- Episode #115
- Feb 12, 2022
- 51m
- 51m
Indie Dev #4 - Making an App Best-in-Class with Jordan Morgan
Indie Dev #4 - Making an App Best-in-Class with Jordan Morgan
Guest
Youtube Video - https://youtu.be/aMBoJDnBuSo
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Show Notes
- How to manage your time as a side gig
- How to decide what apps to work on
- Why learning about the competition is important
- Using SwiftUI and CloudKit in 2022
- How getting an acquired works
- On writing his book series - The Best-in-Class iOS App
- Why accessibility is important
- Can you learn design
- Why you shouldn't start with design
- Why you need to be able to describe your app in one sentence
- Pros and cons of low vs high fidelity
- Why the tone of your app is important
Social Media
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leo@brightdigit.com
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Credits
Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)