BBC news item covers this today. Might be of interest to those of you with Android devices.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10597430.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10597430.stm Google has released tools that "make it easy for anyone to create programs for Android phones". Much like Lego, App Inventor lets people drag "blocks" of code around to create applications. Google said it had been working on the system for a year and were pitched at those with little knowledge of programming. The tools have been tested over the last 12 months by school children and college students, it said. The graphical blocks represent the different functions and capabilities of a smartphone. more... David PS. The idea of "dragging blocks of code around" is very reminiscent of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LabVIEW LabVIEW . -- View this message in context: http://sword-dev.350566.n4.nabble.com/Google-debuts-DIY-code-tools-for-Android-phones-tp2286386p2286386.html Sent from the SWORD Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: [email protected] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
