Building an app from Scratch

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BUILDING AN APP
FROM SCRATCH Netset Software Solutions
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Increasing use of the mobile phone over a desktop
is in the trend over the past few years. People
have shifted their focus on building mobile apps
as they help to engage more people. In todays
highly competitive environment, the company that
focuses on engaging customers survives.You can
make it yourself if you are good at it and the
other way is to outsource it by giving the work
to a mobile app developer or a company that does
it. There are several keynotes to take care of to
make your project successful. A brief stepped
down approach to it is presented as follows
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1. OBJECTIVES AND GOALS

• The first thing that you need to do is make sure
  of the list of things or goals your application
  is going to achieve. The idea should be concrete
  as the deletion of code later can cause huge
  losses. In case you have a particular objective
  for your app clear then the question should arise
  in your mind that how the app is going to make
  it happen. Once it is properly defined, it
  becomes easier to proceed towards the much finer
  details.

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2. DEFINING THE SCOPE

• The functionality of the app is discussed in this
  step the initial features of the app are
  decided in this step. This can be done by
  engaging the team towards getting answers to the
  basic questions. It includes questions like how
  the user guide sections that contain FAQs and
  chat bots are going to work, how will the
  products be displayed to the customers, how can a
  user share the information to other social
  media, how is it going to be productive to the
  user and so on.

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3. CHECKING ON COMPETITORS

• The good thing is that you can check on the
  customer experience provided by the competitor
  apps, you can offer the user a better interface
  and experience in case you want to get your
  share in the market. The thing is that you need
  to work hard analyzing the work of the
  competitors and make sure you do not lack any
  feature that they are providing.

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4. SKELETON WIRE FRAMING
The flow and navigation between various features
of the application are laid down. It is
generally a visual guide that helps define each
of the goals and also help in understanding the
use cases.
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5. TESTING THE WIREFRAME

• The verification of the flow is a must
  requirement. The thing is that a wireframe
  testing on time can cut the huge costs of
  rewriting of code. It helps the team to know
  whether the user will get any sort of hindrance
  in the experience in the currently accepted
  methodology.

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6. REVISION AND RETESTING

• Feedback are taken into account that is generated
  by the testers in the initial wireframe testing.
  After eliminating and making all the revisions
  suggested another testing is made to find
  glitches in the updated wire framing. It might
  lead to another round of revisions and testing
  until it finally satisfies the criteria.

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7. DECIDING THE PROCEDURE FOR DEVELOPMENT
The requirements of the application like the
technologies to be used and the team to be
prescribed, the platform to be used are all
decided in this phase. It happens just before
the actual development begins. Different
methodologies and OS are required to make the
app available to both the Apple store and the
Google Play Store if they are made using a
native framework, however, there are hybrid
frameworks that can help develop the app for
both using the same code. Hybrid frameworks are
often avoided for good applications because they
have their ownlimitations.
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8. STARTING THE DEVELOPMENT
The actual how to build an app happens here, the
display of the app is enhanced by using some
template. The team of developers and designers
both work together to build an app that
archieves all the proposed goals. The most
important part of it is the development of the
home screen and navigation of the app so that it
turned out to be user-friendly.
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9. TESTING OF THE APP
Learn mobile app development from scratch is the
most crucial step in the development comes is
testing. The app is not deployed for general
users until it is tested completely.
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Alpha Phase
THIS TESTING HAPPENS IN PHASES.
The functions are developed such that it can work
out the minimum basic operations. Testing these
help out in knowing how the app is going to
perform. The functions are tested in this
phase. Beta Phase The basic app is generated
and is made available to a limited set of users.
The app performs all of the operations but is
currently contaminated with bugs
and glitches. Final Phase After the app is made
available to all the users, testing is done to
confirm that all the operations of the app work
properly in all of the devices, this is done b
collecting user data and detecting anonymous
reports from users.
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10. LAUNCHING THE APP AND LATER UP GRADATIONS
The work of development of app does not end with
launching the final product on the app stores.
For your app to grab a market share it needs
regular improvising and up gradations according
to the requirements of the users. At last, we
hope that all this information helps you out in
making a good application. Keep in mind what you
have learned from this reading and start working
from the first step. It is easier said than
done, so keep in mind all the factors that are
going to affect your project and make sure it
goes as planned.