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Originally Posted by PhilBot
Anyone out there used both the proposed development environments and want to offer any comparisons for a Java Nube (but veteran programmer)?
1) Android Studio (which is based on IntelliJ IDEA)
2) MIT/Google App Inventor
Phil.
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Android Studio is a full text-based Java Android IDE. It's the real deal for developing Java apps on Android. Free and full functionality.
See this image to get a sense of what it looks like:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/infinum.web...png?1393599597
(I developed the "Watch FTC Tournament" app in Android Studio.)
App Inventor is like Scratch for Java. You drag blocks together to make code. Easier to learn but not quite as flexible or fully functional.
See this image to get a sense of what it's like:
http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/s...yCarBlocks.png
(I tried to develop a simple tank drive practice game in App Inventor, but found that it didn't fully support multi-touch on a screen.)