How do I structure my first app build?

Question

What is best practise for where to start when building an app?

Answer 1

I would say that you want to go into it with a fairly good idea of what you want and or need to do. Using agile methods to plan out your app first is a great practice. In agile, you start with an epic. Epics are the highest level explanation of your solution. Epics are decomposed into Features and features into user stories. Each focused on the goal rather than the actual implementation so you don't have to draw up an exact schematic of how to make your solution. Azure DevOps (formerly visual studio online) is free and has an agile process for work items and back logs built in. If you map out your solution this way, then size the user stories, it becomes very easy to know where to start. Read up on agile or just make a list but definitely spend some time locking in your ideas before you start coding too much.

Answer 2

thanks Kail,

Will try this in Azure!