iPhone App Development - The Process

  The iPhone app development process is not all coding and confusing-looking techie jargon. In fact, the development of a great iPhone app depends just as much on practical planning, creative brainstorming and extreme attention to minute detail. Add all of these aspects together with the actual coding phase, and you have an iPhone app that is bound to be a favorite throughout America or even worldwide.


Here's a peek into the process that is necessary for an iPhone app to evolve from solid idea to an app everyone wants to download.


• Conceptualization - is the first step, and it's an important one. The iPhone developer maps out the concept itself by focusing on both the larger picture, which is the overall goal of the app, and the small, which are little intricacies that are going to make it wonderful. If the app developer is working with another person to make an idea come to life, they ask that person question after question regarding the app, making sure to leave no stone unturned. By the time that first piece of code is written, the finished product sits solidly in the good programmer's mind. Conversely, an iPhone developer who does not prepare may just begin writing code immediately and just see how it goes. This person will likely forget at least one piece of pertinent information.

• Planning - Once the programmer has reached this stage, it's time to lay out the pieces of the program to make sure that they all mesh. If the question hasn't already been asked regarding how well the public will embrace this app, it is definitely asked now. If similar apps are available, the developer will work to differentiate the app in order to make it more attractive.

• Coding - Finally, the actual code is written. Little details such as font size and color are given great attention, and the app is tested exhaustively to ensure that it is user-friendly and attractive