Steps to Build a User-driven App

by JONATHAN PAUL Jonathan Paul working at PHPProgrammers, a leading

Building an app for the first time? Need help? Here is the step-by-step guide to building a user-driven app for you shared by one of the expert app developers in Australia.

The first thing that clicks the mind of a new app developer is how to get started with the application development and how to proceed in the right way to end up with a flawless application for a business? The answer is simple, you need to follow the right steps and proceed accordingly using the updated technologies, tools, and trends.

In the last few years, an unprecedented rise has been seen in the use of apps for different reasons by users of all age groups of different parts of the world. This reinforced application development for different businesses including startups and enterprises. Having a presence in the App Stores of the smart gadgets can prove to be a boon for a business regardless of the industry vertical or level of business. But yes, you need to be very careful and proceed in the right way while developing an application as the competition is too high and you will obviously want your app to be on the top of the App Store.

Building an app can be intimidating and can be tempting at the same time for you especially if you are a beginner. Keeping this in mind and being one of the dedicated app developers in Australia, this stepwise application development guide is shared for you here.

Do a thorough market analysis and research:

For building a solid application for the users, you need to begin with rigorous market analysis and research. Research on the likes and dislikes of your target users including ethnicity, user personas, demographics, etc. Also analyse and research about the prevailing competition, the top competitors, and the latest trends. Note down their strong and weak points, This will help you to incorporate all their strengths in your app and avoid their weak features, thereby ending up with the best of all.

Next, start planning:

The second step is to plan well. Your planning must begin once you are clear with the purpose of the application and the business. You need to make a detailed planning for building the application including the features, the key elements, etc. Here, you also need to decide which programming languages, the trends, and tools you need to use.

Now do the wireframing:

The next step is the wireframing of the application. It begins with the design of the app, right from the designing of the app icon to every single page of it. It is never suggested to straightaway jump into the prototype designing of the application. Instead, create a sketch first in a paper. This is known as wireframing the design. Wireframe the layout, the home screen, onboarding pages, menu, features, categories, notification page, the buttons, logo and everything that’s going to be visible to the users. A proper wireframe can make the designing easier as well as can help the developers to easily add the functionalities to it.

UI designing and prototyping comes next:

Once you are done with the wireframing, proceed with designing the app interface. Make sure to design the UI after properly analysing the entire wireframe including the basic architecture and the components. After you have got the mockups of the application design ready, start planning about executing the development part. For this, you will have to make a clickable prototype using a prototyping tool.

Now, start with the development:

Following the prototyping stage, the development process actually begins. With the concrete planning for resources, project timeline, the features, and the cost factor, you need to step into the development part of the application. During the process, you need to be very careful about a few things like the market fragmentation, the features that can add value to the app, avoiding the use of too many features, or too many files, libraries, etc., to ensure a fast and high-performing application at the end. Also, be clear with the logic while building the app.

Test and QA:

After completing the development, you must go for QA and testing. Test the application after every stage of development if possible or do full and final testing once you are done. Check things like the quality of the graphics used, the speed of the app, the performance, device compatibility, core features, etc. If you find any errors of bugs at this stage, fix them before launching it. This would ensure a flawless app at the end.

With this, the application development process comes to an end. But, you are still not done. You need to market the app with the help of marketing experts now. An optimised app always stays on top and an expert SEO team or marketing team can do that for you.

Jonathan Paul is one of the skilled and dedicated app developers in Australia associated with a leading software development company, Vision & Solutions. The author has written this article to ensure every developer builds an ROI-driven application easy no matter what type of business he or she is working for.