The Non-Technical Person's Guide to Building Products and Apps

Overview

The Non-Technical Person's Guide to Building Products and Apps from Udemy is divided into six easy-to-follow sections that comprehensively cover all you need to know to take an idea from napkin to launch. This course isn't theory; it's 100% application.

Nowadays, anyone who has an idea is told that they have to "learn to code" or "find a partner," but learning how to code isn't realistic; it takes years to get good at and forces you to neglect your other skill set. Plus, finding a technical partner is insanely difficult because everyone is trying to do it, and if you do find someone, it's going to be really expensive.

If you have an idea you don't need to learn how to code and you don't need to sacrifice half of your vision to someone "technical." As an entrepreneur, a freelancer, or even a small business owner you need to learn how to independently test and launch your ideas - without anyone else's help. This course will show you how. 

Students at The Non-Technical Person's Guide to Building Products and Apps from Udemy will:

• Quickly validate your ideas using five different techniques

• Build a landing page that converts with Launchrock

• Run validation campaigns through Facebook and Google

• Interpret the results of your validation campaigns and understand basic web analytics

• Wireframe from scratch with Balsamiq and produce a mockup of YouTube

• Determine the best (and cheapest) way of getting your app designed

• Manage design freelancers and be effective at negotiating a lower price

• Start a web design contest and receive up to 40 free designs to choose from

• Make use of free and premium templates to skip the graphic design process entirely

• Put together a design packet for the design process

• Find and vet developers from three different online sources

• Test developers with small amounts of investment before committing to them

• Find the best deals on contractors to save the most money

• Avoid the common pitfalls of contracting

• Streamline communication with your development team

• Bug test web and mobile applications effectively and professionally

• Understand the basics of startup traction and how product quality plays into that

• Leverage your MVP to recruit and attract investment capital