Learn Basic Programming Skills....

Coding Fun

Starting next Tuesday, (November 7th) I'm going to be teaching a programming class. This class is going to be about using programming skills to make applications using MIT's Application Inventor 2. (See http://appinventor.mit.edu.)

The interesting thing about this developmental environment is it's all contained in the cloud and can produce some very complex Android applications. To get a feel for App Inventor 2, see the video below:

Application Inventor 2

This class will starts with the basics of the environment and then go on to make some nifty stuff! If you're interested, take a look!

mikel

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