App Development: App Inventor

This camp is designed specifically for boys and girls with experience in programming. The camp will use MIT App Inventor to develop Android applications that will be published in the Google Play Store. Campers will experience an actual process of creating an app, testing, debugging and publishing.

Course ID: CSE202

Grades: 6-8

Complexity: Medium to Complex

Topics Covered

  • User experience design
  • Event handlers
  • Conditionals
  • Sprite animation/drawing
  • Variables
  • Timed activity
  • Processing/Iterating through a list
  • Defining procedures
  • Testing/debugging
  • App publishing

Camper’s Portfolio

  • Android Apps
  • Publish in Google Play Store, world’s largest and most popular app market
  • Documentation
  • Inspired Future Work