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The gap between great app concept and actual working mobile app is wide. Whether your coding skills are limited, or your budget to hire an outside dev is lacking, developing data-driven mobile apps can prove prohibitive to many people with innovative ideas.
As app development becomes more essential to entrepreneurs and creatives alike, the tools to build complex apps are becoming more accessible. One great example of this trend: Dropsource, a browser-based, drag-and-drop interface for developing working iOS and Android apps.
This isn’t a paint-by-numbers affair a la Squarespace. You’ll need a basic grasp of how data-driven mobile apps work and what you want to accomplish. But Dropsource does make for a much faster — and therefore much more affordable — app prototyping process that doesn’t require a dedicated dev team.
With Dropsource, building and launching data-driven apps becomes a matter of days as opposed to weeks or months.
Dropsource: A visual tool for building mobile apps
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With a solid understanding of modern mobile concepts, you can quickly master Dropsource. You simply arrange and tweak elements in an intuitive visual interface, and the software spits out fully functional source code for native mobile apps (both iOS and Android).
Everything fully integrates with databases and REST APIs. Public API providers like Facebook and Google plug right into your app quickly and easily, as do BaaS providers and internal enterprise systems, putting the full potential of data at your fingertips.
Visually, you won’t be stuck with an app that looks like it came from an overused template. Dropsource offers fine-grained control so your app will be as unique as your vision. You’ll use customized logic, transitions and plugins to create apps with genuine native functionality.
Test app ideas and iterate quickly
Dropsource is an easy way to create beautiful and fully functional apps. You’ll be freed from asking your partners and clients to imagine what they’ll see once the development team turns out the latest version — just build the thing and put the app in people’s hands.
You can test your ideas and quickly iterate upon them. This eliminates the need for static mockups and slow, costly outsourced testing.
Instead, you’ll gather crucial feedback from users, colleagues and stakeholders, then use that intel to perfect your app. Once everything’s polished, simply ship it to the App Store and Google Play.
App development should be a skill that’s available to all. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, a creative with a great idea but little in the way of development resources, or a developer looking to save time, Dropsource offers powerful potential for saving time and effort.
Try Dropsource for free
This robust tool for building mobile apps is currently in beta, so right now you can try Dropsource for free. The service officially launches later this year, at a price its makers promise will be both affordable and disruptive, so the time is right to see what Dropsource can do for you.
