Practices to be followed while developing mobile App

Actually, development of mobile applications is exciting and full of opportunities, as every day there is launching of new devices from smartphones to tablets extending boundaries of what users can do. This brings new development issues into picture including-devices to be targeted, creating simple still impactful applications, and security of the data that is uploaded and downloaded.

Consumerization of IT industry made corporate users to ingress enterprise data from mobile devices which may be their own or developed by their internal IT department. This leads to situation where developers may not know the target platform and thus there is need of multi-platform or cross-platform efforts.

Some of the practices one should take care of while developing mobile application are listed in this article.

1. Methodology
2. Design
3. Development skills
4. Management
5. Security of data
6. Testing
7. User experience
8. Application analytics
9. Often updates within application

Consistent application development requires implementation of five steps in collaboration with above practices:

1. Optimize development and testing efforts by accurately identifying which platforms to target, whether for internal or external deployment. This facilitates a better return on development and testing investment.
2. Employ consistent and reliable development practices across all leading platforms. This facilitates consistency in look-and-feel of applications, reusability of code components, and more-easily programmed updates.
3. Collaborate extensively. Coding, testing, graphical design, and user experience skills should be incorporated in the application development team to help applications to fulfill users’ requirements.
4. Customize distribution mechanisms appropriately. This allows initial downloads through managed application stores, periodic updates, and integrated device management for security purposes.
5. Follow and explore emerging technologies. With mobile technology still growing, developers should look for ways to make applications perform even more efficiently, in terms of speed as well as features.