A Minimum Viable Product is built to release to the market. To understand if the idea is any good. It’s also great to start early and build fast. In this form you can change your product easily. It is a way to build a product with a minimum set of features to test the market.
How do you build a Minimum Viable Product?
Devradius has extensive experience in building web and mobile applications including SaaS products. They are very different to build, but a few things remain the same. You should have a clear understanding of the requirements and business plan. If you cannot figure this out, discuss with someone who is experienced and can plan this for you. MVP’s can be done in stages or small sprints. There is some solid things to do that will mean you are building the right product, as quickly as possible for the market. So that you can start getting revenue. Pick the technology stack that is best suited to your project for the medium term.
What to build?
Deciding on the right things to build can be by far one of the hardest decisions. Usually ideas come from an experience you’ve had where you are not doing things as quickly or easily as you could be.
What Technologies to Use?
We recommend starting with the technology that allows you to build your product as quickly as possible to test the market. Tools such as Ruby on Rails, Python and Node.JS have predefined libraries and a scalable MVC structure to build things more quickly. Consider MVC as building blocks to create a house, instead of starting with a pile of sand only.
Proof of concept is key. Twitter was built in Ruby on Rails for years until they decided to redevelop in another technology. They chose the fastest path.