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Idea to App Store in 7 days

34 points by joemasilotti 3y ago

joemasilotti 3y ago
Last week I started a new project to scratch an itch. Something simple but useful. And in just 7 days I launched a web and iOS app to the App Store. This is the story of Daily Log, and Ruby on Rails and Turbo Native iOS app.
- ralmidani 3y ago
  Not sure why this is getting downvoted. It’s a comment from OP explaining what the article is about.
top_sigrid 3y ago
I guess this could have a hint about using Rails & Turbo Native in the title. Nonetheless, great work!
- joemasilotti 3y ago
  That's fair, thanks for the feedback.
Aretas77 3y ago
As if the app market is not saturated enough with bad applications.
- joeyrobert 3y ago
  There's a lot of bad websites too. I guess people should stop making them.
- joemasilotti 3y ago
  It's helping me eat better and drink more water! But I respect your opinion.
- dang 3y ago
  "Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
marban 3y ago
Webview wrapper to App Store would be a better title.
bberenberg 3y ago
Ignore the criticism. Good job on building and getting it out there. You can always iterate on underlying tech if you see user traction.
- joemasilotti 3y ago
  Thanks! That's the goal. This was more a test to see how quickly I could get something done. But now that it is live there are SO many features I want to add.
drbragg 3y ago
Can't wait for the Android version ;)
- joemasilotti 3y ago
  Coming soon! Watch this space: https://github.com/joemasilotti/daily-log/tree/main/android https://github.com/joemasilotti/daily-log/tree/main/android
mjwhansen 3y ago
Thanks for sharing!
kyrylo 3y ago
Great work! It uses Turbo Native and Strada, which is more than just a webview wrapper.
- joemasilotti 3y ago
  That's right! It has a few native buttons that interact with the web view, like navigating between days and submitting forms.
kareemm 3y ago
Nice write up! I used RoR and Turbo Native for both iOS and Android apps last summer on a client project. To do that I used Jumpstart Pro’s iOS and Android add-ons [1]which Joe (the author) contributed to. As a non-mobile dev they were an absolute dream to use. I was VERY pleasantly surprised how easy it was to get our apps out the door. Even though it was 10/10 would use again I would’ve loved this write up last year as seeing more how-to examples in the wild is always helpful. 1- https://jumpstartrails.com/ios https://jumpstartrails.com/ios
- joemasilotti 3y ago
  That's awesome to hear, thanks for sharing! We put a lot of work into Jumpstart. And I recently added a Strada integration which makes forms feel a whole lot more native. 2FA is coming soon, too.

34 points by joemasilotti 3y ago

Last week I started a new project to scratch an itch. Something simple but useful. And in just 7 days I launched a web and iOS app to the App Store. This is the story of Daily Log, and Ruby on Rails and Turbo Native iOS app.

ralmidani 3y ago
Not sure why this is getting downvoted. It’s a comment from OP explaining what the article is about.

top_sigrid 3y ago

I guess this could have a hint about using Rails & Turbo Native in the title. Nonetheless, great work!

joemasilotti 3y ago
That's fair, thanks for the feedback.

Aretas77 3y ago

As if the app market is not saturated enough with bad applications.

joeyrobert 3y ago
There's a lot of bad websites too. I guess people should stop making them.
joemasilotti 3y ago
It's helping me eat better and drink more water! But I respect your opinion.
dang 3y ago
"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

marban 3y ago

Webview wrapper to App Store would be a better title.

bberenberg 3y ago

Ignore the criticism. Good job on building and getting it out there. You can always iterate on underlying tech if you see user traction.

joemasilotti 3y ago
Thanks! That's the goal. This was more a test to see how quickly I could get something done. But now that it is live there are SO many features I want to add.

drbragg 3y ago

Can't wait for the Android version ;)

joemasilotti 3y ago
Coming soon! Watch this space: https://github.com/joemasilotti/daily-log/tree/main/android https://github.com/joemasilotti/daily-log/tree/main/android

mjwhansen 3y ago

Thanks for sharing!

kyrylo 3y ago

Great work! It uses Turbo Native and Strada, which is more than just a webview wrapper.

joemasilotti 3y ago
That's right! It has a few native buttons that interact with the web view, like navigating between days and submitting forms.

kareemm 3y ago

Nice write up! I used RoR and Turbo Native for both iOS and Android apps last summer on a client project. To do that I used Jumpstart Pro’s iOS and Android add-ons [1]which Joe (the author) contributed to. As a non-mobile dev they were an absolute dream to use. I was VERY pleasantly surprised how easy it was to get our apps out the door. Even though it was 10/10 would use again I would’ve loved this write up last year as seeing more how-to examples in the wild is always helpful. 1- https://jumpstartrails.com/ios https://jumpstartrails.com/ios

joemasilotti 3y ago
That's awesome to hear, thanks for sharing! We put a lot of work into Jumpstart. And I recently added a Strada integration which makes forms feel a whole lot more native. 2FA is coming soon, too.