1. Tips and Tricks to Help Your Team Succeed
FBLA Mobile Coding
Tips and Tricks to Help Your Team Succeed

2. The Event
The following platforms may be used to develop the project: Google’s Android, Apple iOS, or Microsoft Windows Phone.
Project submissions must include the source code and screen shots of the GUI in PDF format.
The solution must run standalone with no programming errors.
Applications may deploy from a smartphone, tablet, or both, but must be smartphone deployable.
Applications do not need to be available for download from a digital-distribution multimedia-content service.
The app should be shown to the judges.

3. The Production
USB can hold far more files and information in a more convenient format
App does not need to be live…
BUT, if you make it live, know it takes time (almost a month) for Apple iOS
Standard interface for viewing the app
Xcode or Android Studio preferred
Include a Read Me with directions, as well as with SoA
LABEL your materials
Name, school, state, and event

4. The Production DO NOT USE DO USE Free, online drag and drop builders
That isn’t coding and it will cost a fortune to download the source code
If it says “with no technical experience” then you should consider that a learning opportunity for your students
DO USE
Online templates and customize
Codecanyon
w3layouts

5. Scoring On the Production
Name your files professionally
Not “fblaappv27” but instead “App Name FBLA 2017”
Screenshots should be of live usage, not computer screenshots with additional information
Screenshots can be in a PowerPoint or images labeled appropriately
App should launch seamlessly and quickly in a standard interface

6. The Presentation PowerPoint or Prezi works well
Always bring a backup copy
DO NOT record an entire presentation of app interaction
This is not a presentation, it is a video
A short interaction of a feature may be acceptable
DO walk the judges through the app
Change your mouse to make it more visible

7. The Presentation DO actually show the app to the judges
Does not have to be live
Can show in coding interface
Screenshots can be helpful to highlight certain points

8. Scoring On the Presentation
FOLLOW THE FLOW OF THE RATING SHEET
Explain about the team, the problem, and why the app will solve the problem
Show the live app
Explain the app creation steps and strategies
What program was it coded in, were outside lines of code used, why did you choose a certain platform
Walk judges through app features
What does the consumer use it for and how
Why was the specific structure used
Reiterate the value of the app

9. The Rating Sheet

10. The Rating Sheet

11. Where Do I Start? Sign up as a developer (totally free!)
Apple
Apple ID
Android
Google ID
Free resources, videos, trainings, and more
Needed to better understand the standard interfaces and rules for each platform

12. Where Do I Train? Hard to start without web coding experience
Study and learn the basics early on
Good place to start for students who may be interested in the early fall
Apps often use HTML, Flash, and Java
Understanding these early will save you time
Developer section for each platform
Treehouse
$25/month or $250/year
Courses or tracks
Network in a forum (designed for students)

13. Where Do I Train? Lynda Udacity Swift Playgrounds
$35/month or $360/year
Video walkthroughs for specific areas
Udacity
Free trainings provided from real life scenarios in business and industry
Primarily Android, but general concepts covered
Swift Playgrounds
Free
Interactive app based learning directly for students