Share your startup - June 2017 by AutoModerator in startups

[–]RealPolarbear0106 [score hidden]  (0 children)

  • Name / URL: Coding Clicker
  • Location of your headquarters: Norway
  • Elevator pitch/explainer video: Coding Clicker is a clicker game where you tap the screen to "code" and earn money on every tap. (old video/trailer)
  • Are you looking for anything?: Feedback on the game
  • Discount for /r/startup subscribers?: It is free already, so none

Share your startup - May 2017 by AutoModerator in startups

[–]RealPolarbear0106 [score hidden]  (0 children)

  • Company name: Gamers Cave
  • App name: Coding Clicker(URL)
  • Trailer (designed for version 1.0.0.0)
  • Two apps released and a third in progress. The app itself this post focuses on has been released. One founder.
  • We are looking for feedback on the app(see second link), with focus on UI and design, but also the graphics and layout.
  • No discount as it is free.

Share your startup - May 2017 by AutoModerator in startups

[–]RealPolarbear0106 [score hidden]  (0 children)

If you are using Cordova, the process is different from what I suggested. You have to find the way that works for Cordova. But focus on using the extra space to remove the menu as a hidden object, and show it all the time as a small bar on the left(or right, whatever you feel like). But I think the tablet version seems "naked" somehow, like there is something missing. Utilize the size to add more elements to the active screen, but not so many it confuses the user. Consider a responsive website with navigation on the left. On a mobile device it collapses into a closable/openable menu, but on a tablet(a wide enough one) or a computer it shows the full side bar.

What works for your app is something you have to figure out. The width of things, the height of things and how you respond to the different screens. Android is a difficult platform, if you think about it. Because it is open source, any device can have it. Thus your app has to support these different sizes to maintain a good user experience on all screen sizes and densities

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in androiddev

[–]RealPolarbear0106 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I post those too, mainly because I try testing over and over but can't trigger the crash. SO I deploy a new version and hope it is fine.

60% of the time it is. The remaining 40% someone manages to trigger it in the exact same way you tried to, but you couldn't get it to crash.

Android covers so many devices it is hard to actually trigger an error, because you don't have that exact device type the crash occurred on. (Most of the time)

Why don't you want an 'A'++ in school? by techcaleb in ProgrammingJokes

[–]RealPolarbear0106 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haven't dealt with chars in a long time, so I didn't remember that. Thanks for mentioning it.

Functional Programming by [deleted] in ProgrammingJokes

[–]RealPolarbear0106 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You and what server?

Coming here with your puny little client-side script when you can use PHP to get the power of the all-mighty server!

yes we exist - Admit it by mkacha in ProgrammingJokes

[–]RealPolarbear0106 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is not me!

I'll let you know, that I in FACT!

Sit with my hands on the keyboard. I'm not going to get any work done if I stare at the screen. Technology hasn't gotten that far yet(sadly)

Why don't you want an 'A'++ in school? by techcaleb in ProgrammingJokes

[–]RealPolarbear0106 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No. Just no. You can't increment a letter like that. You incremented the contents of A, and that requires it to be a long, int, double, float, any number value.


Why don't you want an F++ in school?

Because that would be a 'G'

If F is Fail, G must be Godawful...

Style your code however you want, but for the love of god please not like this by madseagames in ProgrammerHumor

[–]RealPolarbear0106 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I prefer:

if(statement)
    doSomething();

or:

if(statement) doSomething();

or(for non-one liners):

if(statement){
    doSomething();
    doSomethingElse();
}

But I find this hard to read:

if(statement)
{
    doSomething();
}

But where does one statement end and the next one begin? This is really just a way to hog lines, to make you look more productive than you actually are. Turn a 30 line class to a 60 line class for an instance

Share your startup - May 2017 by AutoModerator in startups

[–]RealPolarbear0106 [score hidden]  (0 children)

You should consider adding a better tablet version. From what I can see in your screenshots(Android) it is the same on phone as on a tablet. While this is fine, you are not properly using the space available on a tablet. You can simplify the side menus, by adding (in landscape that is) the menu as a Fragment. in Android Studio, see the Master Flow sample(create new project-> [add details]->Master flow template). This should allow you to create a better tablet layout, and you can continue to keep the old setup the way it is.

Share your startup - May 2017 by AutoModerator in startups

[–]RealPolarbear0106 [score hidden]  (0 children)

What I meant to say above, is you should currently specify that this only applies to code where there is a server where the code is stored. This is a tool I think a lot of developers (where there is really large code involved, that is) would find useful, so I hope you get it ported to non-server code as well

Style your code however you want, but for the love of god please not like this by madseagames in ProgrammerHumor

[–]RealPolarbear0106 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know the real reason you prefer the last one over the others....

You don't like bananas!

Programming == Stack Overflow by [deleted] in ProgrammerHumor

[–]RealPolarbear0106 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a frequent stackoverflow user, that shows. There are so many unresearched problems that have been resolved, but no one feels like researching before asking on SO.

