Interactive Video Call:

App Lab Training

Objectives

• Utilize the basic functionality of App Lab to build applications

• Create code.org App Lab accounts

Call Norms

• Ask questions. If you have a question, other people do too.

• Be present and actively participate during the call. 

• Give feedback on what is helping you and what you would like to see change. 

• Submit questions 24 hours ahead on Slack.

Sign Up

• Go to www.code.org/educate/applab
• Click on make an app

• Click on sign up
• Fill out the sign up information and then click sign up or sign in with your Google Account 

Sign Up

Scroll down to the bottom and click on Make an App Lab app

Overview

Blocks

Writes a string to the application

Creates an alert in the debugging console

1. Write your name and birthday to the application.
2. Write the word "test" to the debugging console.

What is the difference between writing to the application and the debugging console?

Events

Select the Drop Down to review the different types of actions that can be taken

1. Add a button to your application.
2. When you click the button, write your name to the application.
3. When you click the button, console log the word "test"

Recreate

Variables

What will be written to the application from the code here?

Variables

What will be written to the application from the code here?

Variables

What will the value of x and y be at the end of this script?

Concatenation

We can combine different types of data

Challenge

• Declare a global variable name and assign it the value of your name
• Declare another global variable home and assign it with your home city
• Add an About Me button that displays your information on the screen when clicked (use concatenation) 

Multiple Screens

Recreate

Recreate

Wrap Up