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App Development Process - Compendium from Angela Yu's class from London app brewery

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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

UX Design principles

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

Code architecture

Testing

Publish

App store review times

app 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

app stop

analyze competition and their backlinks

moz
majestic

keep track of sales with daily digest

launchkit! link above

reverse dictionary for keyword generation

onelook

keyword ranking difficulty / traffic

sensor tower

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