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Dear software people, mobile apps are just software

by wasigh on 2/1/12, 2:55 PM with 9 comments

• by bittermang on 2/1/12, 3:52 PM

  They are, and I think that's really the root of what people have been trying to say. However, because of the boom in mobile, and the shift in adoption away from Blackberry and toward iOS and Android devices on the Enterprise level, there has become a somewhat unrealistic expectation of both what can be accomplished with these devices or how fast something can be accomplished on these devices. I've experienced it myself.

  Of course they're capable of great things, and any competent development team should be able to accomplish these things in a reasonable amount of time. But that's the issue. Reason is being thrown out the window. I believe a large part of these "Dear people," articles RE: mobile development have been a mix of venting these frustrations, while trying to bring the discussion back to a rational place.

• by kentnguyen on 2/1/12, 4:02 PM

  I do understand that mobile apps are just software, however the way you approach an embedded app is very different from a web site.

  I'm not against your idea of viewing both the same, but in your post, there are many loose pointers, let me list a few here:

  * You mention creating of RESTful API like it's a walk in the park.

  * You take 2-5 days to create the flow of app and jump from mockups straight to testflight!?

  * You have a visual designer to implement your app?!

• by pooriaazimi on 2/1/12, 4:10 PM

  Many 'business' people see all those $0.99 and free apps on the App Store and automatically reason that it must be really easy to make and iOS app (if they required a lot of work, they wouldn't be that cheap. Would they?). I thinks this is what the original article was implying.

• by steele on 2/1/12, 3:31 PM

  I'd like to know more about iPone development.