Two quick ways to build apps

A few years ago, the app was a patent for local tyrants and mobile developers. Mobile developers use development tools such as Java or C + + to turn a line of code into an app that can be easily touched by fingers. Local tyrants spend money to hire these mobile developers to achieve what they want. Making a mobile app is generally considered a highly difficult job.

But as people become more and more demanding about the customization of apps, cloud service providers are becoming more and more powerful. SaaS companies at home and abroad have launched the online generation of app features, not only powerful, free to use, and the steps are extremely simple. Even a manufacturer shouted "no programming knowledge, 3 minutes to get the app" slogan.

With the online self-service app authoring tool described in this article, you can easily do your job and realize your dreams.

2013 in the domestic popular app rapid creation of services, mainly composed of the following two categories.

Fully self-built app with no burden

This kind of service to the domestic simple web App factory as a representative, their app generation steps only 3 steps, respectively, is to fill in the summary, upload material, set style.

Fill in the summary

Upload Material

Set style

Then you can download the app that has been built.

App Generation complete

It needs to be explained here that the simple web-generated app operation is on a simple web platform.

The specific description of their service is as follows:

Free three minutes to create a personal or media, forums and other content-based apps. Supports iOS and Android systems, and can be downloaded to your phone immediately after creation. You can use the background of the Simple network, the original content in your own app, the internet found interesting articles, pictures, videos, products can also be "Publish to the app" tool, a click to easily go to the application. In addition, the community features are also available to support user submissions. Simply put, it's a place where you can make apps for free.

PC-side website to mobile app

Such services to the domestic Baidu Siteapp as a representative, a look at the name will know that this is for the webmaster services. Formerly known as "Baidu Mobile Building station service." This kind of service can quickly convert your website into a mobile app to make it easier for your users to access your content on their phones and tablets without having to enter a URL to invoke the browser. Their app generation takes only 4 steps, including adding sites, customizing effects, verifying permissions, and global settings.

Add a site

Custom effects

Permission validation

Advanced Settings

Installation Successful

Recently, Baidu also through the Baidu Alliance in the site app added the function of advertising monetization. Just create a mobile version of your ad code in the background and embed the app to earn ad fees. Let some want to earn extra money stationmaster in front of a light.

Generate mobile Web ad code in the background of Baidu Alliance first

Fill in the Baidu Alliance ID earn advertising fee

The way Baidu app ads appear on my phone

Self-service app maker vs. other development methods on-site

WAP Station: Through the WAP Web page to output content, bar This technology advantage is the consumption of less traffic, the disadvantage is that there is no beautiful UI and better interaction, is now gradually obsolete.

HTML5 technology: Use of HTML5 and adaptive technology to make the site suitable for browsing on mobile devices. But at this stage HTML5 technology is not small and medium stationmaster can control, the technical threshold is higher.

Mobile app: Long development cycle, also need professional and technical personnel for development, high maintenance costs.

Online self-service app maker: There are few ways to develop technology compared to the above, and development costs are negligible, more flexible, lighter, and cross-platform.

Summarize:

Through the above-mentioned several commonly used mobile phone-side generation, we can see online self-help app making tools in the technology threshold, development cycle, development and maintenance costs, aesthetics, ease of use and versatility have a unique advantage, is the best tool for webmasters to achieve mobile site.

Make a table for everyone to see more clearly:

Comparison of several ways to build a mobile station
	Technology threshold	Development cycle	Maintenance costs	Aesthetic degree	Ease of Use	Versatility	Insufficient
WAP Building Station	Low	Short	Low	Low	Fast opening speed	High versatility	The last generation of technology, the elimination of
HTML5	High	Long	High	Customizable personality	High ease of Use	Social, news, search and other tool-based sites	New technology, High threshold
Mobile app	High	Long	High	Customizable personality	As a separate product to be installed and	Different platforms need to fit	Promotion difficult
Online Self-service app tool	No	Half an hour	No	Optional templates	Web-side optimized for high-speed, searchable	Suitable for personal station, enterprise station, news type website	Not applicable to individual flash-based sites

In addition, because Baidu Siteapp backed by the search engine and Baidu Alliance and other advantages of resources, so that the webmaster in the flow and monetization has an unexpected harvest. Through the Open data in the market to women's fashion information Web site Seven female network, for example, in the use of Siteapp one months later, seven Li Female network PC traffic and mobile traffic contrast, from the initial 15:1 to 10:1, mobile traffic rose 33%, while the whole station traffic also has a significant increase. And the Pacific Game Network through the addition of Baidu mobile network to promote materials to enhance the mobility of 300%, The Beijing Times, China News Weekly and other heavyweight media are constantly joining the Siteapp user team. With the continuous updating and the addition of the template, Baidu Siteapp will become a lot of webmaster quickly move to the important way of mobile, stationmaster will save a great deal of valuable time to think about the problem of operation and money, and not be limited by the technology, by the cost of the trip.

Two quick ways to build apps