App Inventor for Android: Dev't for Dummies

[Guest]

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[dman3k]

Finally an IDE from Google. I'm sorry, but eclipse is too ancient for me. Now we need a full IDE not one for dummies.

 

[jhansonxi]

[citation][nom]dman3k[/nom]Finally an IDE from Google. I'm sorry, but eclipse is too ancient for me. Now we need a full IDE not one for dummies.[/citation]Eclipse isn't just an IDE, it's practically an OS.

 

[cashews]

I think I'm going to sign up and check this out, I currently use Eclipse for the bit of Android programming that I do, but I'd be interested to see how capable App Inventor is.

 

[Guest]

Actually, I quite like Eclipse. I've completely migrated to it for all the supported languages that I use. Of course, I'd just be using a text editor otherwise.

This graphical IDE may allow Joe wannabe to whip up something, but ultimately it's just going to flood the market with poorly-programmed apps. Good developers are intimately familiar with their code.

 

[eddieroolz]

If I was developing for Android I'd check this out.

 

[tinnerdxp]

Eclipse is getting worse with every release... Unstable, Features not working, difficult to configure certain perspectives (PHP), slow like hell (try developing something having ZendFramework in the include_path), crashing sometimes, issues with SVN out of a box... Yet it's best IDE I've managed to find... the only one that is better is Zend Studio - but it's not free - so sort of - out of range... I cannot say Eclipse is BAD... it's not... it just lacks the "integration" and "smoothness" - that evil MS gives you when it comes to their Express Series...

 

[jabliese]

IDE has been a dual use acronym for about 20 years now, get over it.

 

[ksampanna]

Is it available as freeware?

 

[tburns1]

What's a Jongleur?

 

[Shadow703793]

I guess this is good for newbies learning the basics. But a true Android dev will probably use DroidDraw to generate the XML (saves a hell of a lot of time for me) and do the rest via code.

 

[joe20king]

This looks like it has potential... Just like appOmator for the iPhone which has been out since january.
I recommend you check it out if you have an iPhone.

http/www.appomator.com/