Making useful Apps for
iPhone
Ing. Omar Cafini
http://www.omarcafini.info
http://twitter.com/omarcaf
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Apple iPhone
A very succefull device
A very strong
marketplace system
A great opportunity for
everyone to be a
competitive seller
...
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Your target is the single user
Don’t develop thinking about
a firm
The user can be give you a
feedback (reviews)
The user can talk with
friends about your app (word
of mouth)
The user can talk about you
on Social Networks
(Facebook, Twitter, etc...)
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What kind of applications?
Games are the most downlaoded apps...
(market is changing in the last months..)
?
We are trying to think about something a
little bit useful...
We thinking about applications that people
love because is something that we need.
We don’t build yet a very useful app but we
think that this way can be more exiting...
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What method?
Work in group (if possible)
Search simil works, study the market
Maybe there are already a lot of code developed and
free to use...
Agile? Why not.
Code is the last thing
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Your idea is only a stand-alone APP?
Mobile Web & Traditional Web, Web
the same thing?
iPhone or
mobile
APP
Build a community Project
on each platform
Internet of
things
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How to Build an iPhone App
that Doesn't Suck!
Step 1: Decide what to build
Principle 1: Know your users.
Step 2: Visit the app store
Principle 2: Don't build your app in a bubble
Step 3: Explore Possible solutions
Principle 3: Be minimal
Step 4: Sketch
Principle 4: Quality through quantity
Step 5: Build a paper prototype
Principle 5: Fail early to succeed sooner.
Step 6: Fire up omnigraffle
Principle 6: Be pixel-perfect
Step 7: Do It All Again
Principle 7: Remember that nothing is precious
Step 8: Okay, You can code finally
Step 9: Beta Test Your App
Principle 9: Test Before you submit
Step 10: Release
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Ecological Footprint
The Idea:
A lot of hype on internet :-)
Love for green and Earth
Becoming aware of what we
consume each day and which is
the impact of it on the planet
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Butterfly effect
Small energy saving each of us => Huge energy saving
the entire population.
Saving energy is easy, just pay attention on small things
and habits:
using electronic lamps for lightning
closing the water if not used
...
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Screenshots v1.0
...v1.1 coming soon...
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ilBugiardino
The Idea:
Give to the user an organized
information on health and
care
Obtain health information also
without accessing the
internet
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Description
Digs into the main diseases, analyzing symptoms,
therapies and drugs.
Search terms and phrases into the text
Save your favorites arguments
...More features coming soon...
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Screenshots
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ThankYou :)
www.MitAPP.com
Credits:
Omar Cafini [www.omarcafini.info]
Paolo Quadrani [http://paoloquadrani.blogspot.com/]
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