How I built a web app in six days for only Rs. 350 ($8.75)

http://www.paraschopra.com/blog/personal/how-i-built-a-webapp-in-six-days-for-rs-350-8-usd-only.htm

by paraschopra • 18 years ago

40 22 18 years ago

paraschopra7• 18 years ago

That post is partially in response to TechCrunch featured 'How To Build A Web App in Four Days For $10,000 (Say Hello To Matt)' (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/03/how-to-build-a-web-app-...) and partially to document my process of building a web app.

Critical comments and candid feedback appreciated.

ashleyw• 18 years ago

Very nice, but bare in mind they didn't really make it for $10,000, thats what the salaries for 9 people for 4 days of work would be. (and even then, they only had 3 real people doing the work on the site, the other 6 people were doing PR, which obviously worked!!)

I don't know where you live and how much a salary and living costs are, but I'm sure if you had to charge for this it would cost more than $8.75...in fact I would estimate it would be equivalent to $1000 doing it alone, maybe?

paraschopra7• 18 years ago

Yes, aptly put. But I recently graduated from college and having holidays before I join a firm. So just did that for fun. Salary-wise, maybe I would put in additional Rs. 10,000 ($250) for six days. But that is still extremely bootstrappable.

Tichy• 18 years ago

I think the interesting unit is the man days used. So it is 36 vs 6.

babul2• 18 years ago

That article is misleading in many ways and essentially it was only built by 2-3 people.

Also, market and user research is important if you want to make a product, but not if you are doing such things primarily for learning & fun.

rob• 18 years ago

You spelled CodeIgniter wrong twice in your blog. I thought that was kind of funny since you decided to choose that framework out of the three possibilities you mentioned.

paraschopra7• 18 years ago

Umm.. Thanks for pointing out! Fixed that on my post. :)

dallasrpi2• 18 years ago

I like it, can you make an option to bust out the current page from the slideshow? This would be helpful if I want to add it to delicious or send a specific page to a friend.

dallasrpi2• 18 years ago

Nevermind, I figured out how to do it :)

steveplace• 18 years ago

I thought the name of your new app (MyJuaad.in) was a play on mujahideen (Afghan religious fighters from the '80s) when I first read it.

dizz• 18 years ago

ping: cannot resolve www.paraschopra.com: Unknown host

"pay for what you get?" :-p

paraschopra7• 18 years ago

he he :)

it is some stuff with DNS. Facing a lot of trouble on that front. Any solution?

babul2• 18 years ago

Actually that is very good progress for both the timeframe and cost.

watmough• 18 years ago

Actually, I tried the website, typed in Ferrari, and was able to surf easily through 10 interesting articles linked from Google news.

I like it. I think it's really nicely done.

coglethorpe• 18 years ago

Nice application. It's a really good start and a good guide to how people can make a nice application.

But I've noticed something. All the new webaps seem to have the same (slick) design. I like it, but I can't replicate it. Is there a template or guide you all follow?

paraschopra7• 18 years ago

I gave the link on my blog. Anyhow, here is the link again (with a few additional links) 1. http://www.solucija.com/home/css-templates/ 2. http://www.freecsstemplates.org/ 3. http://www.free-css-templates.com/ 4. Just google 'free css templates' or 'free web app templates'

noor420• 18 years ago

This junk crashed my firefox.

paraschopra7• 18 years ago

Which version of firefox, what is your connection speed and which slideshow were you trying to watch?

jamesbritt• 18 years ago

Nice.

Some thoughts:

* Allow the creation of slide shows without signing/up, as 280slides allows. * If a page requires JavaScript to work, have a notice on the page for people like me who surf with NoScript on to tell them to turn on scripting.

How I built a web app in six days for only Rs. 350 ($8.75)

Related Stories