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Unit 3: Final Project

All apps:

• Will solve a relevant problem that serves an existing market
• Are technically complex and ambitious enough to highlight the skills you have gained
• Are fully functional and polished for presentation at Demo Day

With that in mind, things to think about when ideating projects are the technical complexity, design, and product.

###Schedule

###Final Project Rubric

###Groups

###Mentors

###First Release Format

###App requirements:

• Overall product requirements

• Technically complex
• Compelling use case
• Polished implementation (UI/UX)
• Original product
• An engaging pitch that connects with the audience

• Basic technical requirements

• Does not crash
• Does not hang (little or no delay visible to the user)
• Does not fail when internet connection is slow/unavaialable
• Have a consistent look and feel visually across the app
• Consistent with iOS Human Interface Guidelines
• Look great in both landscape and portrait
• Have well-organized, high-quality code

Tips & Ideas

• Things that would impress:

• Super cool library that other devs could use
• Integration of complex APIs (e.g video, web services, etc...)
• Awesome UI
• Work with the OS in a more intimate way
• Advanced Separation of Concerns

• Things to Avoid:

• Unusable: Good technical implementation, but does not consider the end user's interaction
• Non-function: Good UI, but does not actually incorporate the tools needed to be feature complete.
• Obvious: Solution can easily be found in tutorials or examples, copies an existing system tool, or simply strings together APIs.
• Not Useful: This app doesn’t have a clear purpose or solve a problem.

• Some sample project ideas:

• Weather + Calendar
• Poll app / trivia app
• Really good photo journal app
• Really good note taking app