Lesson 1: Intro to App Lab
📚 Previous Lesson
Coming from Week 4: CSS Frameworks? Great! Now you’ll learn about event-driven programming and building interactive applications.
🎯 Learning Objectives
- Understand the basics of App Lab
- Learn about event-driven programming
- Explore the App Lab interface
- Create your first interactive app
🚀 Step 1: Introduction to App Lab
App Lab is Code.org’s platform for building mobile apps using JavaScript. It’s perfect for learning event-driven programming concepts.
What is Event-Driven Programming?
- Programs that respond to user actions (clicks, input, etc.)
- Instead of running from start to finish, they wait for events
- Common in web and mobile applications
📱 Step 2: Explore App Lab
Visit the Code.org lesson to get started:
🎮 Start App Lab Lesson
What to Focus On:
- The App Lab interface layout
- How to add elements to your app
- Basic event handling concepts
- The relationship between design and code
💡 Key Concepts to Remember
- Design View: Visual layout of your app
- Code View: JavaScript code that controls behavior
- Events: User actions that trigger code execution
- Event Handlers: Functions that respond to events
🔗 Additional Resources
📚 Next Lesson
Ready to add interactivity? Continue to Lesson 2: Buttons and Events to learn how to make your apps respond to user input!