Looks awesome,
Google has tonight launched a new do-it-yourself tool Android application creation tool, called "Google App Inventor for Android", which aims to make it possible for anyone to create an application for their mobile operating system, Android, with no coding experience necessary.
Google says the app will allow "ordinary" people to create applications that do what they want in minutes - with a computer, web browser and Android device the only requirements. There's no SDK to download and no language to learn - virtually eliminating the barriers for many who have toyed with the somewhat daunting idea of making their first application.
The New York Times, which broke the news earlier this evening, says the application has been under development for more than a year, and has been tested in "schools with groups that included sixth graders, high school girls, nursing students and university undergraduates."
Why? Simply because creating an app is as easy as dragging "features" (such as text fields or the capability to interact with system functions including access to contacts or emails) of Android onto a canvas which can then be connected using "blocks" that turn the user interface into a fully-fledged application which can then be installed on Android devices. No coding is required at all - and learning how to use the App inventor takes no time at all (there's already a bunch of tutorials designed to assist).
http://www.neowin.net/news/google-launches-diy-android-application-maker-anyone-can-use
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/7885181/Google-launches-easy-app-creation-tool.html
Google has tonight launched a new do-it-yourself tool Android application creation tool, called "Google App Inventor for Android", which aims to make it possible for anyone to create an application for their mobile operating system, Android, with no coding experience necessary.
Google says the app will allow "ordinary" people to create applications that do what they want in minutes - with a computer, web browser and Android device the only requirements. There's no SDK to download and no language to learn - virtually eliminating the barriers for many who have toyed with the somewhat daunting idea of making their first application.
The New York Times, which broke the news earlier this evening, says the application has been under development for more than a year, and has been tested in "schools with groups that included sixth graders, high school girls, nursing students and university undergraduates."
Why? Simply because creating an app is as easy as dragging "features" (such as text fields or the capability to interact with system functions including access to contacts or emails) of Android onto a canvas which can then be connected using "blocks" that turn the user interface into a fully-fledged application which can then be installed on Android devices. No coding is required at all - and learning how to use the App inventor takes no time at all (there's already a bunch of tutorials designed to assist).
http://www.neowin.net/news/google-launches-diy-android-application-maker-anyone-can-use
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/7885181/Google-launches-easy-app-creation-tool.html
