Resources for Developing Community Code

This page will provide information and links to free online resources for developing apps for mobile devices.

Code for Community (CfC) Challenge

The Code for Community Challenge Initiative [1] is an undergraduate competition at UMCP that seeks to encourage its students to make a change in their community, by using their creativity and programming skills to develop mobile apps for the Apple, Android and HTML5 (Open Source) markets. The competition has the following goals:

(1) address the challenges facing communities.
(2) help community based organizations do a better job
(3) empower residents to help themselves
(4) leverage technology as a tool to improve quality of life in neighborhoods

Resources on Programming with iOS

Stanford University iTunesU [2]
Coding Together: Apps for iPhones

iOS Dev Center [3]
Step-by-Step Instructions on Developing iOS Apps Today

iOS SDK download [4]
Apple Ecosystem for Developers

Resources on Programming with Android

Introduction to Android [5]
Video Tutorial from Android Bootcamp Series 2012, Marko Gargenta

Android App Inventor [6]
Emulator Developed by MIT

Step-by-Step Instruction on Downloading and Working with Android SDK [7]
Training from Android and Documentation on Building Apps

Resources on Programming with HTML5

HTML5 Introduction [8]
HTML5 Introduction by w3schools

HTML5 Game Development [9]
By Udacity