Develop Yourself

#125 - Your Side Project Cheat Sheet - 6 steps to create cool sh*t


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You want to build an amazing side project but you donโ€™t know where to start.

โŒ TODO app?
โŒ Clone of that other app that you use?
โŒ Tutorial project?

When Iโ€™m not sure what I want to build, I do this:

  • Start with the data - what API can you use which may have some interesting information?
  • What features can you construct around the API? For example, a real time stock API could be used to trigger an alert to a user when it dips below a certain threshold
  • Figure out the minimal amount of features
  • What is the user flow? What happens when a user goes to your app? What is the feature they interact with and how is the data surfaced?
  • Pick a combination of new and familiar technologies
  • Get stuck, read the docs and build your way out of the hole youโ€™ve dug ๐Ÿ˜…
  • Gain more practical knowledge than a 100 hour course could ever offer you

Check out the side project template here ๐Ÿ‘‰ Your Side Project Template

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