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Intro to Rapid Development with Web Application...

Balal Khan
February 26, 2011

Intro to Rapid Development with Web Application Frameworks

A gentle beginners guide to Rapid Application MVC Frameworks. How and why they can help a startup to get off the ground sooner and with better results.

Talk given at RefreshQatar#2 in Doha, Qatar - www.refreshqatar.com/

Balal Khan

February 26, 2011
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  1. Why did he fail? Fred was stubborn Developer was a

    nerd Lots of communication problems
  2. Its normal to change direction You won’t get your app

    perfect the first time you make it
  3. What if we could… Massively reduce the time to build

    something Make an app easier to maintain Have better security Make apps more portable
  4. Web Application Framework = A toolbox of code Skeleton code

    structure Interface between user interface, back-end and database code A bunch of helper code snippets
  5. A quick development process 1 : Write down your idea

    2 : Start sketching 3 : Design 4 : Build a Prototype 5 : Code > Test > Code > Test > …
  6. RAD doesn’t guarantee success The idea might not be very

    good The user experience might be terrible Your team might be bad at what they do You might lose focus