Volume 2 of the App Inventor 2 Tutorial will be available at Amazon and Google Play/Google books within a few days. Just waiting for the new title to clear through their review process.
“Visual Development” system for Arduino
As you know, MIT App Inventor is a graphical-based programming system, or a “visual development” system where programs are constructed by dragging and dropping “blocks” onto a Blocks editor.
Arduino, which we mentioned in conjunction with our Bluetooth interface code, is a microcontroller system that is normally programmed in a language similar to the C++ programming language – which is text-based.
Mitov Softwware has introduced a new visual programming system for Arduino. I have not yet had a chance to try this out – the software is in “Beta” test phase and is not yet generally available.
The simplicity of an App Inventor type programming environment might then be available for Arduino applications. This is very exciting. It may be helpful for enabling more kinds of people, with different types of backgrounds than software developers(!) to write code for Arduino boards.
Program Arduino boards visually, fast and easy with Visuino #Visuino #Arduino
Source: Visuino – Visual Development for Arduino by Mitov Software
I have used this screen shot from their web site to illustrate the general idea – really looking forward to trying this out!
MIT App Inventor usage triples during 2014-2015 school year
As they point out, the cyclical ups and downs in usage suggest App Inventor is primarily used by students – with drop off in usage during school vacation periods.
That suggests an opportunity to expand usage of MIT App Inventor – by insuring that AI2 appeals to a wide audience of potential app developers and not just educational programs!
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I have only tested this feature with my own email address but hopefully it will work well for anyone who wishes to receive post alerts via email!
Facebook is a simple way to be alerted to updates, but you may also wish to use Twitter, our RSS newsfeed, or the new email subscription – or all of them! My intent is to make it simple for you to receive new posts in what ever way works best for you.
App Inventor Classic (version 1) to Shut Down on July 15
Most users are already using AI 2 and are unaffected by this change. But if you are still using AI Classic (version 1), then this message is very important – please click through the link to read the full story!
May 24, 2015 — MIT App Inventor Classic will shut down on July 15, 2015. After July 15, 2015, you will not be able to access or edit your existing AI Classic projects. It will be impossible to create new AI Classic projects.This shutdown applies only to AI Classic (AI1). App Inventor 2 (AI2) will not be affected.
MIT will not automatically convert your AI1 projects to AI2 projects. But MIT will provide a conversion tool that will help you convert the AI projects that are important to you into AI2 projects. We expect to release this converter in about 2 weeks (i.e., around June 8).
Source: App Inventor Classic to Shut Down on July 15 | Explore MIT App Inventor
How do you know which version you are using?
Login to App Inventor and create or open a project. If the URL address in your browser begins with
http://ai2.appinventor.mit.edu/
then you are using Version 2.
Google announces unlimited cloud photos and video storage
Source: Official Google Blog: Picture this: A fresh approach to Photos
Limitations: Maximum full resolution images to 16 MP, and up to 1080p video.
Google Play Music also provides for storage of up to 50,000 music selections. Info on transferring your iTunes music to Google Play Music, here.