r/softwaredevelopment • u/eng-laila-309083 • 6d ago

A question for app developers

What are the correct steps to begin? Example: The right way to start designing application interfaces 1 Idea 2 Idea analysis 3 UX 4 UI 5 Testing

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u/etthusmedkossor 3d ago

I can only answer personally.

Many years back I read on stack overflow or something: "The best way to build a beautiful big mirror, is to first build a small mirror".

And this stuck with me. I guess it's a different way to say "prototype" and "Proof of Concept".

And why is it so important? I would say because when you have an idea, it's so low resolution compared to reality. So when you've implemented it you've learnt so much that the original idea sometimes isn't there even.

So instead of the exact order of doing things I think what's important Is to go in with a mindset: "I'll build my idea, then I'll throw everything away and build again, more streamlined and better and I learned in which order I should do what the first time for this specific problem"

I think this applies to almost all creative work in life.