Idea to iOS

Presentation given at Lafayette Mobile Jump Start on November 19, 2011.

Transcript

1. IDEA TO IOS Ryan Farnell ryan@laughinglarkllc.com @criscokid
4. AGENDA • Idea Refinement and Feature Selection • Design • Development • Testing • App Store
5. IDEA REFINEMENT
6. IDEAS FEATURES
7. IDEA The public library should have iPhone application.
8. FEATURES • Searchable database of books • Directions to nearest branch • Find My Book • Read ebooks on your device • Watch videos on your device • Find other readers with similar interests • Tweet a book • Recommend book to friends
9. APPLICATION DEFINITION STATEMENT
10. APPLICATION DEFINITION STATEMENT LibraryPal is application to help average users find available books at the library and help them locate it.
11. FEATURES • Searchable database of books • Directions to nearest branch • Find My Book • Read ebooks on your device • Watch videos on your device • Find other readers with similar interests • Tweet a book • Recommend book to friends
12. FACEBOOK Allow all users to see the most basic information for pages they have liked, and post statuses, photos, and comments.
15. INTERFACE DESIGN
16. INTERFACE DESIGN User Experience
17. Idea Refinement UX Design Development Testing
18. USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN Next to the application working correctly, this is the most important aspect of your application.
19. USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN If people like using your app, it can really help the success of your application.
21. USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN Let people get to the main application quickly.
22. USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN Graphic design is important too.
23. CREATES A BRAND
28. ICON DESIGN
32. Photo by Jamison Wieser
33. DEVELOPMENT
37. $99
38. OBJECTIVE-C • Strict superset of C • Dynamic • No garbage collection* • Knowledge of C helps, but isn't required.
39. LIMITED RESOURCES • RAM • Processing power • Battery life • Flash memory
42. MODEL • Represents data for the application • Document, Song, Photo
44. VIEW
46. CONTROLLER • Glues the view and model together • Contains most application logic • UIViewController
47. 3RD PARTY TOOLS • PhoneGap • MonoTouch • Unity
48. TESTING
49. TEST YOUR APP
50. TEST ON A DEVICE
51. BUGS = APP STORE REJECTION
52. BUGS = UPSET USERS
53. PROFILE RESOURCES USAGE
56. APP STORE
57. ALL APPS MUST BE APPROVED
58. MONETIZATION
59. RECOMMENDED BOOKS • Design • Tapworthy • Development • iPhone Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide • Beginning iPhone 4 Development: Exploring the iOS SDK
60. RECOMMENDED VIEWING • iPhone Application Development (Winter 2010) - Stanford Course on iTunes U • WWDC 2010 & 2011 Videos
61. QUESTIONS?
62. IDEA TO IOS Ryan Farnell ryan@laughinglarkllc.com @criscokid