Mobile App Development

Lunch sharing at Impact Hub, Singapore. 20160728

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

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1. TOP 5 N THINGS
   ABOUT MOBILE
   APP
   DEVELOPMENT
   

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2. TECHNICAL
   

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3. BOON
   @HBOON
   

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4. APP
   DEVELOPMENT
   

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5. SMALL
   

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6. APP STORE
   

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7. SLOW DEPLOYMENT CYCLES
   > Web — Instant
   > Android — hours
   > iOS - days/weeks
   

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8. APP STORE
   PROMOTIONS
   

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9. 60 days to do the development ...
   total development cost of
   $200,000
   — Craig Hockenberry of IconFactory, Twitterrific
   

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10. THE APP
    

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11. > Frontend (the "app")
    > Backend
    > Dashboards
    > Web site/app
    > Internal tools
    

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12. Obj-C OR Swift?
    

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13. RubyMotion
    OR React Native?
    

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14. iOS OR Android
    iOS and Android
    

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15. WATERFALL ITERATIVE
    

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16. FIND A GOOD
    DEVELOPER
    

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17. > Communication
    > Get things done
    > Always learning
    > Waterfall or iterative?
    > Automated testing
    > Code review
    > Regular builds/code drops
    

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18. DEV SHOPS
    vs
    INDIVIDUALS
    

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19. INDIVIDUALS /
    FREELANCERS /
    CONSULTANTS
    

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20. > Limited manpower
    > Bus factor = 1
    > May need to assemble your own team
    

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21. LOW
    COMMUNICATION
    OVERHEAD
    

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22. AREAS OF
    INVOLVEMENT
    

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23. SPECIALISTS
    vs
    GENERALISTS
    

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24. 10X DEVELOPER
    

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25. DEV SHOPS
    

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26. PACKAGE DEAL
    

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27. > Local sales & project managers
    > Offshore developers
    > Designers
    > QA team
    > More established/rigid process
    > Can't talk to developers
    

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28. PORTFOLIO
    

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29. SALES AND
    PRE-SALES
    

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30. WHERE?
    

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31. HOW?
    

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32. > Small
    > App store
    > Expensive
    > Good and Bad developers
    > Communication
    > Dev shops vs individuals
    

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33. QUESTIONS?
    

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