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
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.
3. Mobile development simply put, is building softwares that run on mobile devices such as smart phones, smart watches etc.
4. Why Mobile?
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
6. Mobile Apps have become part of our lives. We have found them useful in different ways.
7. Examples... • Educational • Books • Religion • Entertainment • Games
8. Tell me more...
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
10. The Tools
11. • Documentations ◦ https://developers.android.com/ ◦ https://developer.apple.com/ • Development Tools ◦ Android Studio for Android development, ◦ Xcode for iOS development ◦ SDKs
12. • OS ◦ Android Studio - Windows, Linux, OS X ◦ XCode - OS X • Programming Languages ◦ Android - Java ◦ iOS - Objective C, Swift ◦ Cross Platform - html, css, js
13. Life is about growing and improving and getting better Conor McGregor
14. Most times, it is not about how you start. The rate at which you improve determines a lot. Omolara Adejuwon
15. #PROTIPS
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.
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
18. Opportunities for Mobile Developers
19. Since mobile development includes many phases, you CHOOSE.
20. • Designer • UI Developer • Core Developer • Tester • Analyst • Consultant YOU CHOOSE!
21. QUESTIONS?
22. THANK YOU