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🎯 What you’ll learn
- Apps you use every day
- What makes an app useful
- Parts of an app
🎬 Animated demo
Tap through the layers of an app, then sort app ideas by type.
🛠️ Project & application ideas
- Favourite apps review
- App idea notebook
🎯 What you’ll learn
- Who is it for?
- Features list
- Sketching screens
🎬 Animated demo
A paper sketch turns into an app screen.
🛠️ Project & application ideas
- Paper app prototype
- User story cards
🎯 What you’ll learn
- Arranging items on a screen
- Grids and rows
- Colours and backgrounds
🎬 Animated demo
Compare the TinkerPy App layouts and mix a background colour.
🛠️ Project & application ideas
- Home screen design
- Theme your app
🎯 What you’ll learn
- Buttons, switches and sliders
- Keypads and text
- What each input sends
🎬 Animated demo
Tap a switch and see the data it sends.
🛠️ Project & application ideas
- Remote control app
- Slider brightness app
🎯 What you’ll learn
- Input and output widgets
- Widget data
- Choosing the right widget
🎬 Animated demo
Sort widgets into inputs (app → board) and outputs (board → app).
🛠️ Project & application ideas
- Smart room app
- Robot remote app
🎯 What you’ll learn
- Displays, gauges and alerts
- Data from the board
- Clear status screens
🎬 Animated demo
Slide the temperature and see which data the board sends to the app.
🛠️ Project & application ideas
- Weather display app
- Fire alert app
🎯 What you’ll learn
- Bluetooth connection
- Matching board code
- Two-way data
🎬 Animated demo
The app connects and a real LED responds.
🛠️ Project & application ideas
- Phone-controlled LED
- Two-way sensor app
🎯 What you’ll learn
- App icons
- Sounds and feedback
- Looking professional
🎬 Animated demo
Mix your app’s colour and sort design choices into professional or messy.
🛠️ Project & application ideas
- Custom app icon
- Sound feedback buttons
🎯 What you’ll learn
- Testing without hardware
- Finding bugs
- Checking every widget
🎬 Animated demo
Follow the testing loop and spot a data bug in board code.
🛠️ Project & application ideas
- Test checklist
- Bug report practice
🎯 What you’ll learn
- Voice command widgets
- Camera AI widgets
- When to use them
🎬 Animated demo
Follow a voice command from your words to a light switching on.
🛠️ Project & application ideas
- Voice-controlled lights
- Gesture-controlled fan
🎯 What you’ll learn
- Share links
- Publishing to AppSpace
- Getting feedback
🎬 Animated demo
Your app appears in AppSpace for others to try.
🛠️ Project & application ideas
- Publish a demo app
- Collect friend feedback
🎯 What you’ll learn
- Plan, build and test
- Connect to a real project
- Present your app
🎬 Animated demo
A complete app controls a real project end to end.
🛠️ Project & application ideas
- Home automation app
- School helper app (final project)