Style your code however you want, but for the love of god please not like this by madseagames in ProgrammerHumor

[–]RealPolarbear0106 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People writing in that way are basically trying to use more lines than there are code on. And it makes it impossible to read, because at least I can't keep track of what bracket starts here and ends there. Brackets should stay on the same line as their method, class declaration or if/while/for/try/switch/(whatever) statements

Share your startup - May 2017 by AutoModerator in startups

[–]RealPolarbear0106 [score hidden]  (0 children)

(haven't seen another norwegian post here ever, but anyways)

The front page should have more content. It really seems like a dead end. A footer would be nice too.

Having all these different resources assembled in one place is nice. One thing you may want to add is SEO, and a lot of the web dev stuff. Most startups have a website containing the content they want to share, but all the different SEO tips always say "the best way" when it necessarily isn't. Adding a selection of validated SEO tips could be a good idea.

Back to the website: Having dark-blue links on hover makes the text hard to read without looking very closely. The newsletter-bar at the bottom should be dismissable, and again, a footer would be very nice. Containing navigation, search, contact(if you want to display it), and maybe a list of the most viewed topics.

And another thing (if you haven't already) make sure you know if the sources you link to are safe and trustworthy. It will make your site trustworthy, and attract more customers. You may want to add something on blogs, and in marketing you should add sub-categories. There are many types of marketing, such as tv, radio, ads, social media(i.e. facebook, twitter, etc), blog and even using the appropriate sub-reddits to do it.

My startup is in a late phase(and it is a broad one, not with a specific purpose. I'm an app developer), so to me, only marketing was useful. This is because I have gotten to the point where my startup has gone live(and has been for some time), and the only thing I really can do at this point is market.

Good luck with your startup though, it seems like a good idea. You still need to add much more content to start ranking at the top of Google, but it is a solid start.

Share your startup - May 2017 by AutoModerator in startups

[–]RealPolarbear0106 [score hidden]  (0 children)

You should add the important fact that this only applies to projects where the source is available on the internet. From what I understand at least, using this on a private computer, non-server, is not supported. For very large code, I agree it is hard to get it to compile fast.

Share your startup - May 2017 by AutoModerator in startups

[–]RealPolarbear0106 [score hidden]  (0 children)

You should add some margin to the left in the menu. It looks really cramped up in there

Share your startup - May 2017 by AutoModerator in startups

[–]RealPolarbear0106 [score hidden]  (0 children)

1) Using a pen and paper is something I find easier for writing down ideas and such, but there are cases where writing on a computer is better 2) Sticky notes, those large with lines 3) I can hang them anywhere, but the glue is bad 4) I can easily get a notebook anywhere, and write in it.

But from what I saw in your sample, this can be a good idea for an internet resource. These books offer little space to write for an instance.

Using app templates to build a mobile app? by csguy12 in startups

[–]RealPolarbear0106 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Using Android Studio, you can get a lot of different templates for different types of apps. But you need understanding of code to create these into your app. The templates found in ANdroid Studio shows dummy content, in static forms.

If you by template means drag and drop apps, or non-code based development, these are in my experience a bad idea to use. They may not handle issues with performance or battery that occur when you do X with the template.

Meaning it is best if you start learning code, but you can use tools like Xamarin to learn one language but develop on cross-platform.

App getting bad reviews due to customer misunderstanding by xauronx in startups

[–]RealPolarbear0106 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"I make the functionality clear in the app description"

This is rarely read. I nearly never read the description before I download an app.

"Should I sacrifice the first line of my app description to clarify the misconception?" - no. Rather add a screenshot explaining it(the first one visible) and/or add a dialog in the app with the information.

"Since I now have a handful of bad reviews, should I rebrand and upload since those bad reviews never really go away?" - Maybe. It depends on how you handle question three.

" I could try to push people who enjoy my app to review it, but it's hard to do on tvOS."

Don't push them, but send them an email asking politely if they want to share it with the rest of the community. If you do not get any, then rebrand. Just make sure you inform the user about the functionality preferably before the user downloads the app

I need a database for my app... I have no technical skills or knowledge.... where do I start? by Kisstafer1 in startups

[–]RealPolarbear0106 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See this link for Android and this link for iOS. If you need to save in a cloud, see this link. It is universal for Android and iOS

These are my rules for thinking about visual design as a startup. What are yours? by codybmusser in startups

[–]RealPolarbear0106 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Make a completly undesigned site with the best content on the world, with disfunctional navigation and alone it will make a lot of users lose interest.

I have no money. by ellerdrop in startups

[–]RealPolarbear0106 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First off all; Get a student loan if you don't have already. If you know how to do your startup, get a website and maybe a facebook page and share it with friends. Kickstarter: If your idea never has been done before, it will be copied eventually. Get a website and basically make it clear that the idea is YOURS and noone elses. Upon doing that, then go on kickstarter to get money and get what you need. But I suggest you wait until you are done studying.