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appBrewery how to
resources list
Summary
Taken from Angela Yu's online course. How to create an app from the start . My recommendation is to go check out the video linked in above, yet this is a summary of the main points made.
Idea Validation
market research
Let it inform you of how to keep improving on the idea.
Who competitors are?
What stage they are at?
What is their development process?
Types of Ideas
if this, then what
[[Guy Kawasaki]]
Scratch your own itch
Build something you need, someone else will need it too
Duh
Stuff that is simply missing - like scheduling doctor appointments online.
Market Vacuum
products that overpromised of simply don’t perform as expected, a vacuum is formed ripe full of people who want a product that actually solves the issue.
I.e when Musk bought Twitter, there was a market vacuum for a good Twitter and Facebook created Threads.
Design
Design Guidelines
iOS Human interface guidelines
Android Material Design
UX Design
Get Inspired by competitor's designs
look for existing designs in the arena you want. The most popular apps will show you what customers are expecting to see in your application.
Choose Color Palette
user flow diagram
Pen and paper -10 minutes
wireframes
Low fidelity representation of app
Pen and paper - 30 minutes
POP app
mock-ups
High fidelity representation of app
Build designs directly in flutter if it is a one person team
Royalty Free HD images
Code
Choose tech stack / platform
Testing
Publish
App store review times
Generate icons and screenshots for store listing
make app Icon
launch kit (also track app analytics below )
internationalization and translation services
google translate
Flutter Internationalization
App Analytics
track sales, growth , sessions, retention and active users
launch kit sales
Firebase
Yahoo developer
App Marketing
landing page generator
analyze competition and their backlinks
keep track of sales with daily digest
launchkit! link above