How to choose a design \ platform for a product?
I have an idea for a product to be used by am individual. I would like to have an offline web app. But I also want the app to be available on mobile phones. How can I achieve offline capabilities that works like n mobile desktop. thank
Assess your options first from the platform level.
The maturity of web frameworks and mobile features will be key, but some of the other things you should consider are:
- Development costs (open source or licensed)
- Ease of development
- Install technologies on the stack (SQL / Win /. Net / Asp.net vs. Oracle / Solaris / Tomcat / Java EE vs. LAMP, etc.)
- Availability of skillsets for development and support.
Your options for web / disabled / desktop / mobile can be put on any of the above platforms as well as some others.
Choose carefully and good luck!
As I understand it, your application is for personal use only. And since you are on an equal footing, I can assume that you are a developer yourself. If so, you should answer the following questions:
- What language / platform are you comfortable with?
- What are the free tools available?
- Does the platform support RAD (Rapid Application Development)?
- Can you use any free database or do you need to invest in a database?
- Where are you going to post your expressions? What platforms are supported by the hosting provider?
For design, pl will post some of the high-level requirements / functionality of the application so people can suggest something.