Becoming a Successful Mobile Developer; The Pathway & Dynamics

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1. Becoming a successful mobile
   developer; the pathway and dynamics
   Omolara Adejuwon
   : @_larikraun
   December 3, 2016
   

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2. Omolara:
   ● Software developer @LawPavilion
   ○ Android
   ○ iOS
   ○ PHP
   ● Seldom-writer at blog.larikraun.me.
   ● Contributes to open source @larikraun (github).
   ● Tweets at @_larikraun.
   ● Happy doing what she does.
   

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3. Mobile development simply put, is building softwares that run on mobile
   devices such as smart phones, smart watches etc.
   

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4. Why Mobile?
   

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5. The statistic shows the total number of mobile phone users worldwide
   from 2013 to 2019. For 2017 the number of mobile phone users is
   forecast to reach 4.77 billion. - www.statista.com
   

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6. Mobile Apps have become part of our lives. We have found
   them useful in different ways.
   

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7. Examples...
   ● Educational
   ● Books
   ● Religion
   ● Entertainment
   ● Games
   

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8. Tell me more...
   

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9. Mobile development as the mother of many children
   ● Android Development
   ○ Android phones and tablets
   ○ Wearables etc
   ● iOS Development
   ○ iPhones, iPads
   ○ Watches etc
   ● BlackBerry and Others
   ● Cross Platform
   

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10. The Tools
    

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11. ● Documentations
    ○ https://developers.android.com/
    ○ https://developer.apple.com/
    ● Development Tools
    ○ Android Studio for Android development,
    ○ Xcode for iOS development
    ○ SDKs
    

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12. ● OS
    ○ Android Studio - Windows, Linux, OS X
    ○ XCode - OS X
    ● Programming Languages
    ○ Android - Java
    ○ iOS - Objective C, Swift
    ○ Cross Platform - html, css, js
    

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13. Life is about growing and improving and getting better
    Conor McGregor
    

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14. Most times, it is not about how you start. The rate at
    which you improve determines a lot.
    Omolara Adejuwon
    

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15. #PROTIPS
    

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16. ● Learn the best practices
    ● Design Guidelines
    ○ Android Material’s Design Specs.
    ○ iOS’s Human Interface Guidelines
    ● It must start with a beautiful app icon. This is the first thing the user
    interacts with.
    ● Best UI/UX for your app.
    

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17. ● Mind the size of images and other resources
    ● Close all connections
    ● Secure your apps
    ● Obfuscate your apps
    ● Remove unnecessary permissions from your app
    ● Testing
    

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18. Opportunities for Mobile Developers
    

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19. Since mobile development includes many phases, you CHOOSE.
    

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20. ● Designer
    ● UI Developer
    ● Core Developer
    ● Tester
    ● Analyst
    ● Consultant
    YOU CHOOSE!
    

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21. QUESTIONS?
    

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22. THANK YOU
    

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