After going through customer discovery and development phases I felt that I was ready to move onto the MVP. While still looking for people with complimentary strengths, I’ve spent time over the past couple of months working on my HTML / CSS / JavaScript skills using sites like Codecademy and Treehouse, as well as doing some courses using Udemy, Udacity and Coursera (it is a golden age for online learning!).
To build the MVP I’ve started sketching out the features using some online tools. I moved from a paper sketch:
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A basic layout of the home page concept on paper
After that I started blocking out the wireframe using Balsamiq’s online app which connects with my Google Drive:
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Blocking out the home page with Balsamiq’s Chrome app
And then I took the Balsamiq mockup and used Easel.io to make a clickable prototype:
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Full colour mockup using easel.io
The great thing about Easel.io is that you can then download the HTML & CSS to continue working on the design and programming in an editor (I”m using SublimeText2).
The next step is to finish the code using HTML / CSS / JavaScript and then deploy it live to gain more feedback in a live situation.
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