- Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2015, 7:30 PM
- Location: Danbury Hospital Creasy Auditorium
- Presenter: Mike Kaltschnee
Mike Kaltschnee from the Danbury Hackerspace will demonstrate how anyone can create a mobile application using MIT & Google’s App Inventor. “You don’t have to be a techie or programmer to create a real, working application using the camera, sensors, database, and other phone features. Have a great idea for an app? Build it yourself after this demonstration.”
For those considering Android app development, there are several ways to develop applications. They range from all-code solutions to low-or-no-code solutions. A partial list of low-code software to develop Android applications includes AppyPie, MakeMeDroid, AppGyver, and Buzztouch. Other software tools to develop Android apps are the well-known Eclipse and Android Studio. However, none of these do it in quite the same way as the puzzle piece style building blocks in Google App Inventor 2, and Mike will show October general meeting attendees just how it is done.
MIT’s App Inventor was created before Google Labs obtained it. It is now back with MIT but a Google account is required for authentication. Google App Inventor 2 (AI2) aims to be a fun low-code solution.
About the presenter – Mike Kaltschnee is the business architect behind the Danbury Innovation Center, and co-founder of the hackerspace it houses. A hackerspace is a type of shared workspace for hobbyists and others needing a space, with a variety of tools and people around to help and with whom to share ideas. Without Mike’s efforts, promotion, and gift of energizing those around him, Danbury would not enjoy its new Main Street tech offering that is Danbury Hackerspace. Besides the Danbury Hackerspace, Mike also started HackingNetflix.com – a blogging venture started just after writing an article about the video streaming service in 2003. The site became the premiere Netflix tracking site with more than 300,000 readers in 2011. Mike is also involved in publishing and media via his company Briki Media LLC.
Join Mike and DACS in October at this general meeting and learn how to create your app ideas for your Android device.
DACS General Meetings are free and open to the public. Members and prior attendees are encouraged to extend invitations to anyone interested in this topic.
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