Spring 2026 OLLI Digital Catalog – under construction 

CREATING SMARTPHONE APPS WITHOUT CODING (L258-1-2)

L – Information Technology

Prerequisite: Computer skills, familiarity with Excel and smartphones. Ever wish that you had a simple phone application to keep track of family genealogy, to plan your next trip, or to share information with a group? In this course, we’ll transform a spreadsheet into a working smartphone application using a free, user-friendly, visual tool (no coding!). We’ll discuss application design, data organization and interactive features — all without programming. Step by step, you’ll build and publish (to your family and friends) a custom application that runs on your phone. (Note that publishing to the Apple or Android application store requires additional steps and is not covered.) The learnings from this class should be directly translatable to other no-coding platforms. When registering, sign up for either the section using an OLLI computer, or the section for those bringing their own laptops.

This offering meets for a total of 5 session(s).

INSTRUCTORS: Andrea Westerinen, Jeff Westerinen

WESTERINEN, ANDREA — B.S., physics and mathematics; M.S., computer science. Software engineer and systems architect, with 45+ years’ experience. CTO of OntoInsights, LLC. Member Wilmington OLLI Council. Specialization in natural language processing, narrative analysis and knowledge engineering. (CA346, D217, D295, L204, L257, L258)

WESTERINEN, JEFF — Spent 33 years in the consumer electronics and computer industries, holding leadership roles at IBM, Intel, and Microsoft. Currently, CEO of Ontoinsights, LLC, a small startup dedicated to advancing knowledge acquisition and understanding human narratives. (CA346, D295, L204, L257, L258)

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