What to create first? Website or Mobile App?
I've been studying for some time a concept of an idea that I had, and finally the time has come to make it happen, but the doubt came, my project can be either a web site or a mobile application, but what to create first? Or can I create a website and convert it to an app later? It's important to mention that this will be my MVP to present to future VC's.
I'm a big believer in Jake Knapp's book Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days. Your goal is always to get the most information about your idea validated in the quickest way.
Right now you need a MVP to show to people to generate interest. Web is quicker and easier. It can be mobile first design. You can make it a PWA quickly.
We built Didero as a web site, and are now trying to make time to build a PWA for it so it can be both a web site and an app. From what I know so far, this is what I'd recommend to others, too.
I would say go for app first if you can. Everyone has a smart phone and it’ll be easier for them to access. You can just build a landing page that leads them to downloading the app.
If I can go back with my project, I would start with app first.
Actually, it depends on your product type and who is the main user based. So for that, you need to do research. You can initially lunch your app either desktop or mobile you can collect feedback. Between this time you can work opposite platform in parallel and save your time.
You can make the website responsive, which would then work for both mobile and desktop.
It's quite hard to say for sure without knowing anything about the product though
It will be a tool used to get a job, it has profiles, questionnaires, and maps.
It doesn't sound like a project that needs to be a mobile app at all. I would recommend looking into mobile first responsive web design. Here's a decent article on the topic :
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/01/guidelines-for-responsive-web-design/
By building the product in such a way, you would satisfy both desktop and mobile users. Once the product has a decent following, you could consider launching a mobile app to supplement the website
I'll check it out, thanks, great contribution, success
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