Trying to start AppInventor

[M. BYRON]

when I use the shortcut icon" aiStarter"the following message appears and then nothing else happens

..Platform = Windows

AppInventor tools located here: "C:\Program files (86)"

Bottle server on http://127.0.0.18004/

Hit Ctrl-C to quit

[M. BYRON]

Oops-re my prior post,  my error in typing, should. be -

Platform = Windows

AppInventor tools located here: "C"\Program Files (86)

Bottle server starting up ( using WSGIRRefServer()_...

Listening on http://127.0.0.1:8004/

Hit Ctrl_C to quit.

[Chris Ward]

Hi M

That is the normal behaviour. aiStarter readies the impending communication between App Inventor and the Emulator.

From the Title of your Topic, are you expecting App Inventor itself to be run via aiStarter? That is not the case because App Inventor is Web Based software which you access via your Web Browser (Chrome, Firefox or Safari, no other Browsers are compatible.) 

So, in your browser, use your gmail account to log into App Inventor: http://ai2.appinventor.mit.edu

When you want to make a quick test of something in the App you are creating, run aiStarter from your desktop and then in App Inventor select Connect, Emulator.

If you are really new to all this, do the MIT tutorials first - they are free, fun and informative. See my website for lots of App Inventor tips, including links to the free tutorials:

https://www.professorcad.co.uk/appinventortips#TipsLearn

Hope this helps :)

[M. BYRON]

Chris

Thank you. I have spent hours trying to figure it out.

Now all is well!

[Chris Ward]

That's good news. Fortunately, actually using App Inventor is much easier than getting to grips with the setup :)