10 Necessary Questions To Ask Before Start Desktop Applications Development

Tags: development, software, desktopapplications
Published: 2020-06-23 09:33:54

There are 5.16 billion unique mobile phone users in the world today, according to the latest data from GSMA Intelligence. Hence, for many companies, mobile presence is important for modern marketing realities. As mobile use increases, the number of service providers increases with the lead role of mobile experience as compared to desktops. Also, mobile-friendly websites will be the hopes of customer enthusiasm and loyalty. Along with websites, desktop application development is leading the world for decades with the rise of the internet, websites, and applications.

Are you confused, whether desktop application development is right for your business or not? And if better, what would it include? If you are thinking about user-friendly, responsive solutions, desktop apps are readily available, accessible for users as compared to web apps. The higher processing capabilities is beneficial for desktop applications to handle more complex workflows than web apps. When you start to build desktop applications, it is necessary to do it in the right direction to be successful. For this, ask some questions before building a desktop app.

**10 Necessary Questions To Ask Before Start Desktop Applications Development-**
*1. Is there a genuine need to build desktop application?*
To answer this question, it is necessary to take a look at some of indicators-

Product needs a hardware interaction
Do you want to provide a UI or UX that is tough to achieve with a web app.
The app requires higher security to protect confidential information
An App requires more processing power for 3D software, computer vision, image processing or advanced algorithms.
An app needs to run in a non-internet environment.
A solution needs some RAM memory or other hardware resources with large screens(between 4K and 8K), particular kind of input device or card readers.

*2. Who will be the targeted users of the app?*
What is the purpose of developing a desktop app? What problem your app is going to solve for users? Why is a desktop application a better way to solve this problem? Can a mobile responsive website be a better way to solve the problem? What platforms will your users use to access desktop applications? What is the real demographic of users? Because these users will determine whether your app is worth using or not. Hence you must learn about user preferences and market and competition analysis. This will surely help you to bring a user-focused development process. 

*3. What will be the platform for desktop app use?* 
Before start to the development, it is necessary to determine what platform the app will run on- Windows, Mac, Linux or cross-platform? It will help you to determine the language or framework for development. If your software solution is dedicated to solve a specific problems, then you must use the platform that your customers are familiar with. If your application will go for a massive use then it is better to develop a cross-platform application.

*4. Which are the prominent risks with the desktop app build?* 
Considering this question, can save your lot of time and save you from many problems. You should keep a risk register and update it with an appropriate idea. Make sure that for each risk, there are actions and solutions that are responsible for managing the risk affecting your successful app.

*5. Which framework and tool should I use?*
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