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Programming with
App Inventor
What is App Inventor?
Live Demo
The "Hello World" of App Inventor
No Texting While Driving
Daniel Finnegan.English Major
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 KraljInternational Relations Major
Why App Inventor Works
• Event-based
• No Syntax Errors
• Drag and drop, only some blocks plug-in
• High-level Android library built by Googlers
• Prototyping• Build Complete Apps• "Situated" apps• Personal apps
How you can use App Inventor
Trinity College -- CS 0 Coursehttp://turing.cs.trincoll.edu/~ram/cpsc110/
CPSC 110 Final Projects http://turing.cs.trincoll.edu/~ram/cpsc110/portfolios.html
Trinity College -- Tree Height Calculator http://notes.hfoss.org/index.php/TreeCalc
Commodity Tracker App for Haiti http://notes.hfoss.org/index.php/Haiti_Commodity_Collector
Rainfall Tracker App for Haiti http://notes.hfoss.org/index.php/Rain_Check
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!
Imagine an app for ...
Apps for students by students
Something to improve: Design Choices
Apps for our local community
Apps for our local community (cont)