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Apps Help. Building a jewelry app.

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Psttt

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Hi there

My programing skills are rather poor, therefore I am pretty sure, I will need someone to built the app for me. But before I hire someone, I would like to understand what app development skill this work would reqire as it is hard to wrap my head around it. I see an app, very clean looking, minimalistic design. A big part of it would be a web store and the other part - a kind of DIY tool, that would allow building i.e. a bracelet from beads listed on the side menu under categories, giving a full image of created item and possibility to buy it. Beads would be of limited amount and that amount would be shown.
Does that make sense? Is this a big undertaking?
Do you see someone yet unskilled being able to create it in less than 12 months?
I appreciate all your input. Cheers!
 
Psttt said:
Hi there

My programing skills are rather poor, therefore I am pretty sure, I will need someone to built the app for me. But before I hire someone, I would like to understand what app development skill this work would reqire as it is hard to wrap my head around it. I see an app, very clean looking, minimalistic design. A big part of it would be a web store and the other part - a kind of DIY tool, that would allow building i.e. a bracelet from beads listed on the side menu under categories, giving a full image of created item and possibility to buy it. Beads would be of limited amount and that amount would be shown.
Does that make sense? Is this a big undertaking?
Do you see someone yet unskilled being able to create it in less than 12 months?
I appreciate all your input. Cheers!
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Consider the following:-

- Be comfortable with Java as a programming language
- Familiarisation with the Android development environment, including debugging your app
- Ability to write test cases for your app. Don't underestimate the time required for testing
- Artistic capability. To create a nicely polished app requires decent graphical elements (icons etc). If you can't create this stuff yourself, buy them, or hire someone to do it. The latter is not cheap.

Depending on how much time you can devote to this, and your current experience level, I would say 12 months is probably realistic if you were to take this on yourself, assuming you have the necessary skills, or ability to learn.
 
LV426 said:
Consider the following:-

- Be comfortable with Java as a programming language
- Familiarisation with the Android development environment, including debugging your app
- Ability to write test cases for your app. Don't underestimate the time required for testing
- Artistic capability. To create a nicely polished app requires decent graphical elements (icons etc). If you can't create this stuff yourself, buy them, or hire someone to do it. The latter is not cheap.

Depending on how much time you can devote to this, and your current experience level, I would say 12 months is probably realistic if you were to take this on yourself, assuming you have the necessary skills, or ability to learn.
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Thank you, very encouraging.
I make jewelry myself so I have a very precise image of this app and would prefer to build it on my own.
Im currently taking first steps in Android Studio. Would you recommend it?
Also, would it be a good idea to build a pretty basic looking app and then give it to a developer to polish it? Are things done this way at all?
 
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Psttt said:
Thank you, very encouraging.
I make jewelry myself so I have a very precise image of this app and would prefer to build it on my own.
Im currently taking first steps in Android Studio. Would you recommend it?
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Oh absolutely! It is the recommended development environment for Android, and IMO a top quality IDE, well it is Intellij, so I would expect no less. Best thing is, completely free! It has tons of sample projects, so you can use any of these to learn. In fact I would say this is the best way to get yourself started. Although I would also recommend purchasing a good book too.
Enjoy, it's really fun (well I think so, but I like this sort of thing)
 
LV426 said:
Oh absolutely! It is the recommended development environment for Android, and IMO a top quality IDE, well it is Intellij, so I would expect no less. Best thing is, completely free! It has tons of sample projects, so you can use any of these to learn. In fact I would say this is the best way to get yourself started. Although I would also recommend purchasing a good book too.
Enjoy, it's really fun (well I think so, but I like this sort of thing)
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Great and great. I so wanted to give it a go but needed come encouragement. Thank you!
 
Half the battle is coming up with an idea. Original ideas for apps are becoming a rarity, but even so, if your app has been done before, you may be able to do it better.
Sounds like you have a decent view of what you need it to look like, also a good thing.
If you can, try and sketch out the screen layouts, rough drawings will do the job.
 
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