Building your own app

If you are reading this book and you are new to software development, then this is the right time to put all you have learned together in a real-world application. Go and discover the UI libraries mentioned in the previous section and create a new project.

Are you struggling to come up with an idea for an app? The best way to start is to work on a real-world app that you or someone around you will use. If you are not yet ready to develop apps to be used by others, develop apps for yourself. Here is a list of good ideas for you to get started with:

• Develop a time management app where you can track your work and study time
• Develop an expenses tracker app to track and manage all your expenses
• If any of your family or friends have a small business, consider developing an app to automate their work and track their accounting
• If you love racing, you can develop apps to extract insights about Formula 1 races using what you have learned and leverage...