![]() ![]() The focus on ViziApps isn’t to deny the existence of competing tools, some of which I’ll mention or refer to in the course of the book. I’m a certified ViziApps developer, created the training materials for the company, and do app development and periodic pre-sales and technical support for people considering using the tool. ![]() Why ViziApps? In the interests of full disclosure, I’m an independent consultant who’s been associated with the company almost since its founding. It provides an overview of mobile concepts and terminology, not comprehensively but enough to lead into the second goal, introducing you to a class of app development tools called DIY (Do It Yourself) tools and to actually use one of them, ViziApps Studio, to create an actual app as a demonstration and to get you going on your own app. This book has two goals that you’ll see reflected in its structure. Nevertheless, you can create custom apps that meet your needs and do so quickly and inexpensively - in days, not weeks or months. And even if you don’t have to work in code, you do have to be sure the app does what you need, is easy to use, and attractive, (and meeting those requirements can take a lot of work). You’re not going to build the next Angry Birdstm. Today, however, business users, not programmers, can create powerful apps without ever seeing code. ![]() A few years ago, that would have been impossible without a programmer. If only that app could be modified to do this. None of the many apps that you find may be quite right. You may find the right app in one of the stores. Do you need to create another app? The answer may be no. The obvious question is, why bother when thousands of apps are available today in the App Store and Play Store? One of them should meet your needs. The purpose of this book is to explain how to create a custom business app quickly, inexpensively, and in a way that’s responsive to user feedback or changing business conditions. If you’ve wanted to create an app for your company or organization but haven’t been able to justify spending tens of thousands of dollars and weeks or months of time, this book is for you. Introduction Welcome to this book on how to create mobile apps without needing a programmer. And as always, thanks to Connie for having the courage to come along with me as I jumped not just into a new tool but a whole new market (and a whole new world of technobabble). Thanks to Dan Kalagher, Ann Hewitt, and Shyam Svai for the help and suggestions (and to Dan for not laughing at me when I made the email client error). Thanks to David Asher of ViziApps for the advice and support in writing this book and helping pull me out of the deep end on occasion. Table of Contents Table of Contents Dedication Introduction Structure of This Book The DIY Mobile Blog 1 - Overview of Mobile Three Common Questions Why Go Mobile? How Are Apps Being Used? Speaking the Language of Mobile Introduction to DIY (Do It Yourself) App Authoring Tools 2 - Overview of ViziApps Overview of ViziApps (the Company) ViziApps Development Process 3 - Overview of DIY Hybrid App Design Overview of DIY App Design Features of an Effective App App Design Pointers Paper Prototyping 4 - ViziApps Page Elements Design Screen Hands-On - Create the Sample App’s Screens 5 -The Database ViziApps’ Data Source Options Google Drive Overview Google Drive Spreadsheets As An App Database Hands-On - Create the Google Drive Database 6 - Connecting the App to the Database Registering and Authenticating the API Data Management Commands Hands-On - Connect the App to the Database Using the Data Management Commandsħ - Non-Data ViziApps Features Non-Data ViziApps Features Alerts Button Camera CheckBox Email Hidden Fields HTML Panel Image Image Button Label Phone Picker Popup Web Page Push Notification Scan Bar Code or QR Code Signature Capture Slider Switch Table Text Area Text Field Text Messaging 8 - Publishing Publish Screen 9 - Creating Web Apps Introduction to Web Apps Differences in Creating Web and Hybrid Apps Using ViziApps Appendices Appendix A: Sources of Information Indexĭedication Thanks to ViziApps co-founders George Adams and Michael Kuperstein for creating one slick app authoring tool and giving me the opportunity to jump into the deep end of app development.
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