less than an hour, you’ll be able to build and run your first app!
App Inventor is a free software for making Android apps. All you need is a PC with an Internet connection to build your app, and a mobile phone for testing. You’ll use a simple drag-and-drop interface, which minimizes errors and avoids too much typing.
A certified App Inventor Master Trainer, Logan breaks down each project into logical steps, lists the components you’ll need, and then shows you how to create screen designs, control program flow with conditionals and loops, and store data in variables and lists. Once you’ve tested the app on your phone, you can test what you learned with challenges at the end of each chapter.
You’ll build cool apps like:
* Hi, World!: Use your voice to send a text message
* Practice Makes Perfect: Rehearse a speech or dance routine with this video recording app
* Fruit Loot: Catch randomly failing fruit in this exciting game
* Beat the Bus: Track a friend’s journey using location services and maps
* Virtual Shades: Take a selfie, then try on some virtual sunglasses
Join the 6 million people who have tried App Inventor, and make the journey from app user to app inventor.
From the Publisher
Three Questions for Lyra Blizzard Logan, author of “Learn to Program with App Inventor”
Why is your book important?
It will teach readers important computational thinking and computer programming concepts while they learn to create fun and feature-rich apps!
Who is this book for?
I hope beginning coding teachers will use the book as an introduction to programming. I think it also will appeal to others who are excited about being able to build apps without getting bogged down by the tedious nuances of a text-based programming language.
What is the value of App Inventor?
AI is a blocks-based visual programming environment that allows anyone to build fully functional, useful apps quickly and easily while learning key programming concepts, like event-driven programming, variables, arrays, loops and conditionals. Because of the ease of use, people who learn to program with App Inventor often go on to learn more, including how to write code in traditional text-based languages.
An attorney as well as one of only 44 U.S.-based MIT-certified App Inventor Master Trainers, Logan has programmed in PHP and JavaScript for over 13 years. She received her JD degree from Harvard.
Publisher : No Starch Press; Illustrated edition (November 26, 2019)
Language : English
Paperback : 200 pages
ISBN-10 : 159327968X
ISBN-13 : 978-1593279684
Reading age : 12 years and up
Lexile measure : 1240L
Item Weight : 1 pounds
Dimensions : 7 x 0.56 x 9.25 inches
4.5
Reviewer: JLMowery
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Can’t find an app that does what you want? Write your own!
Review: I received an Advanced Readerâs Copy (ARC) of this book. This is an otherwise unbiased review.Learn to Program with Apps Inventor starts by explaining what Apps Inventor is, a free, on-line programming environment, empowering people to create apps for their phones, rather than just using the applications they bought. They walk the students through how to download, install, and use it.Learn to Program with Apps Inventor starts with Hello World (Hi World!), and goes from there. It shows how to handle screen images, user input, and how to use user-interface display.Learn to Program with Apps Inventor seems well laid out; each section starts with a program that illustrates some aspect of apps programming. It provides a path to analyzing the problem, and constructing easy to implement steps to the end goal. The reader/student is then given further exercises in these concepts to pursue on their own.Learn to Program with Apps Inventor has approximately 170 pages of instruction plus Appendix and Index. It seems easily understandable, technically correct, and free of disturbing typos that plague so many books these days.I would recommend it as a gift for a child (grandchild) or any younger person who is not content with just downloading apps and pushing the buttons.
Reviewer: Carleen Markivich
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Amazing Guide for Young and Old
Review: I was so excited to read this book! The author has done a fantastic job of breaking down each step for you to completely understand how to use App Inventor. I had no idea that there was a free program out there to help every day people to create their own app. It was created by MIT too! The book is geared toward anyone ages eleven and up. I read through the book, but did not create an account with the App Inventor as of yet. I plan on doing this with my eleven year old daughter and thirteen year old son over winter break. This is going to be such a fun family activity! My favorite aspect is the fact that the author utilizes language that my children would be able to understand. She also provides specific examples and screenshots for reference. I highly recommend this to any family who is looking for some fun with technology and the appropriate instructions to go along with it.
Reviewer: Florence Chavez
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I Had No Idea I Could Do This!
Review: I have always felt that creating an app was out of my wheelhouse. I am not technically minded. I only survived computer science classes by getting A LOT of help from the kid sitting next to me. My kids have taken several coding workshops and they have always looked like fun, and actually a bit creative.”Learn to Program with App Inventor: A Visual Introduction to Building Apps,” by Lyra Logan was really fun to read. It’s geared to 11+, but was so fun for me (a grown woman). I can’t wait to share it with my nine-year-old over Winter Break. I had fun creating my own “Beat the Bus” app. My school district uses something similar, and it was fun to see how it works. My husband humored me by driving us around while I tracked us on the map.This book is perfect for anyone looking to learn something new during the remainder of the COVID-19 quarantine.
Reviewer: Travina
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Well researched and well written
Review: This isn’t your run of the mill, just do it guide book on building apps. It has been well researched and well written for all even if you aren’t tech savvy. I loved the step by step approach with side notes to help break down the process and the easy to read flow. In a way it makes this book fun to do with your family especially your child when they have a mind full of ideas. Building an app isn’t so complicated or intimidating when reading and following instructions through this book. Great resource for your student as well that is interested in apps. I am voluntary reviewing this book after receiving a free copy.
Reviewer: The very hungry reader
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great
Review: I highly recommend this book to any person who wants to have fun coding and learning the app technology’s secrets. I appreciated all the examples and instructions that the author provides in order to build your mobile app.This book is absolutely great. I voluntarily reviewed this book after receiving a free copy from Hidden Gems.
Reviewer: Emily
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great for a beginner
Review: As someone who understands basic SQL and does some programming I have never actually built an app on a phone and found this book very informative. Having some basic programming knowledge was very helpful but with the photos and step by step guides I feel like anyone who wanted to try their hand at mobile app building could do so.
Reviewer: TazladyOK
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Informative
Review: This is a great book for both young and old! Each step is written out in detail including pictures to help you along. The steps are easy to follow, anyone can build an app by following the steps.I received an advance copy from hidden gems and I wanted to write this review.
Reviewer: CharlieS
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Very good explanations and graphics to follow process makingApps for games, communication, math and event handling that can be adapted
