An exciting workshop tailored specifically to teach participants how they can develop a Mobile App
was held in the Social Media Café at the ongoing 12 th edition of Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival,
the region’s largest literary and cultural festival for children.
With the aim to empower both children and adults with a basic understanding about building mobile
apps, the workshop is also ideal for people with a non-technical background.
“Many people think that developing an App is rocket science. But by exposing kids to this technology
and terminology from a young age we are hoping it will create an interest which they can tap into in
future,” said Mohammed Sinan, Technical Head at Junkbot, the entity which conducted the workshop.
“SCRF is a great platform for kids to experience all the latest technology that is there in the world,” he
added.
Participants attending the hands-on session were introduced to the basic concepts behind creating
mobile applications and given an overview of the types of Apps available in the market – both single
and multi-screen applications. At the end of the session, participants were able to create Input Forms,
such as the Email Forms one sees on most Apps these days.
They also familiarised themselves with the concept of how text and information are displayed and how
information is captured using text fields or input screens within Apps before proceeding to learn how
the application itself gets created.