App Development – From Idea to Launch

🎯 Course Goal

To teach learners how to plan, design, build, and launch their own apps (mobile or web) using modern tools and frameworks.

👩‍🎓 Target Audience

• Beginners with no coding experience

• Entrepreneurs wanting to build apps for their business

• Students & professionals entering tech

• Freelancers who want to add app development to their skillset

📖 Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to App Development

• What is app development? (mobile, web, hybrid)

• Native vs. cross-platform apps

• Industry trends and career opportunities

Module 2: Planning Your App Idea

• How to brainstorm and validate ideas

• Creating user personas

• Writing a simple app requirements document (PRD)

• Mapping user journeys & features

Module 3: App Design Fundamentals

• Basics of UI/UX design

• Wireframing tools (Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD)

• Creating clickable prototypes

• Best practices for user-friendly design

Module 4: Development Approaches & Tools

• No-code/low-code tools (Glide, Bubble, Adalo)

• Cross-platform frameworks (React Native, Flutter)

• Native development (Swift for iOS, Kotlin/Java for Android)

• Setting up your development environment

Module 5: Building Your First App (Hands-On)

• Project setup (React Native or Flutter example)

• Creating screens & navigation

• Handling inputs and forms

• Connecting to APIs

Module 6: Working with Databases & Backend

• Introduction to backend & cloud services

• Firebase, Supabase, and AWS Amplify

• Storing & retrieving user data

• Authentication (login/signup with email or social)

Module 7: Adding Features & Functionality

• Push notifications

• In-app payments & subscriptions

• Geolocation & maps

• Camera, media, and device features

Module 8: Testing & Debugging

• Common bugs and how to fix them

• Testing on simulators and real devices

• Automated testing basics

• Debugging tools

Module 9: Publishing Your App

• Preparing for app store submission

• Apple App Store vs Google Play Store process

• App Store Optimization (ASO)

• Monetization models (ads, IAP, subscriptions)

Module 10: Scaling & Maintaining Your App

• Collecting user feedback

• Updating and adding new features

• Security & performance optimization

• Marketing and growing your user base

📂 Final Project

Learners will build a complete app (e.g., a task manager, recipe app, or fitness tracker) and:

• Design the wireframes

• Develop basic functionality

• Connect to a backend

• Test the app

• Prepare it for publishing