Writing an iPhone App or Android App is expensive. Even the simplest mobile apps usually need at least a week or two of skilled developer time to construct.
If you have technical skills, perhaps past coding experience, one obvious solution to save money is to write your own app.
Why write your own app? Beside saving money, writing your own app can be a lot of fun. Writing an app is a creative experience, like painting a picture or composing a song.
How do you start?
You could do what I did – invest hundreds of hours of your time into learning how to create apps for your mobile app platform of choice.
Or you could ask an expert for help – you could cut through all the time consuming trial and error, and ask me to help set up your development environment.
I can get you started with app development essentials:
- How to set up your development environment.
- How to create your first app
- How to transition between different app forms
- How to create fancy graphics and transitions
- How to package your app for publication on app store
- What is the best development option for leveraging your previous coding skills
How long will it take?
The length of time it takes to get started with app development depends on your previous coding experience, and what mobile app platform you want to start with.
For example, if you have a background in developing web apps, you could leverage those skills by using a cross platform development environment like Cordova, which provides a framework for creating an app using HTML web pages.
If you have a choice of starting with iPhone or Android, I recommend you start with iPhone – though the Apple development environment only runs on Apple Mac computers. The Android app development environment is more difficult to set up than the iPhone app development environment, and creating your first Android app is a steeper initial learning curve. However, once you are past the initial learning curve, both environments are very similar in terms of the effort required to create an app.
If part of your app is too complicated for your current level of experience, I’m happy to assist, by creating blocks of code which you can insert into your app. But you can still potentially save a bundle by developing as much of your app as you can, yourself.
Lesson Plan
My recommendation is to start by booking 3 x one hour sessions, spaced 1 week apart.
- First Lesson – setting up your mobile app development environment.
- Second Lesson – developing your first app
- Third Lesson – deploying your app to app store or play store
You can book additional lessons as required. I charge $100 + GST per one hour session. The lessons are conducted using Skype, because Skype lets you share your computer screen, so I can see exactly what is happening, and give you realtime advice on how to achieve you mobile app development goals.
Contact me now for more information on how to develop your own app.