Google to Shut Down Educational Programming Tool Android App Inventor

[apievangelist]

http://www.hackeducation.com/2011/08/09/google-to-shut-down-educational-programming-tool-android-app-inventor/#.TkG_JJAXpeg.hackernews

[glimcat]

They're not shutting down App Inventor, they're shutting down development of App Inventor.

Also, they're releasing the source.

[AshleysBrain]

Might I suggest the educators affected check out my visual programming editor for HTML5? www.scirra.com

</shameless plug>

[sliverstorm]

tl;dr - "A corporation is shutting down something it made for free, and focusing on what it actually does as a business. But... think of the children!!!"

[nvictor → sliverstorm]

thanks for the summary.