Startup WebDevelopment in 2013

How to approach creating your own tech startup these days. Mindset, paradigm, technique and tools. Download the PDF to be able to click the links!

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1. Startup WebDev in 2013 with a bit of . Thomas Gorissen
3. Welcome. Let’s build a web startup.
4. Welcome. Let’s build a web startup. Easy peasy
5. 1.
7. Envision your product.
8. BIG Envision your product.
9. BIG Envision your product. Put it in words, or maybe a video.
11. Make a 3 step plan to get there sustainably
12. Make a 3 step plan to get there sustainably Caution: Will require use of spreadsheets. With numbers.
14. Make this plan and vision your daily prayer.
15. Make this plan and vision your daily prayer. Amen
16. 2.
18. Slash your vision to what you find necessary
19. Slash your vision to what you find necessary Tschaka!
21. Then slash some more
23. Go get feedback
25. Slash it to the bare minimum
27. Create User Stories for the remains
28. Create User Stories for the remains Describe the options for each interactor at every stage, what effect they have and where they lead to.
29. Create User Stories for the remains Describe the options for each interactor at every stage, what effect they have and where they lead to. Put it in pictures.
31. Slash those User Stories to what really needs to be there.
32. Slash those User Stories to what really needs to be there. Read also: Why scythes are underrated as a startup tool
34. You’ve successfully defined your first release.
35. You’ve successfully defined your first release. Sweet
36. 3.
38. Find your tools and platform
40. Native on mobile?
41. Native on mobile? A: You need the AppStores for marketing B: You need specific low-level APIs or performance
42. Native on mobile? A: You need the AppStores for marketing B: You need specific low-level APIs or performance Well, there’s also performance in HTML5...
44. In case of doubt: Use web standards!
45. In case of doubt: Use web standards! Seriously!
46. There were some pretty good talks from JSCamp.Asia about web standards:
47. Meteor Backbone, LayoutManager, Ember Angular PhoneGap Cloud9 IDE Action.IO Grunt/Yeomen Jenkins Heroku Appfog AWS Softlayer CloudFlare Pivotal Tracker Podio Trello Google Drive Dropbox CodeKit Node Express MongoDB jQuery HTML5 Boilerplate Bootstrap Flight Hull Deployd Webflow Playground (soon) Must. use. git. These are just some tools I use, used, want to use or like
48. 4.
49. Grow fast little
51. Build small components with clear documented interfaces
52. Build small components with clear documented interfaces There’s a talk for that:
54. In case of doubt: HTTP/REST/JSON all the things
56. ... or even JavaScript HTML and CSS
57. ... or even JavaScript HTML and CSS There’s a talk for that:
59. Have small teams work on different components in parallel
60. Have small teams work on different components in parallel If it needs more than 4 people, you’re doing it wrong
62. Test the critical path.
63. Test the critical path. That’s usually what makes you money.
65. Release as often as you can
66. Release as often as you can Rarely saw a user leave due to too frequent improvements...
68. Imagine.
69. Imagine. Slash.
70. Imagine. Slash. Build.
71. Imagine. Slash. Build. Grow.
72. Imagine. Slash. Build. Grow. Repeat.
73. In between: Watch some videos!
74. http://jscamp.asia
75. Follow @serrynaimo @jscamp_asia