How to Build a Web App in 48 Hours!
Do you have an idea for a web app? Looking to get it ramped up with a quickness? Here are some steps that will help you fly through a 48 hour development blitz.
Assemble Your Team
If you can handle design and development, good for you. Move on. If you are an entrepreneur with an idea and no tech skills you are going to need a team. Ideally you want a bad ass developer and a bad ass designer. Yes you can find crossbreeds, but with the time constraint, you will need your team focused on their work. Two heads are always better than one anyway. The technology doesn’t really matter. I suggest you use developers fimilar with open source frameworks like Ruby on Rails, Symfony, or Django. You may also want a sys admin on your team that understands Unix/Linux if your developer can’t handle it. Oh, have your team ready before the 48 hours begins!
Brainstorm
So, you have this killer idea and you want to get something rolling. Start the session with some brainstorming. You can brainstorm solo or with your team depending on their skill set and future involvement. Too many heads in the brainstorming phase can sometimes not be good. Either way, you need to get your idea down on paper. Draw some wireframes simple wireframes and screen flows. Make the largest list of features possible. Spend 2 hours max on brainstorming and get as much down on paper as possible. Set an alert to let you know when you are getting close to the 2 hour limit.