Traditional development normally entails the Eclipse IDE, the Android SDK, and a lot of Java code. With App Inventor, you do not have to worry about any of this; you do not even need to be a developer. Most of the time, when an organization abstracts away all of the complexities of the product, it also inherently reduces its functionality. This is not the case with App Inventor as it still gives the user access to the device's GPS, phone features and camera.
App Inventor is built off of MIT's Java Open Blocks, a framework for visually representing Java code. This is the bit of the software that allows non-programmers to use it. Currently, this tool is only available to educators. If you qualify, I highly recommend checking it out and letting me know what you think!
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