Websites offer tools for making an app without knowing code

Thousands of folks have found their way into the Apple and Google app stores with homemade apps that do everything from share contact information by bumping phones together to finding the best price for local gas.

But unlike making a website or a blog, creating an app — at least for most people — was something that only hardcore geeks could do if they knew the computer programming languages of Objective-C, Cocoa and Java. That is, until now.

By Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY

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