Lessons From Switching From The Web To Building My First Android App
summary
Switch from web to mobile using Flutter and Kotlin alternatives, join a study group with a 3‑month goal, and build a working weather app called Wewe in under two months. Wewe calls the OpenWeatherMap API, shows temperature, wind and humidity, supports light/dark themes, and goes onto Google Play (Play Developer fee $25 paid). Lessons: pick a stack, use accountability, translate designer UI to code, read docs for deployment, and iterate (v2 and two more apps in progress).
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 1:37Stepping out of comfort zone
- 3:46Choosing Flutter for development
- 5:29Creating a study group
- 7:36Building the Wewe weather app
- 8:40Importance of user interfaces
- 9:44Impact on project management
- 11:13Sharing your journey
- 13:15Q&A: Development vs project management
- 13:46Q&A: Play Store upload process
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