Blog: Top 10 misleading ideas that don’t work in application development

Subject/Title: Top 10 misleading ideas that don’t work in application development

Type of Content: A blog post that covers the DB Best expertise in application development. Based on the real customer’s stories.

Target audience: Potential clients, startups, business owners, not highly technical people, who actually value their time and money and want to get the result.

Summary of Content: Our goal is to showcase our rich experience with application development. Basically, we say that we’ve seen it all, and here’s the list of “bad” ideas. We then can show this post to the customer in case they want to implement one of these delusions.

1. Adding more developers will increase the speed of delivery

Adding new developers actually slows things down. It’s all about coordination and wisely spreading the tasks within the existing team.

2. You can easily add a new feature into the application

Well, you need to consider the architecture of your application. It’s so easy to break everything rather than add a new feature. And, of course, you should carefully integrate this new feature with other components.

3. Developers can work with somebody else’s code as well as with their own

Very often it’s easier to re-write the code from scratch than to discover how it all works (or why it’s not actually working). So, it’s important to keep the experienced and committed developers working on your project.

4. Project estimate is the actual time when the project will be completed

At the end of the day, the estimate is only an approximation. You should clearly understand this. The things may go even faster but at the same time, the developers’ team can discover some pitfalls that require the workarounds.

5. Application release marks the end of the development process

Application development process never ends. You need to constantly update and improve your app, add new features. So, after you release an app, you start the ongoing application development phase.

6. After deploying your application to the app store you can sit and wait for the profit

You need to promote your application with a wise marketing strategy. Literally, you need to showcase the app to your potential users.

7. You have to add all application features into the initial release

We recommend starting with an MVP. Bringing the core app feature to the market ASAP, you can get the feedback from the real users and then plan the upgrade of the application based on this feedback.

8. Always utilize modern (popular) technologies

Consider leveraging proven solutions.

For example, one of our customers insists on creating an iPad app using React Native simply because this technology is trendy. They don’t need a cross-platform solution but still, they don’t want to create an application using native Swift. (c) Valeriya Voloshyna

9. You can skip the business analysis step

Very often our customers create wireframes by themselves. In complex projects, you really do need a professional BA.

10. Always create a specific design for your application

The design of your application should align with iOS and Android guidelines. Otherwise, the developers will need to create menus, buttons, and controls from scratch. And this approach may lead to many issues.

Creating and implementing your own design takes a lot of time. I strongly recommend utilizing native solutions to make the app compatible with all devices on the market. (c) Alexander Lytvyn