CPSC 110-08: Computing with Mobile Phones

Reading: App Inventor, Create Your Own Apps, Chapter 22
Due: Monday 11/14 (before class)

Textbook

You can purchase a copy of the text book Wolber, Abelson, Spertus, and Looney, App Inventor: Create Your Own Android Apps. It costs around $25. We will be having reading assignments from this text throughout the semester.

There is a pre-publication version of this book available for free download. However, it is not as complete as the published version.

Reading Assignment

Read pages 308-312 of Chapter 22, Working With Databases. This chapter focuses on databases. For Monday, we will focus on TinyDb, a database on the Android phone. In a subsequent class will introduce TinyWebDb, a database that can be stored online.

Reading Questions. Provide an answer to the following question.

  1. What is the difference between TinyDb and TinyWebDb?

In Class on Monday

We will do a short lesson on TinyWebDb and then focus on Q/A about our projects.