Fab Lab ECAE

Applications and Interface Programming

compare as many tool options as possible

This week we are comparing Processing (write-up by Mohammed) and MIT App Inventor (write-up by Cicely).

Mohammed:

Processing:

Processing is a free graphical library and interactive development environment designed to teach non-programmers the basics of computer programming in a visual sense. I will be using this software because it seems to be the easiest of them all and I do not want to waste much time in this week as I will be working on final project.

Features:

• Free to download and open source
• Interactive programs with 2D, 3D, PDF, or SVG output
• OpenGL integration for accelerated 2D and 3D
• For GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Android, and ARM

Cicely:

MIT App Inventor:

Following the videos instructions, I went to the MIT app inventor site, logged in using my google account, and I started off with a blank slate on the project page. Afterwards I continued to follow the tutorials instructions on what to add on to the app, although I changed a few things based on my own preferences (like the "color-wheel" and the phone display size since my phone is a bit bigger).

Features:

• Runs in google chrome browser
• Visual programming language with puzzle pieces
• Drag and drop layout