Title :
Visual programming for smartphones
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Control Syst. & Instrum., VSB - Tech. Univ. of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Abstract :
App Inventor is visual development software for the Android platform. It lets developer to use visual language to develop applications for Android phones using a web browser and either a connected phone or emulator. It integrates a palette of control functions for Lego Mindstorms NXT that allows developers to build their own applications that can control robot with its motors and sensors.
Keywords :
mobile computing; program visualisation; visual languages; Android phone; Android platform; App Inventor software; Lego Mindstorms NXT; smartphone; visual development software; visual programming language; Computer languages; Humanoid robots; Programming profession; Smart phones; Visualization; Android; App Inventor; visual programming language;
Conference_Titel :
Carpathian Control Conference (ICCC), 2011 12th International
Conference_Location :
Velke Karlovice
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-360-5
DOI :
10.1109/CarpathianCC.2011.5945879
