Indie App Dev 101

VarCamp 2024 Talk

Transcript

1. Kyaw Zay Ya Lin Tun Indie App Dev 101 VarCamp 2024 @KyawTheMonkey
2. ကိုယ်ပိုင် app တစ်ခု store ပေ ါ်ရှ ိ ေနတ့ဲ ခံစားချက်က ဘယ်လို မျ ို း လဲ?
3. IKEA က furniture ေတွကို ဆ င်ပြီး ေရာင်း မယ့်အစား တစ်စစီေရာင်း ပြီ း ကိုယ့်ဘာသာ ြပန်ဆင်ခိုင်းတယ်ဆိုတာ သိ ကြ လား???
4. ဘာ လိ ု့ mechanical keyboard ေတွကို ကိုယ့်ဘာသာြပန်ဆ င် ကြ တာလဲ?
5. Because, we, developers, love CUSTOMISATION
6. Kyaw Zay Ya Lin Tun @KyawTheMonkey • Senior iOS Developer @Codigo • Programming Mentor @ADPList • An indie app developer by night • Talk about #swiftlang #iOS #techlife and in between
7. As a senior developer, I have led and developed cutting- edge iOS apps for medium to large-scale enterprises in South-east Asia. And in my spare time, I’ve built a bunch of apps, now available on the App Store. ???
8. Let’s talk about how I build apps in my spare time and why you should do the same.
9. This talk is primarily for Mobile and Front-end developers, but I'm also delighted if Backend developers can gain insights from it.
10. Junior developer ေတွ portfolio ေဆာက် ချင်ရင် ဘယ်လို app မျို း ေတွေရး ကြ လဲ?
11. ထူးရင် ထူး မထူးရင် ရူး
12. ကိုယ်ပိုင် app တစ်ခု publish လု ပ် ဖို ့ ဘာ ေတွလိုလဲ?
13. Idea ရှ ိ ဖိ ု့ လိုပါတယ်။
14. Your brain should be used to generate ideas, not to store them.
15. Design 👨🎨 Develop 🔨 Publish 📦 Pre-production
16. Design 👨🎨
17. • Color • Typography • Icons & Illustrations • Components • Button, Badge, Toast, Dialog, NavBar, Bottom bar, Tab bar etc • Screen flow • Content • Welcome, onboarding, error, alert, version update, maintenance etc • Motion, animation, interaction • Screenshot
18. Steal like an artist
19. I don’t hate Dribbble BUT
20. Mobbin
21. UI Garage
22. REAL apps and REAL flows, well-tested and used by REAL users.
23. Typography
24. Google Fonts
25. FontShare
26. Icons & Illustrations
27. TOOOLS
28. SAVEE
29. Motion, animation, interaction
30. APP MOTION
31. Develop 🔨
32. • SwiftUI • Android Compose • Flutter • React js • React Native
33. Don't feel overwhelmed by striving to be the 'BEST' or ‘PERFECTION'.
34. Perfection is the biggest enemy of success. You gotta build fast, ship fast, fail fast, learn fast and GROW fast.
35. Adhere to the design guidelines of each respective platform, i.e., an Android app shouldn’t deviate from material guidelines to resemble an iOS app, or vice versa.
36. Publish 📦
37. App Screenshot
38. scrnshts
39. screenshotcreator
40. Content
41. ChatGPT Quillbot
42. Do not ask ChatGPT to write on your behalf. Write it yourself first and then, ask him to paraphrase.
43. For privacy & policy doc
44. I use Notion to write privacy policies, support documents, terms of use, etc., and then publish those documents via Notion server.
45. For app store support website
46. Monitor 🔍 Advertise 📝 Support 🧑⚕ Post-production
47. I am still working on it, so I cannot share much yet. However, one thing I do know is the importance of keeping in touch with your users, always listening to their feedback, and learning about App Store Optimization (ASO) and keywords.
48. I was inspired by following YouTube channels.
51. Bonus! I open-source my “PhayarSar - Buddhist Prayers” app just before this talk 🎉
53. Github: https://github.com/kyaw-codes/PhayarSar App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/phayarsar-buddhist-prayers/id6475991817 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557523828685 Twitter: https://twitter.com/PhayarSarApp
54. Don’t forget to rate PhayarSar - Buddhist Prayers on App Store and leave a message if you enjoy using it 🙏
55. If I could minimise today’s talk: Steal like an artist, stand on the shoulders of giants, identify your niche, and start building now. Emphasise quick progress by starting small, moving fast, and shipping rapidly; refine later. Don't spend time sharpening the pencil when you should be drawing something with it.
56. If today's talk has inspired you to build your own apps, please let me know when your app is released. Feel free to DM me or @mention me on social media anytime. I would love to see your apps and see how you share your ideas with the world.
57. I am currently involved with Dev o’clock, a community dedicated to assisting you every step of the way to land a job in the tech field. You can find my social links and today’s presentation file there. https://devoclock.org/@KyawTheMonkey
58. ေကျးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်