App development software

[timbo343]

I was wondering what people on here are using for students to create apps in their IT lessons.

 

To start with, what should i be recommending to the IT teachers?

 

Thanks

[Guest Guest]

We use MIT App Inventor. Works quite well.

[dezt]

@jstuttard how do you get round the needing of a google account for pupils under 13? Our It teachers are starting to look at it and we've come up against this issue.

[Guest Guest]

We use Google Apps for seducation, but we've turned off a lot of the services.

[plexer]

Looking at supporting this at the moment:

 

Open Source Edition of LiveCode by RunRev Ltd — Kickstarter

 

Ben

[TheScarfedOne]

Kodu, GameMaker and Scratch here - not strictly programming I know, but I thought possibly relevant...

[Steven_Cleaver]

Is anyone using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 we are tempted to try that here and using C#.

[timbo343]

I was more thinking along the lines of mobile app development rather than coding in visual studio or an alternative.