iPad, iPhone and Android Online App Design: One (£45) or Two (£80) Courses on Building, Development, and Marketing (Up to 87% Off)

Broadway dancers are great at racking up high scores on mobiles games as they have an uncanny knack for tapping. Drum up some new skills with today’s Groupon for a mobile phone app development online course, distributed by Excel with Business. Choose from the following options:

• £45 for one subscription (85% Off)

• £80 for two subscriptions (87% Off)



Catapulting aspiring designers like furious fowls into the world of apps, this innovative course allows twitchy fingers to get tapping out their own with a simple syllabus for beginners. The program was put together by award-winning app-writing mastermind, Chris Stevens, who also boasts best-seller status after penning two books with tips on how to soar through the app universe. The colourful and engaging syllabus covers 18 units which break down the process bit by bit, from forming an idea, understanding code and touch screen functions, to marketing the finished product. Students can then measure their progress in a 30 minute test, ending with answers and results, a nifty certificate, and a self-bump of congratulations.

The Specifics

• Course written by best-selling app author, Chris Stevens
• Course syllabus in PDF format; simple and colourful layout featuring interactive exercises and videos
• Targeted at those wanting to make an app for themselves or their company
• Covers both Android and Apple platforms
• Practically designed, assuming no prior technical knowledge
• Course designed to be completed in 12 to 16 hours with the help of Excel with Business's online course diagnostic
• Accessible at any time for up to 12 months
• PDF course content is downloadable for offline use
• 30 minute test with 40 multiple choice questions
• Certificates on completion of course and test

 

Syllabus

1. Introducing the App 
2. Basic platform considerations
3. The killer App idea 
4. Dealing with clients 
5. Finding a programmer 
6. Working without a client 
7. How to handle Apple Inc. 
8. Planning your designs 
9. Partnering with a programmer 
10. Code learning Zone: Programming for Android and iOS 
11. Top tips for touch-screen design 
12. The ‘feature fallacy’ and how to avoid it 
13. Prototyping 
14. Building an app, incl. using third-party software 
15. Integrating sound 
16. Understanding games 
17. Submitting and marketing your app 
18. Pricing your app

About Course Writer, Chris Stevens

• Has designed multiple number one apps
• Has shipped over 500,000 mobile apps to date
• Author of best-selling app-design books, ‘Designing for the iPad’ and ‘Appillionaires’
• Featured in Apple's global TV ad campaigns for the iPad
• Has won two Kirkus awards for his apps
• Has won a Guardian Media Award for his work as a journalist
• Designer of ‘Alice’ for the iPad

More About Excel with Business

Positively oozing with technological know-how, Excel with Business delivers this wisdom in digestible form to eager minds and businesses around the UK and across the globe. Though the company was formed just a few short years ago, it has since received a firm handshake from prestigious partners such as AAT and ICAEW.

How It Works

1. Buy your Groupon
2. After the deal ends we email you the Groupon, containing your 'Groupon code'
3. Your Groupon activates at 8pm; check Groupon PDF voucher for start date
4. Go to apps.excelwithbusiness.com
5. In the checkout, enter your Groupon code; found on the emailed PDF

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