To those who are bickering about how this in not optimial programming and how give me my GWBasic. Read the whole page before commenting. It is a project of Harold Abelson, the Co-Author of SICP,
Thanks, this community is too crowded by hip programmers, and iFanbois to realize there is world outside.
This is the exact reason why windows won over, windows allowed cheap hardware and throwaway easy programming using visual basic.
If app inventor succeeds there could be a serious market for cheap android devices (~150$) which could be programmed easily.
The whole App Store is a sordid tale, and the good Apps will always beat crappy apps by marketing.
But if i do wish to have an App specifically tailored for my group then why the fuck do i need to conform to requirements of Apple?