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Becoming a Successful Mobile Developer; The Pathway & Dynamics
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Omolara Adejuwon
December 03, 2016
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Becoming a Successful Mobile Developer; The Pathway & Dynamics
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December 03, 2016
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Becoming a successful mobile developer; the pathway and dynamics Omolara
Adejuwon : @_larikraun December 3, 2016
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.
Mobile development simply put, is building softwares that run on
mobile devices such as smart phones, smart watches etc.
Why Mobile?
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
Mobile Apps have become part of our lives. We have
found them useful in different ways.
Examples... • Educational • Books • Religion • Entertainment •
Games
Tell me more...
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
The Tools
• Documentations ◦ https://developers.android.com/ ◦ https://developer.apple.com/ • Development Tools ◦
Android Studio for Android development, ◦ Xcode for iOS development ◦ SDKs
• OS ◦ Android Studio - Windows, Linux, OS X
◦ XCode - OS X • Programming Languages ◦ Android - Java ◦ iOS - Objective C, Swift ◦ Cross Platform - html, css, js
Life is about growing and improving and getting better Conor
McGregor
Most times, it is not about how you start. The
rate at which you improve determines a lot. Omolara Adejuwon
#PROTIPS
• 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.
• Mind the size of images and other resources •
Close all connections • Secure your apps • Obfuscate your apps • Remove unnecessary permissions from your app • Testing
Opportunities for Mobile Developers
Since mobile development includes many phases, you CHOOSE.
• Designer • UI Developer • Core Developer • Tester
• Analyst • Consultant YOU CHOOSE!
QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU