[Tutor] OT: Drag and Drop GUI IDE ideas

[Rance Hall]

I know this is OT and I am sorry, but the readers of the list are some
of the best to judge my problem.  And it is about learning to code,
just not python specifically.


The MIS department at UNK is looking to create a course in business
app development.

The course will be about the app life cycle and discuss problem
statement, testing, maintenance and disposal/decommissioning, etc.

We want the students to develop a small app in the process, It could
be a firefox extension, mobile phone app, or any other type simple
structure.

The catch is that the class is for non-programmers to try to get them
introduced to the field.  We would like to use a gui ide that can
essentially hide the code from the programmer and connect widgets with
the gui.

We want them to be able to look at the code and analyze it.

We would prefer open source (read: free as in beer) tools.

Does anyone have any ideas of tools that can do this?

we are open to any idea, android sdk and gui, ipad sdk and some gui tool, etc.

Thanks for your time.

Rance