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After figuring out how to add all my lyrics, and display them in an easy-to-read format, I was finally starting to get the hang of navigating all the different block types MIT App Inventor had to offer, and getting a strong sense of what they did and what they were...

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Making the Hilltop Sunset App Part 2: Problem Solving and Creating a Song List

Oct 6, 2015 ryan's Blog

Well, it turns out I was right; I was able to make lists delete entries as Id set out to do at the end of my last post! It was a bit more complicated than anything else I had done: I had to combine a Remove List Item block with...

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Making the Hilltop Sunset App Part 1: Wheel-O-Songs, a List Randomizer

Sep 21, 2015 ryan's Blog

Today I built my very own original app on MIT App Inventor.

Im not a computer scientist, Im not an expert programmer, and Ive never taken any classes on the subject; Im just a singer/songwriter with a degree in English and Creative Writing--and a dream. But even with literally zero...

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My First Impression of App Inventor

Sep 14, 2015 ryan's Blog

Have you ever caught yourself thinking “I wish there was an app for that”? Maybe you wished there was a one-click rimshot on your phone to punctuate your bad jokes, or perhaps you’ve always wanted an interactive grocery list that knows all your favorite foods so you don’t have to...

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