Have you ever wanted to create a mobile application, but didn’t know where to start? Do you have tons of ideas but no way to implement them? Join this session to gain insight into the landscape of Mobile Application Development. We will walk through the major mobile platforms, relevant tooling, and the secrets behind successful and popular mobile apps. Whether you are a longterm developer interested in pivoting to mobile or a non-technical entrepreneur looking to gain some technical insight , this session will give you the information you need to feel comfortable moving forward.

1. Beginner’s Guide To
Creating Mobile Apps
James Quick
@jamesqquick

2. Who Am I?

3. • Intro
• Major Platforms and How To
Build For Them
• Secrets Behind Successful
Apps
• Designing and Prototyping
• Advice Going Forward
Agenda

4. Tell Me About You
•Background
•Hobby Projects
•Ideas and Plans

7. Major Platforms and How To
Build For Them

9. IOS
•Build using Xcode and Objective C/Swift
•Runs on Ipad and Iphone
•Need a Mac
•The Most Self Contained
•Hardest Approval Process for Publishing

10. ANDROID
•Build using Android Studio and Java
•Runs on Phones and Tablets
•Mac or Windows
•The Least Locked Down
•Easiest Approval Process for Publishing

11. WINDOWS 10
•Build using Visual Studio and C#
•Runs on Phones, Tablets, PCs, HoloLens, Xbox, etc.
•Mac or Windows
•The Middle Self Contained
•Middle Approval Process for Publishing

12. THERE’S GOT TO BE A MORE EFFICIENT WAY…

13. Cross-Platform
Mobile Apps

14. Hybrid Mobile Applications
Every Website Can Become a Mobile
Application
Use Common Web Technologies
Write Once To Reach All Platforms

15. Cross Platform
Native
Applications

16. Xamarin’s Unique Approach
Shared C# codebase • 100% native API access • High performance
iOS C# UI Windows C# UIAndroid C# UI
Shared C# Mobile C# Server
Linux/Mono
CoreCLRAzure
Shared C# Client/Server

18. The
GreatDebate

20. No Code Solutions
• Construct 2
• App Studio
• MIT’s App Inventor

21. Secrets Behind Successful Mobile
Applications

22. What do you think?

23. 3 Components of a Successful App
•Connectedness
•UI/UX
•Up to Date

24. Ask Yourself…

25. Do Your Users Feel
Connected and
Engaged?

26. Is Your App Aesthetic and Easy to Use?

27. Are You Using The Latest and
Greatest Features

28. Designing and Prototyping

29. •Idea
•Sketch
•Design
•Prototype

31. Sketch 3
Adobe Illustrator/
Photoshop

32. Invision
Proto.IO
Mavel App
Pop App
PROTOTYPING

33. Benefits
• Provides Something Tangible
• Forces Consideration of Different Use Cases
• Development Becomes Easier

34. Advice Going
Forward

35. Do your research…

37. Does it
work on all
of these?

38. Resources
Mobile Platforms
• Apple Developer - https://developer.apple.com/
• Android Developer - https://developer.android.com/index.html
• Windows Developer - https://developer.microsoft.com/
Design and Prototype
• Adobe Creative Cloud - http://www.adobe.com/creativecloud.html
• Sketch 3 - https://sketchapp.com/
• Invision - https://www.invisionapp.com/
• Pop App - https://popapp.in/
Learn Startup - http://theleanstartup.com/
Native Vs Hybrid –
• http://julyrapid.com/hybrid-vs-native-mobile-app-decide-5-minutes/
• http://www.ymedialabs.com/hybrid-vs-native-mobile-apps-the-answer-is-clear/

39. Download Xamarin Tools
http://xamarin.com/download
Xamarin Documentation, Tutorials, Videos
http://docs.xamarin.com
Xamarin Evolve Conference Videos
http://evolve.xamarin.com
Xamarin University
http://xamarin.com/university
Xamarin Official Blog
http://blog.xamarin.com
James Montemagno’s Blog
http://motzcod.es
Wally McClure Blog (Xamarin MVP)
http://weblogs.asp.net/wallym
Greg Shackles Blog (Xamarin MVP)
http://www.gregshackles.com
Xamarin Resources

40. THANK
YOU!!
@jamesqquick