30-Day Plan to build a Side Project -For Beginners

Devs, It's the first Monday of the month 🗓️

If you start today, in the next 4 weeks, you can have a working and live side project 🚀

Here is a 30 Day step by step process. 🧵

I have created a detailed Google Sheet of the 30-day plan. Check the link of this post to access it

Mentioned below is the very trimmed-down version of the plan, just for your high-level understanding and to get you motivated and excited.

You can refer to the mentioned Google sheet that has a detailed plan and tracking (More on that later), but for now, keep reading

Remember you are building in public. Use #buildinpublic in your tweets

Tweet every day and post on LinkedIn about your progress

Keep announcing the wins as well as failures.

Let's begin 🚀

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Week 1 - Planning 📋

Monday: Brainstorming ideas (Light Activity)
Tuesday: Research ideas
Wednesday: Research existing tools
Thursday: Finalise the idea
Friday: (Get serious) Create product Roadmap & Milestones
Saturday: Continue with the roadmap
Sunday: Create next week's content

Week 2 - Getting Started 🛴

Monday: Take a Break
Tuesday: Setup Dev env, tools & frameworks
Wednesday: Work on the DB & structure
Thursday: Continue with the previous task
Friday: (Get serious) Start with the core logic & functionality
Saturday: Continue with the previous
Sunday: Create next week's content

Week 3 - Build 🛠

Monday: Break
Tuesday: Build core functionalities
Wednesday: Build core functionalities
Thursday: Build core functionalities
Friday: (Get serious) Complete the core functionalities
Saturday: Work on supplementary features
Sunday: Finish supplementary features & content

Week 4 - Ship 🚀

Monday: Take a break
Tuesday: Finish the basic UI and test it
Wednesday: Deploy for beta
Thursday: Allow your connections to test it
Friday: Fix bugs and test
Saturday: Fix bugs and test
Sunday: Release

The next voyage begins once you release your product.
More on that in upcoming posts, but for now...

Enjoy the process as much as you can 🧨

Do whatever, but don't deviate from this plan.

Remember, in 4 weeks you can do something that can have the potential to change your life

Check the link to access the Google Sheet