WHAT IS API?

What is an API? In English, please.
https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/what-is-an-api-in-english-please-b880a3214a82/
https://www.howtogeek.com/343877/what-is-an-api/

Lecture Links:
https://www.creativebloq.com/web-design/apis-developers-need-know-121518469
https://rapidapi.com/collection/cool-apis

GAME & APP DEVELOPMENT

Learning how to code natively for iOS, Android, etc is a whole different world, however today there are many tools out there to help us build apps without knowing how to write this type of code…

—–Gaming can be as simple as writing HTML, CSS, and some Javascript!—–
https://www.w3schools.com/graphics/game_intro.asp

Learn CSS games the fun way!
https://dev.to/devmount/8-games-to-learn-css-the-fun-way-4e0f
https://tutorialzine.com/2016/05/10-fun-browser-games-for-learning-web-development
Moving Targets: https://codepen.io/elad2412/pen/hBaqo
Coronavirus Invaders! https://codepen.io/elad2412/pen/wvabjXy
Super Mario! https://codepen.io/ashleynolan/pen/rpjHg

Sample CSS Games:
https://minocernota.com/articles/pure_css_game/
https://codepen.io/collection/AKkZro
https://tutorialzine.com/2015/02/30-amazing-games-made-only-with-html5

Creating an App is much different… However exploring app development can lead you into creating games or any types of apps!

—–Native Apps vs Hybrid Apps—–
Native Apps – Built with Apple’s X Code, Java for Android, etc
Hybrid Apps – Built with HTML, CSS, & Javascript
https://blog.techmagic.co/native-vs-hybrid-apps/

Ionic Framework:
Ionic is a framework that essentially allows developers to create hybrid mobile apps using web technologies like HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
https://ionicframework.com/

React Native Framework:
React Native is a framework developed by Facebook for creating native-style apps for iOS & Android under one common language, JavaScript.
https://reactnative.dev/

Also look into Adobe’s Phone Gap:
https://phonegap.com/
*This will then package your mobile site into an app to submit to the app stores! Sweet! This is an Adobe product as well:) Completely free. (There may be plugins developers charge for similar to WordPress)

—–Searching for New App Builders—–
https://www.google.com/search?q=app+builder&oq=app+builder&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.5103j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Here are some that generally charge monthly to use:
https://appery.io/appbuilder/
http://www.apps-builder.com/product
https://appinstitute.com/features/

Build an App with a Drag & Drop Builder for Free to Start:
https://thunkable.com
*Quicker results/satisfaction… Even right here in class. Might be something to keep moving forward with for a project.

—–Companies Who Build Apps—–
https://buildfire.com/
https://builder.engineer.ai/home

—–What about Consoles? XBOX & PS4?—–
TONS of popular games are built with a program called Unity Video Game Engine I’ve always wanted to explore more of this myself, this would even bring you in a console gaming direction as well… Build your content once and deploy across all major AR, VR, mobile, desktop, … With Unity, you can target PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Google Stadia.
https://unity.com/