Scratch
Code.org
Godot Engine
GDevelop
Unity
CodeCombat
Invent With Python
Snap
MIT App Inventor
Thunkable
Kodular
Android Studio
Bubble.io
AppyBuilder
Xamarin.Android
RAD Studio
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| Website | scratch.mit.edu |
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| Release Date | 2007-05-15 |
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| Website | appinventor.mit.edu |
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Based on our record, Scratch seems to be a lot more popular than MIT App Inventor. While we know about 557 links to Scratch, we've tracked only 40 mentions of MIT App Inventor. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
And https://codecombat.com, which has been around for a while now. I think this paradigm (navigating a character using "move" function invocations) is good but kind of exhausts its usefulness after a while. I question whether my daughter learns coding this way or just is playing a turn based top down platformer. The most code like thing is when you use 'loops' to have characters repeat sequences of moves. I... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago
+1 Scratch! My son started with it, then expanded into Roblox/Lua. Children can download other people's games and experiment there. Scratch also has pre-made art, sounds, music. https://scratch.mit.edu/. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
I am also going to highly recommend Scratch[1]. That is what got me into a programming around that age. You can even help him make a website to host his games on. [1]: https://scratch.mit.edu/. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
This ! Learning to code will come after, spending time with your son writing down ideas might be more fun at first and it's a good time to teach him that games are thoughts first and then coded after. I would have recommended Scratch [1] for a first introduction instead of hoping into code right away, but since he is 9yo he will most likely want to hop on big game engine like he sees his favorite youtubers doing.... - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
How about using https://scratch.mit.edu/ ? - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
First thought, play with MIT App Inventor https://appinventor.mit.edu/, they have dedicated blocks for graphing and cross-platform implementations of Bluetooth for Android and iOS. The data format is still up to you. Source: 11 months ago
Or you could go to https://appinventor.mit.edu/ and design your own custom app (no widget, though). Source: 11 months ago
If you want to make a mobile app you could try https://appinventor.mit.edu/. Source: about 1 year ago
Maybe a raspberry pi that's on 24/7 connected to wifi and use that to send the wake over lan signal to the server? Arduino on the power pins also works, I did something quite similar but with a Bluetooth board, the code was really simple I just made an Android app with MIT app inventor that sent a signal to the hc_05 bt board, once the Arduino received that signal it shorted the power pin to 5v for half a second... Source: about 1 year ago
If your idea isn't complicated, have a look at MIT App Inventor. It literally is, drag-and-drop. That should get you started. Source: about 1 year ago
Code.org - Code.org is a non-profit whose goal is to expose all students to computer programming.
Thunkable - Powerful but easy to use, drag-and-drop mobile app builder.
Godot Engine - Feature-packed 2D and 3D open source game engine.
Kodular - Much more than a modern app creator without coding
GDevelop - GDevelop is an open-source game making software designed to be used by everyone.
Android Studio - Android development environment based on IntelliJ IDEA
