Mobile App Development

Lunch sharing at Impact Hub, Singapore. 20160728

Notes here: http://hboon.com/mobile-app-development/

Transcript

1. TOP 5 N THINGS ABOUT MOBILE APP DEVELOPMENT
2. TECHNICAL
3. BOON @HBOON
4. APP DEVELOPMENT
5. SMALL
6. APP STORE
7. SLOW DEPLOYMENT CYCLES > Web — Instant > Android — hours > iOS - days/weeks
8. APP STORE PROMOTIONS
9. 60 days to do the development ... total development cost of $200,000 — Craig Hockenberry of IconFactory, Twitterrific
10. THE APP
11. > Frontend (the "app") > Backend > Dashboards > Web site/app > Internal tools
12. Obj-C OR Swift?
13. RubyMotion OR React Native?
14. iOS OR Android iOS and Android
15. WATERFALL ITERATIVE
16. FIND A GOOD DEVELOPER
17. > Communication > Get things done > Always learning > Waterfall or iterative? > Automated testing > Code review > Regular builds/code drops
18. DEV SHOPS vs INDIVIDUALS
19. INDIVIDUALS / FREELANCERS / CONSULTANTS
20. > Limited manpower > Bus factor = 1 > May need to assemble your own team
21. LOW COMMUNICATION OVERHEAD
22. AREAS OF INVOLVEMENT
23. SPECIALISTS vs GENERALISTS
24. 10X DEVELOPER
25. DEV SHOPS
26. PACKAGE DEAL
27. > Local sales & project managers > Offshore developers > Designers > QA team > More established/rigid process > Can't talk to developers
28. PORTFOLIO
29. SALES AND PRE-SALES
30. WHERE?
31. HOW?
32. > Small > App store > Expensive > Good and Bad developers > Communication > Dev shops vs individuals
33. QUESTIONS?