The art of the App Store : the business of Apple development /
A unique behind-the-scenes look at what makes an application succeed in the App Store With this invaluable book, Tyson McCann offers a non-technical look at all aspects of the iPhone application development landscape and gets to the core of what makes a popular--and profitable--application. From kno...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Indianapolis, IN :
John Wiley & Sons,
[2012]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. A brief history of time in the App Store
- Time in a table
- The early App Store
- The modern App Store
- Summary
- Chapter 2. Setting your goals, costs, and expectations
- Confronting the "hero inventor" syndrome
- Considering your fundamental costs
- Considering your optional costs
- Managing your expectations
- Summary
- Chapter 3. Researching the App Store market
- Examining the numbers and trends
- Making decisions based on research
- Analyzing successful apps
- Analyzing unsuccessful apps
- Mixing and Matching
- Summary
- Chapter 4. Knowing your customer
- Understanding App Store demographics
- Meeting your customer's expectations
- Summary
- Chapter 5. Plotting the stages of development
- Leadership and your team
- Concept through release
- Summary
- Chapter 6. Guidelines and expectations for developing your app
- Potential risk and reward
- App Store business models
- Creating for a multitasking world
- The half-second window
- Depicting the physical world
- Summary
- Chapter 7. Creating free and freemium apps
- App revenue terminology
- Business reasons behind revenue models
- Considering risks and rewards
- How to succeed with a free app
- How to succeed with a freemium app
- Summary
- Chapter 8. Creating paid and premium apps
- Business reasons behind revenue models
- Considering risks and rewards
- How to succeed with paid apps
- Summary
- Chapter 9. Adopting Apple's approach
- Infusing an insane amount of care
- Adapting apps to iPad
- Case study : Tapbots
- Summary
- Chapter 10. Riding the social networking wave
- Fostering the ultimate viral marketing : social networks
- Taking cues from Facebook
- Ignoring Facebook conventions
- Rewarding users for promoting your app
- Social interaction as Features
- Providing the tools for users to connect
- Summary
- Chapter 11. Feedback, maintaining, and scaling
- Evaluating feedback
- Maintenance isn't just fixing, it's marketing
- Scaling
- Summary
- Appendix A. Reading list of recommended books
- App development
- Creativity and inspiration
- Appendix B. Online resources
- Research and metrics
- Planning and communicating
- Developing
- Marketing
- Index.