Basic Technology Terms MIT APP Invemtor

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What is an app?

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A software program that can be run on a mobile device, tablet, or computer.

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Component

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These are pieces or parts that make your app work - these are buttons, labels, text boxes, images and sensors.  These can be visible or non visible 

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Designer

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This is where we create our app

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Event-driven programming

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A style of programming where the flow of the app is controlled by events such as clicking, shaking, scrolling and swiping , timer goes off or run out of lives

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Projects

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App ideas or tasks - each project can contain multiple screens and or code code blocks

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Package

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The bundle that includes everything in your app, like images, sounds, code and sensors that can be installed on your phone, chromebook, PC and tablet

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Compiling

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The process of turning your code and components into machine language

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APK file

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The type of file that Android devices use to install apps

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IPA files

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This is the type of file that IOS (Apple) devices use to install apps

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ADmob

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A Google platform that lets you put ads in your app and earn money when people use your app and see the ads