The mobile app development is in fashion these days, not because of popularity, it is famous mostly due to its versatility, features and reach. Learning mobile app development has never been as easy as these days. There are hundred of tools available to learn the art alongside with thousands of online websites that are providing learning material for young mobile app development. This presentation provides an overview of few carefully selected online resources for mobile app development.
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2. Mobile App Development
Mobile application is a small application software designed for
smartphones
iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows 8
Apple, Google, BlackBerry, Microsoft
E.g. of few mobile applications are:
Angry Birds
BillGuard
Digg
Vine
3. What is mobile app development?
Mobile application development is the process by which
application software is developed for low-power handheld
devices, such as personal digital assistants, enterprise digital
assistants or mobile phones.
These applications can be pre-installed on phones during
manufacturing, downloaded by customers from various
mobile software distribution platforms, or delivered as web
applications using server-side or client-side processing (e.g.
JavaScript) to provide an "application-like" experience within
a Web browser.
4. Tools for Mobile App Development
Following are few resources mobile app developers can use:
MobileDevHQ
Beta Bait
Android Style
Guide
Crittercism
Stack Overflow
iOS Style Guide
App Cooker
5. MobileDevHQ
An important part of the planning process is consumer
discovery, a fancy term for how users will find your app or
mobile website.
Think of this app as the SEO for mobile apps: You can track
your rankings and competition, and optimize keywords for
search.
In short, you'll have a better idea of where your app is going
and who is interested.
6. Android Style Guide
As the name suggest a guide for Android app development.
This developer style guide will answer any questions
developers may have about app development.
From wire-framing to tracking progress after the app goes to
market.
7. iOS Style Guide
Same as Android Style Guide in previous slide, only
difference is that it is for Apple’s iOS.
Everything related to iOS based app development can be
located in this guide.
Apple also has a set of guidelines available for you to study
before getting started.
8. App Cooker
Every step for developers from the beginning stages of an
app's inception to organizing .
App Cooker is a great mockup design tool for developers
with basic skills.
It can also help advance iOS app developers.
Pricing ranges from $19.99 to $49.99, so you're not spending
a fortune for your ideal structure.
9. Beta Bait
The platform used to test app before developers launch it in
the app market.
This site is a social network specifically for developers and
startups to find the right person to try out their product while
it's still in beta.
10. Crittercism
Crash testing tool for the app.
Every app does crash at some stage of development.
Developers can receive real-time crash and error reporting
and live analytics with this handy service.
11. Stack Overflow
If you are looking for support or answers to your questions for
the problems this platform provides you help regarding your
queries.
Stack Overflow is a forum chock-full of advice, tips and tricks
from other developers.
The site allows users to vote on questions and answers, so
you know which have proven to be more useful than others.