1. FUTURE JOBS READERS
Level 2-②
App Developers

2. What were the first kind of apps created?
Who Makes Apps?
What were the first kind of apps created?
An app developer
Games for phones were the first apps
A flip phone from the 1990s

3. What Do App Developers Do?
What do app developers use to make apps?
App developers use programming codes and source code to create software. The programming languages and source code make the app do what people want it to do.
Computer source code
Different programming languages

4. Testing And Updating Apps
What happens when app developers finish working on an app?
App developers test apps to make sure they work well.
If people find something wrong with the app, the app developer has to update the app.
When all of the problems are fixed, they can put the updated app in the app store.
Testing an app
Updating an app
Downloading an update

5. Do app developers work alone?
Who Helps to Make Apps?
A team at work
Do app developers work alone?
No, app developers usually work in teams. They might work with graphic designers who draw pictures to put in apps. They might work with marketing specialists who tell the app developer what kinds of apps people want to buy.

6. Ways to Use Apps How do people use apps? People can use apps for . . .
Many different kinds of apps
Using an app to talk online
People can use apps for . . .
looking at the weather.
reading the news.
watching videos.
listening to the radio.
talking with friends and family.
learning school subjects.
shopping.
Accessing audio and video content
Using an educational app in school
Using a shopping app

7. How Can You Become an App Developer?
Students in a university class
A computer science certificate
How can you become an app developer?
In university, app developers can study . . .
computer science.
how to write software.
math.
Some app developers choose to take a certification test after they finish school, so they can more easily get jobs.

8. Apps for All Kinds of Industries
Industries related to apps
Which industries need app developers?
App developers can work . . .
in movies or videos.
with money.
with schools for teaching kids.
to help doctors or hospitals.

9. How might apps change in the future?
Someday, app developers may make apps that . . .
work with video game players.
can be controlled by a person’s voice.
take the place of websites.
TV apps
Operating an app with just one’s voice
App developers in an office

10. Vocabulary certificate n. graphic adj.
a paper or license that shows someone is qualified in an industry
graphic adj.
related to text and pictures for advertisements, magazines, and books

11. Vocabulary marketing specialist n. phr. programming language n. phr.
a person who researches information about how to sell products or ideas for a company
programming language n. phr.
a set of instructions that allows humans to talk to a computer

12. Vocabulary team n. source code n. phr.
a list of commands to use for a computer program
team n.
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest

13. Vocabulary website n. university n.
an institution where students study for degrees and where academic research is done
website n.
a page or pages on the internet set up by a person or business to show information and pictures about the website’s topic or purpose