Hi CC fans. I am looking to get an app developed hopefully. I know nothing about this. AI has said that with AI guidance I can develop an app on Bubble.com.
I am only a little tech savy. Mainly patient but this seems a huge undertaking.
There are so many very clever people on here, I thought I'd ask for your helpful opinions. Keyword Helpful.
Thank you in advance.
Thank you for your support. I appreciate it. I've started…..tediously, on bubble, at no charge for 2 weeks. I am using AI to guide me. As described in a lower comment, it needs to have many workings, provide information, sell advertising etc but I want to be professional. So far today, day 1 I've walked away from my laptop.
There are plenty of AI-assisted app creation tools now available, I'd say just pick one and start writing. Two that I've used are Bolt.new and Lovable - they're very easy to use and there are tons of tutorials if you get stuck. You literally just tell it what you want and it will write the entire app for you - I'm simplifying here, in practice it ranges between simple to very tedious, but this is where you probably should start.
If it's anything more than a very basic app you'll need to pay for a subscription for these services, and they will not produce a "customer ready" app, at best you can consider it a proof of concept. For production you'll need more help: for example addressing security, data storage, backups, monetisation (if that's a goal), login and user management, etc. AI can help with most of these but it would help if you can find someone at this point who knows software and can advise on next steps and what's important.
Good luck!
I should clarify that these tools will create "web apps" or apps that run through your browser, although they can be packaged into something to install on a mobile if that's what you want, but that's much more complex.
Thank you for your insight. It all is very helpful. It will have payment facilities. It will be a busy complicated system, an app for the phone. It will have information, services and advertising for services. I will read your comment again and learn more. Thank you
I'm no website or app developer, but the advice I was once given is:
Start with a website. That way it's open to all users initially. Wix is very easy to start with. Basically click and drag. You can also import your own images etc.
Start with a website. That way it's open to all users initially.
I completely agree with this.
Forcing people to install software in order to interact with you is not a good idea and is very 'nineties'. Of course, many people won't get it, so if you are aiming at, shall we say, the shallower end of the gene pool, then it probably won't do you much harm, in which case, cue the clueless :-)
Your comment is very condescending and insulting. I hope that it made you feel better.
Thanks :-)
I am a software dev and use AI daily. Depending on what you want to develop these tools are getting really good to make quick progress without development experience and minimal outlay.
Jump in and give it a go you’ll be surprised at far you can go these days.
Ps: I mainly use Claude code and Codex aimed at more the professional side.