Let’s start with some numbers. From 2 to 3 weeks. Or 14 to 21 days. Psychologists researchers discovered that our brain usually needs this amount of time to adapt to the new conditions. We need 21 days for a reorganization of our previous social existence. And now it has been about 2 months since we had to stay at home (I’m writing this based on my situation in Poland).
Today I’m going to talk about Mobile Development Trends… Yes! I know, as this is one of the most popular topics I’m sure you will find a lot of sources to read about it but hold on and stay with me because I’m not going to talk about any statistics. I’m going to share with you the interesting facts from my own investigations and experience as a Senior Mobile Developer in a software house. But before talking about “Mobile Development Trends” let’s focus on Mobile development itself. Why has it become so popular?
As iOS developers we have to track what is new in the iOS platform. All developers want to deliver the best designed application in code and design. Each year Apple as an owner of the platform prepares WWDC. Last year at the Worldwide Developer Conference 2019 Apple introduced many new things that all developers should know, especially Combine and SwiftUI. Today I would like to focus on the Combine framework.
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Did you know that Netflix started in 1997 with shipping DVDs? After 2007 the company transformed its business model and introduced online streaming content. Sure, it required a strong development background, but since that day, the number of users constantly grows. Right now, Netflix mobile app in Google Play achieved more than 8,4 million downloads. This success is impressive.
Some time ago, I decided to improve my skills related to frontend parts of web applications. From a list of the most popular JavaScript frameworks, I chose Vue and it was a love from the first 'To-do List'. The fruit of that love is Evally - an open-source single page application to evaluate and manage employees correspondingly to their soft and technical skills.
Podcasts popularity around the globe grows very rapidly. Need proof? In the United States alone within the last 13 years, the % of +12 years old Americans who at least once listened to podcasts rose from 10 to 51! It means, that by the end of 2019 around 144 million people in the USA were doing groceries, riding a bike or cleaning their houses, simultaneously getting some interesting information straight to their ears.
Each app entrepreneur's dream is to see his/her app in the App Store. Especially as the mobile app store owned by Apple revenue grows rapidly year to year! In 2019 it was estimated to be 54.2 billion $ compared to 2018 46.6 billion. So as you can see, there is definitely a huge potential of publishing your app in there!
So, you are looking for someone who will turn your amazing app idea into reality. Should I hire a software house or maybe a freelancer? That is probably the most common question that every rising product owner asks themselves.
It’s truly difficult to write about business these days. When most of the companies were publishing other pieces about remote work and how the pandemic will hit our economy, I was beating with thoughts in my head for days wondering, whether I should also approach this topic or not.
Running a business is not a piece of cake. Many projects fail or are discontinued while creating process. On the Internet, we can read about many different examples of unsuccessful stories.
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