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Fast Track to the Mobile App: Developing Apps, Implementation and Testing (Core77)

Fast Track to the Mobile App winners had the 'best case scenario' track: get
their apps developed, tested and in the Marketplace by early February in time
for promotion before (and hopefully during the) Mobile World Congress in
Barcelona. However, sometimes life throws wrenches in the best-laid plans. In
this installment, we continue reporting on the next steps of the app
development process, implementation and testing, and check-in on our winners--
both those who are developing apps themselves and those working with Microsoft
developers.

To be on track for Barcelona, a contestant's next step is **implementing the
app's core functionality**. For each app, that will differ. Geof Harries and
Michael Johnson's cash flow management app, _Cash Hound_, requires financial
functionality so they programmed the ability to add, edit and delete income
and expenses in order to run calculations to determine spendable income. They
then created charting tools to visualize that knowledge. With that
functionality in place, they tested the app to see what worked, and in light
of that, what needed improvement.

The testing phase can only take place on a workable prototype (discussed in
our last article). Implementing the aspects that make the app functional mean
dealing ...

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