App Creation

[Mr. Wade Garrett]

Any of you jabroni millenials familiar with app development?

Ive got an idea for one but dont want to partner with some dickhead app development company that will sheister me out of my millions.

 

[AvalonFal]

What makes you think it'll be any different with someone from here??

 

[tjc3844]

Any of you jabroni millenials familiar with app development?

Ive got an idea for one but dont want to partner with some dickhead app development company that will sheister me out of my millions.

Half of the loot is better than none of it. Get yourself a patent lawyer!

 

[Mr. Wade Garrett]

What makes you think it'll be any different with someone from here??

Meh. Thought there may be an inherent comraderie / lack of screwing over a fellow young alum.

 

[NickleDimer]

My app idea: a sports weather app that doesn't give you any weather info, it just pulls up an event from the history of your favorite sports team and tells you that's how you will feel today.

20 below and 18 inches of snow? Ryan Howard contract extension before he hits free agency. 80 degrees and no clouds or humidity? A short video of Scottie Reynolds hitting a floater vs. Pitt.

 

[nardibynature123]

Meh. Thought there may be an inherent comraderie / lack of screwing over a fellow young alum.

You aren't that young.

 

[Mr. Wade Garrett]

You aren't that young.

Yeah. Kind of meant "a fellow alum who happens to be young."

But i was under the impression no one was enough of a c unt to actually care.

 

[FreddyShoop]

My app idea: a sports weather app that doesn't give you any weather info, it just pulls up an event from the history of your favorite sports team and tells you that's how you will feel today.

20 below and 18 inches of snow? Ryan Howard contract extension before he hits free agency. 80 degrees and no clouds or humidity? A short video of Scottie Reynolds hitting a floater vs. Pitt.

That is -- by far -- the stupidest idea I've ever heard.

 

[NickleDimer]

That is -- by far -- the stupidest idea I've ever heard.

I'm sure it pales in comparison to the gold that is discussed in your local Panera during the entrepreneur's club meeting.

 

[YAWN!]

Half of the loot is better than none of it. Get yourself a patent lawyer!

Preferably a fat one in NY.

 

[FreddyShoop]

I'm sure it pales in comparison to the gold that is discussed in your local Panera during the entrepreneur's club meeting.

We meet at Caribou.

 

[mpwalsh8]

Any of you jabroni millenials familiar with app development?

Ive got an idea for one but dont want to partner with some dickhead app development company that will sheister me out of my millions.

I wrote this one for our local high school: http://m.apexcougarclub.org

It isn't a true "App" per se as it isn't a native IOS or Android installed application. Instead it is a Mobile Web App written in Ruby on Rails and jQuery Mobile. It will run in any modern browser but looks best on a phone or tablet. It even installs a launch icon on your device if you allow it to.

Mobile Web Apps (and there are number of platforms to build them with) have pros and cons. They are very quick to get up and running and easy to iterate on quickly. You lose some of the native functionality of a mobile platform but for a lot of use cases, that is no big deal.

I had never written anything in Ruby before I did this - it is pretty easy to pick up.

If your App idea doesn't involve a lot of data or screens, you may be able to prototype the whole thing with jQuery Mobile. This book walks you through the process: http://amzn.com/1449397654

 

[adp98]

How do you monetize apps that are provided for free? Can someone give me a primer/examples as to how this works?

 

[nardibynature123]

How do you monetize apps that are provided for free? Can someone give me a primer/examples as to how this works?

AD SPACE

 

[obriend1]

Or in app purchases. F'ing Clash of Clans got me for a few dollars before.

 

[VURambler]

I wrote this one for our local high school: http://m.apexcougarclub.org

It isn't a true "App" per se as it isn't a native IOS or Android installed application. Instead it is a Mobile Web App written in Ruby on Rails and jQuery Mobile. It will run in any modern browser but looks best on a phone or tablet. It even installs a launch icon on your device if you allow it to.

Mobile Web Apps (and there are number of platforms to build them with) have pros and cons. They are very quick to get up and running and easy to iterate on quickly. You lose some of the native functionality of a mobile platform but for a lot of use cases, that is no big deal.

I had never written anything in Ruby before I did this - it is pretty easy to pick up.

If your App idea doesn't involve a lot of data or screens, you may be able to prototype the whole thing with jQuery Mobile. This book walks you through the process: http://amzn.com/1449397654

Steve Wozniak over here...

 

[mpwalsh8]

Steve Wozniak over here...

I guess I resemble that remark ... being a EE will do that to a person.