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Become an App Inventor: The Official Guide from MIT App Inventor

Your Guide to Designing, Building, and Sharing Apps
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Become an App Inventor: The Official Guide from MIT App Inventor by Karen Lang and the MIT team guides readers through the basics of app development using the MIT App Inventor platform. It offers step-by-step instructions and practical exercises to help beginners create functional mobile apps without prior coding experience. The book is an educational resource aimed at empowering readers to be inventive and creative with technology.
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This book may appeal to you if you're eager to dive into app development with a hands-on, accessible approach, even without prior programming experience. It's ideal for those who are curious about technology and want to create apps that solve real-world problems, facilitated by the authoritative knowledge of the MIT App Inventor team. Whether you're a student, educator, or independent learner, you'll find valuable guidance in transforming innovative ideas into functional mobile applications.

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With a foreword by Gitanjali Rao, Time Magazine’s inaugural Kid of the Year, this engaging guide from MITeen Press teaches anyone to design and publish their own apps—no experience necessary!—and introduces young app creators from around the world.

Have you ever wanted to build your own mobile apps? Become an App Inventor: The Official Guide from MIT App Inventor, a free and revolutionary online program from MIT, lets you do just that. With the help of this companion guide chock-full of colourful graphics and easy-to-follow instructions, readers can learn how to create six different apps, including a working piano, a maze game, and even their own chat app to communicate with friends—then use what they’ve learned to build apps of their own imagination.

User-friendly code blocks that snap together allow even beginners to quickly create working apps. Readers will also learn about young inventors already using their own apps to make a difference in their communities, such as the girls from Moldova whose app helps alert residents when local well water is contaminated, or the boys from Malden, Massachusetts, whose app lets users geotag potholes to alert city hall when repairs are needed. With this inspiring guide, curious young dreamers can become real inventors with real-world impact.

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Become an App Inventor: The Official Guide from MIT App Inventor is praised for its clear and empowering approach to teaching app-making. Kirkus Reviews highlights its effectiveness, while Booklist emphasises its value as a step-by-step guide and a key resource for enthusiastic creators eager to invent and design.

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ISBN: 9781536219142

Publisher: Candlewick Press,U.S.

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 08 February 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Candlewick Press,U.S.

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 200.0mm

Height: 238.0mm

Weight: 842g

Pages: 224

About the Author

Karen Lang worked for several years as a software engineer before deciding education was her true calling. She spent twenty years teaching computer science, and has worked as education manager for MIT App Inventor since 2015, developing tutorials and curriculum and doing outreach to teachers and students. For five years, she also served on the board of directors for the Computer Science Teachers Association.

Selim Tezel joined the App Inventor team in 2018 as a curriculum developer. A former K–12 mathematics teacher with over twenty years of international teaching experience, he enjoys exploring intersections of technology and playful constructionist pedagogies in the classroom. Recently he worked as a curriculum designer at the Education Development Center, which aims to make computer science accessible and enjoyable for a diverse population of students.

MIT App Inventor,
which boasts approximately a million users a month, is a major research project of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.

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