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Starting AppInventor. Working Connections 2012. Components of AppInventor. AppInventor Designer Build the GUI AppInventor Blocks Editor Programming with Blocks Simulator or Device Download and test on your own device Use an online emulator. Just drag tiles. Get Setup. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Starting AppInventor
Working Connections 2012
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Components of AppInventor
AppInventor Designer Build the GUI
AppInventor Blocks Editor Programming with Blocks
Simulator or Device Download and test on your own device Use an online emulator
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Just drag tiles
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Get Setup
All you need is a Gmail Account
http://appinventoredu.mit.edu/
Do the Install once then everything is web-based
So let’s install….
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Basic Concepts
GUI Building Buttons Check Boxes Lists Text/Labels Non-Visible items
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More than Basics
Canvas Databases Media Social Other
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Making it Work – Blocks Editor Built-ins
Logic On the fly creation Math other
MyBlocks Methods Attributes
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Trying it out
Emulator Device
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Let’s Build our first app!
Instead of Hello World, lets do Hello Kitty! Picture and Sound Files (zip) is on Wiki page
for today
Let me show you what it will do Then we will walk through building it together
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MyVirtualPet App
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Next App: Scribbling
Demo Build It: See handout and follow along
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Scribbler Extensions
See if you can add Wipe Snapshot Change line width Save
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Next App: Mad Penguin
Demo Build It: See Handout and follow along
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Some More Apps to try
These are from a curriculum built in UK Can be found at
http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/1035_MobileAppDevelopment.html
Virtual Map Tour Wiff-Waff Coin Toss
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Free Play
Try to add some variations to our existing apps
Use the extensions in the last handout for more ideas
Explore AppInventor Blocks and objects Build something new
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Solutions - Scribbler