Mobile application developer is becoming one of the hottest job for young generation. With attractive average salary, you can obviously make a lot of money from what you are doing.
But nothing is easy when you are not good at it! This article might be helpful by giving you a top-to-toe guide to becoming a skillful mobile app developer.
In general, there are two ways to become an application developer:
- Learn how to code
- Develop app without coding
Let’s start with the first idea
How to become a developer
The first question is do you know how many apps are there? Which are the most popular ones?
Sure you need to know about the demand and the growth in this industry thus making your own goal when becoming an app developer. Whether you want to be an iOS or Android developer, you need to very clear about your career journey. Good news for you is that now we have plenty of platforms which provide you thousands of online courses for coding or programming. Many of them even free! Here are several options for your consideration:
- Coursera provide fundamental coding course from beginner to advanced. Some of popular courses are:
Python
Java
HTML and CSS
IoT programming
C language
Introduction to programming
- Codewars teach you how to code via challenges called kata. Over each kata, the level is more difficult. Some coding languages you can learn with Codewars include:
Java
Javascript
C #
Ruby
Python
SQL
- Code Academy is not new to coder. This is one of the most popular website for coder to learn coding for free and you can learn some popular languages
HTML
JavaScript
CSS
jQuery
PHP
Python
In addition, there are a lot of free sources out there you can use to learn code by yourself. All you need to do is to creat an account and learn by hard everyday to achieve your final destination.
Develop an app without coding
With this option, you need to pickup a platform for your own. In this case, you only need to learn to use available tools. However, you still have to have basic knowledge about apps development so that the tool could help you optimize your ideas. You can consider to use one of the platforms below:
Apperi.io
Appery is a cloud-based mobile app builder which will help you to create apps for Android or iOS. It includes Ionic, Apache Cordova (Phone Gap), and jQuery Mobile with access to its built-in components.
Mobile Roadie
Mobile Roadie is an app builder which allows you to create and manage iOS or Android app. The platform supports many media types, with automatic importing of RSS, Twitter, or Google News keywords.
AppMachine
AppMachine is an easy-to-use platform to build apps for both iOS and Android. With the drag-and-drop interface, you can easily design your app with available content such as video, image, etc. Also, you can choose your fonts, icons, colors in your own style making your app more unique.
Prepare plan before starting
Whether you choose first or second option, there is no doubt that you need to practice your skills a lot. You can organize your practice following these session:
01. Create your ideas
This is an important step to get the insights of what problems people are facing daily life. Since the ultimate purpose of creating an app is to address the daily needs of people
02. Lay out app details
One of the vital thing while developing a protocol is to make sure about the UI. The app need to be easy to understand. Besides, the features of the app should be match with customer’s needs. Building an excellent user interface will make users stick longer with your apps.
03. Find a consultant
You might be an person who has millions of ideas but you just can not design it as you want to. Therefore, it is important to find yourself a consultant or an app designer to help you complete your innitiative. At CMC Global, we provide wide range of services that can assist you in turning your idea into reality.
04. Testing
Last but not least, when you finished the app you need to go to testing part and find software bugs. You can do that by telling your friends to try on it to figure out or contacting us.
To conclude,before starting to learn mobile app developmet, take your time to think about a project you would like to work on while you will learn mobile app development.
