Book
O'Reilly published the first App Inventor book in May, 2011. Co-authored
by yours truly (David Wolber) with Hal Abelson, Ellen Spertus, and Liz Looney of the App
Inventor team, the book provides a hands-on introduction to app building. The book targets beginners, though programmers will benefit as well. You're walked through the creation of twelve complete apps that you
can build and customize. This is followed by a separate "Inventor's Manual"
section which explains programming and computer science concepts in
layperson's terms. Interested in building apps but don't have a year to learn Java? Teaching an introductory
(CS0) computer science course to K-12 or university students?
This book is for you!
Tutorials
App Inventor Tutorials The tutorials on the App Inventor site provide step-by-step instruction for building some simple and advanced apps. Teachers App Inventor Course in a Box. If you're thinking of teaching App Inventor, check out the materials here. Wolber's Spring 2011 App Inventor course The course web site contains the schedule, syllabus, lecture notes,worksheets, and projects used in the third year rendition of David Wolber's App Inventor course. | App Inventor Blog What students think...Media Students from the University of San Francisco App Inventor course have had their apps cited in Wired magazine, the New York Times, SF Chronicle, Tech Crunch and more...  Video Tutorials  The series contains videos on SMS communication apps, connecting App Inventor apps to web APIs, and building list-based apps like quizzes and surveys. YOUTUBE  |
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