My app, Grades, was featured by Apple and did pretty well. Through telling the story I weave in many of the lessons I wish I had known at the start. Skip to slide 75 to get to the iPhone specific stuff.
This is NOT about me - I hope it inspires you to start getting curious and build awesome stuff.
129. Native VS Web-based
+ More familiar to web
developers
+ Multi-platform
- Slower
- Easy to make an app
that doesn’t follow
conventions
- Sometimes limiting
+ More valuable
skill
+ More control
+ Fewer limits
- Hard
- Not multi-
platform
132. Download the SDK for
free
$100/year to submit apps to the store and
test them on actual devices (otherwise use
the simulator to test)
Only works on a Mac
199. How to get featured
• Good idea
• Great design
• If you can use features unique to the
iPhone or that show off technology from
the most recent IOS update
• Make your own splash by starting
marketing early