How to Choose a Mobile Development Platform?
Mobile development basics
Development of mobile applications has long ceased to be a new trend. It is so popular that often mobile applications are developed much earlier than the company websites. And as the mobile communications become increasingly affordable, many new ways to develop applications for use in absolutely any circumstances appear. Any enterprise benefits when developers build mobile apps for them.
To successfully start at the mobile applications market, it is necessary to make some important decisions first. One of them is choosing the right application implementation technology.
What we strive to explain in this article?
This article describes the main currently available technologies and their characteristics in terms of usefulness for addressing specific business problems. We strive to help you choose the best development platform for mobile app, be it cross platform mobile development, Android app development or iOS app development.
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What are the main stages of application development planning?
Application development consists of several large stages. First, the basic idea emerges and the list of goals for the application is created. Such goals can be purely marketing, engineering or a combination of both. For example: to attract new and increase loyalty among existing users, to simplify the process of leading the customer from the first acquaintance to purchase, to optimize the online store’s interface for mobile devices, to identify the main target audience, to increase the coverage of the target audience. The business goals should dictate the choice of technology, not the other way around.
So, what is next?
When the tasks become more or less clear, the development team can start discussing the possible technical solutions, their pros and cons. For example, if alteration speed and audience coverage are most important, some other aspects (like a processing speed) can be sacrificed while choosing the technology that satisfies the task solving.
