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Google App Maker Makes Citizen Coding Easier
[caption id="attachment_138565" align="aligncenter" width="1716"] Google App Maker[/caption] Citizen coding is a hot-button topic, but studies show that the practice has its advantages. Once left to businesses with proprietary infrastructure, this sort of 'layman' coding can be done by anyone with a bit of knowledge and the right tools. Google is now getting into the mix with App Maker. The concept of App Maker is (like citizen coding in general) rooted in visual coding. By dragging and dropping components together, anyone can create simple apps for perfunctory tasks. (In Google’s world, this all links back to tools found in G Suite for enterprise users.) Like so many others who’ve embraced citizen development, Google is trying to soften the blow to professional developers: Just about any Google service in G Suite with an accessible API (Maps, Contacts, etc.) can be used with App Maker. In other arenas, Google has tapped several partners to round out the experience: