This will be a quick entry, but you may have noticed that although Avocado Writer is free with ads, and there is an IAP to remove said ads, there um.. Well, there are no ads. I don’t know why, I’ve had my other apps work with their ad units within minutes of them being setup.…
(Just meeting Project Avocado now? Check out Part 1; I am not your Guru, here) At the time of writing this, I have released Project Avocado and released two updates in the two days since. This means I can tell you how long it took to build. 10 hours. Now, that’s not a lot. However…
If you’re anything like me, (and even if you’re not) you need to not rely on your memory for things you are putting in your backlog. Things you try to remember will Get forgotten Become rubbery and unfocused Prevent you from being able to focus. So it’s important to have a list. It has to…
Reading along? Start at the beginning of Project Avocado or check out the previous post Show Me Already! OK, so I made a point last post about not getting caught up on small details and get your product in front of customers as soon as possible to confirm the idea and get feedback. But you…
Here it is; the first (mostly) functional alpha build of Project Avocado. There’s about 3 hours in it at the moment**. Most of that is setting things up; Reserve it in the Microsoft Store. Setup a OneDrive OAuth (for backup and restore). App Center (anonymous metrics and crash reporting). Creating an IAP (In App Purchase).…
When I was first getting started developing, I used almost nothing in the way of tools to help me. The sheer abundance of choice had me paralyzed. Well, after a couple of years I have a veritable tool belt which I use most, if not every, day. I thought i’d share these with you and…
As important a question as asking yourself what your project is, ensure you ask yourself what is it not? (see part 2, where to start, here) You can learn a lot from this, it’s important to not be a monster app. Consider your scope, your market, monetizatioon and how they fit together. I’ve made this…
(Part 1; I am not your Guru, is here.) Lets begin with me saying Thank you, for your patience: Thank you. I know there was a delay between the idea of documenting this and now but here we go. So, what is it? A simple, local, affordable markdown editor. Wait, what? Yeah, so the idea…