The new software tools should give Google's Android mobile software a leg up against rival smartphone software, including Apple's iPhone OS. The App Inventor site lets anyone become an app creator ...

For nonprogrammers hoping to get into app development for mobile devices, GameSalad and App Inventor extend a welcome lifeline. The apps they produce, though, are inherently limited.

Google on Monday revealed a new software tool that lets just about anyone make apps for mobile phones that use its Android software.

After struggling for almost six months to become somewhat proficient at Python, I was extremely impressed with how much I could do using the MIT App Inventor platform.

How to Make an App When You Can't Code Enter the progressive web app A newer approach is to use a progressive web app (PWA). These apps have many specific advantages.

App Inventor appears specifically aimed at people who do not want to write code. Ares does include writing a little code in its sample apps, even if most of the development work is drag and drop.

Google on Monday revealed a new software tool that lets just about anyone make apps for mobile phones that use its Android software.

Google Inc. on Monday revealed a new software tool that lets just about anyone make apps for mobile phones that use its Android software.The beta version of the Web site for App Inventor for ...