PluralSight Learning to Build Apps with App Inventor

Did you know you could create Android applications that you can even publish in the Google Play store without writing a line of code? Don't know Java, don't know C#, never programmed before? No problem! In this course, you will learn how to use MIT's App Inventor to create four fully functional apps without writing any code. Along the way, you'll learn some basic programming concepts that will help you gain the skills you need to be able to program in a language like Java. We'll start off by learning about App Inventor and how to get it setup. Next, we'll jump right in and create the follow four real applications: (1) a number guessing game; (2) a simple drawing program; (3) an RPG character creator; (4) Irritated Dolphins (our Angry Birds-like game). If you are looking to get started with Android programming, or programming in general, this course will offer you a gentle introduction to many Android and basic programming concepts and make it fun and easy to learn. And if you are already an experienced developer, but are interested in checking out App Inventor, you'll probably find this course useful and fun as well. This course is the 2nd course in a four part series on beginner Android development, where we go from not knowing how to code to building real Android application in Java.

Introduction To App Inventor		00:26:45
Introduction		00:45
Course Overview		00:52
What Is App Inventor?		01:59
What You Can Do With It		01:31
What You Can't Do With It		01:03
A Brief History		01:17
Installing		01:03
Installing Java		03:13
Installing App Inventor		01:27
Running App Inventor		00:54
Using a Device		02:54
Using an Emulator		01:38
App Inventor Overview		00:33
Designer		02:24
Block Editor		01:38
Hello World		02:22
Device Or Emulator		00:39
Up Next		00:33
Guess My Number Game		00:29:36
Introduction		00:36
What We Are Building		01:17
Breaking It Down		01:30
Creating The Screen		04:19
Variables		01:00
Procedures		01:07
Parameters		01:07
Randomly Picking a Number		02:12
Testing Random Number Picking		01:33
Properties		01:00
Events		00:52
Getting User Guesses		01:39
If Else		01:18
Comparing Guess To Number		05:07
Picking a New Number		02:38
Installing		01:32
Up Next		00:49
A Simple Drawing App		00:28:09
Introduction		00:43
What We Are Building		00:39
Breaking It Down		00:59
Canvases		00:41
Creating The Screen		02:46
Coordinates		00:53
Touch Events		01:23
Touching The Screen		02:56
Drawing Procedures		01:21
Drawing a Dot		01:46
Dragging		01:39
Drawing a Line		02:04
Clearing The Screen		00:40
Challenge!		01:53
Toggle Button		01:54
Drawing a Circle		05:04
Next Up		00:48
RPG Character Creator		00:43:05
Introduction		00:47
What We Are Building		01:10
Breaking It Down		01:22
Layout Controls		01:15
Laying Out Our App		01:27
Creating The First Screen Layout		05:13
Creating The First Screen Layout 2		02:34
Naming The Controls		02:03
Testing The Layout		01:51
TinyDB		01:13
Saving a Character		03:13
Loading a Charcter		02:26
Testing Saving And Loading		01:19
Multiple Screens		01:29
Stats Screen		02:35
Adding Rolling		01:09
Navigating		01:43
Testing Navigation		01:33
Saving Stats		02:38
Loading Stats		02:50
Testing It Out		01:30
Challenge!		01:11
Up Next		00:34
Irritated Dolphins		00:31:39
Introduction		00:48
What We Are Building		01:02
Breaking It Down		01:16
Images		01:16
Drawing The Dolphin		02:44
Timers		00:57
Making The Dolphin Spin		02:51
Flung Event		00:39
Flinging The Dolphin		02:00
Stopping The Spin		02:32
Hitting The Walls		01:20
Enemy Strategy		01:21
Adding An Enemy		00:38
Making The Enemy Move		02:48
Collisions		00:59
Killing The Enemy		02:18
Resetting The Game		01:20
Exporting Projects		01:14
Publishing To Google Play		01:39
The End		00:53
More Game Programming		01:04