There was the time
when business men realized that a website had become an integral
necessity in their business cards. Today , a business without an app
is severely 'handi-apped' .
For our NDA(National Defence Academy) course
reunion, I made a basic website and was brazing myself for a stampede
of visitors vying to upload a deluge of articles, photographs and all
kinds of memorabilia.
While our whatsApp
group had an average of 150 posts a day along with all kinds of
media, the website was like the NDA library, where none ventured
unless forced to.
I wished I could
make an app for smart-phones. A cursory browse on the net led me to Android Studio, a beta grade software for app development. Once I
installed it on my system, one thing led to another and I surprised
myself by creating an app in 15 days. In fact, I created two, one
for the course reunion and one for this blog.
Here's the link to
download the app for this blog. (You have to 'allow installation of
apps from unknown sources' by going to settings ----security.).
I just love the
learning environment in the IT world today. The net is full of
tutorials, Discussion forums, open source development software and
most importantly people who love to share knowledge.
Appy times are here
again. Anything is possible in IT and through IT.
