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pjoub06

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Hello!

I opened signups for my startup today: http://journeyapps.com/

If you don't feel like going to the site...Journey is an online tool that let's you build iOS and Android business apps REALLY quickly. You don't need much programming experience and you get to work in your web browser - just sign up and you're good to go.

I think that web developers in particular will find this very valuable. So imagine you're in my position - you've just started letting developers sign up for Journey. Which specific communities would you reach out to about Journey and how would you do it?

Thanks!
 
Very cool project, is there nothing else like it?

All the best.
 
Dean said:
Very cool project, is there nothing else like it?

All the best.
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There are lots of companies doing things in the space - but nothing quite like Journey. We've basically combined three different products (cross-platform mobile tool, back-end as a service and app/user management). The reason we can do this and still keep things simple is because Journey focuses exclusively on business app which are mainly process driven.
 
I just signed up. Interface is well laid out (at least for me). Good to see you're using bootstrap ;)

I have played around a little with things like phonegap as well as investigated titanium & sencha. The concept is good and you do seem to have some decent early documentation.

Out of curiosity, how long did it take you to develop this? Are you already generating revenue? Definitely impressed to see a South African startup doing something like this.
 
Ooo this looks nice. I can't give you any marketing advice but I'll definitely try out the app.
 
shauntir said:
I just signed up. Interface is well laid out (at least for me). Good to see you're using bootstrap ;)

I have played around a little with things like phonegap as well as investigated titanium & sencha. The concept is good and you do seem to have some decent early documentation.

Out of curiosity, how long did it take you to develop this? Are you already generating revenue? Definitely impressed to see a South African startup doing something like this.
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Thanks for the feedback Shaun. If you do have some time to play around with Journey, it would be great to get your feedback on it vs. Titanium and Sencha.

We started our company building apps 4 years ago, mainly in the mobile health space. And we quickly realised building those apps from scratch is hard, time-consuming and a pretty sucky experience. So we created what would eventually become Journey. Initially we used it only internally, but about two years ago we started getting some developers on it.

About two weeks ago we decided to open Journey up completely and see what happens.
 
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Nice. Will check it out and share on Facebook :) There are so many HTML5/JS based development tools out there now. Telerik has their own one called Icenium. I've heard of Sencha and Titanium as well. Would be cool if someone could do in depth comparisons and performance benchmarks on them all.
 
Are you the same company that partnered with Grove?
 
Your site is not responsive in some areas. Js go's at the bottom of the page not the top.

Otherwise cool idea. Validation doesnt fire properly on test health app in web browser (i know it states experimental).

What language powers your backend?
 
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mercurial said:
Nice. Will check it out and share on Facebook :) There are so many HTML5/JS based development tools out there now. Telerik has their own one called Icenium. I've heard of Sencha and Titanium as well. Would be cool if someone could do in depth comparisons and performance benchmarks on them all.
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Thanks Mercurial. Yeah, there are a lot of HTML/JS mobile platforms out there now. Fortunately we've managed to find a really great niche for ourselves. If you want to build a business app that is process driven (e.g. bank agents who can open bank accounts on a tablet or electronic proof of delivery) we have a huge lead over competitors. But if you want to build consumer apps we're not the right tool.

I love the idea of doing a comparison. We'll do a blogpost about it very soon.
 
pjoub06 said:
Thanks Mercurial. Yeah, there are a lot of HTML/JS mobile platforms out there now. Fortunately we've managed to find a really great niche for ourselves. If you want to build a business app that is process driven (e.g. bank agents who can open bank accounts on a tablet or electronic proof of delivery) we have a huge lead over competitors. But if you want to build consumer apps we're not the right tool.

I love the idea of doing a comparison. We'll do a blogpost about it very soon.
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Cool. Looking forward to it. Been playing around with it. Looks great!
 
pjoub06 said:
Yes! How do you know Grove?
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I've had a meeting with Chad, and we have looked at your product a few times. Sat in on one of the enterprise app sessions grove held in conjunction with google, where Journey was presented by Gerdus i think. Cool concept, UI that gets generated is still very limiting though.
 
phiber said:
I've had a meeting with Chad, and we have looked at your product a few times. Sat in on one of the enterprise app sessions grove held in conjunction with google, where Journey was presented by Gerdus i think. Cool concept, UI that gets generated is still very limiting though.
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By the "UI that gets generated" do you mean the customisability of the UI? At the moment we are limited in that respect mainly because our focus is apps for a specific business - a use case where UI customisability isn't too important. But of course we are looking at ways to improve that. If you have an suggestions send me a PM; we're always looking for feedback.
 
pjoub06 said:
There are lots of companies doing things in the space - but nothing quite like Journey. We've basically combined three different products (cross-platform mobile tool, back-end as a service and app/user management). The reason we can do this and still keep things simple is because Journey focuses exclusively on business app which are mainly process driven.
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I doubt this is true. I believe Titanium provides a similar service using their cloud service too.

As per your original request. Try in these places:

Subreddits:
/startups
/javascript
/developers
/anything-related-to-nativeORmobile-or-javascript-or-programmerORenterprise

Hacker News

IRC channels

Incubators/VCs

Social Media

Tech hotspots in: Cape Town, Braamfontein, Silicon Valley, New York, Singapore, etc. etc.

If you play local only, you won't grow(as much as you can).

As you said, you're targeting the enterprise, so focus on that niche and try to approach the IT teams at big firms (or the consultants they outsource too).

Dev tools is definitely a tough market, so goodluck!
 
noob_saibot said:
I doubt this is true. I believe Titanium provides a similar service using their cloud service too.

As per your original request. Try in these places:

Subreddits:
/startups
/javascript
/developers
/anything-related-to-nativeORmobile-or-javascript-or-programmerORenterprise

Hacker News

IRC channels

Incubators/VCs

Social Media

Tech hotspots in: Cape Town, Braamfontein, Silicon Valley, New York, Singapore, etc. etc.

If you play local only, you won't grow(as much as you can).

As you said, you're targeting the enterprise, so focus on that niche and try to approach the IT teams at big firms (or the consultants they outsource too).

Dev tools is definitely a tough market, so goodluck!
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Thanks for the suggestions//scepticism saibot. Titanium is aimed at the general multi-platform app market. Their product is excellent and I know several people who use it on a regular basis. However, Journey is very different from Titanium and is targeting a completely different market. Journey is designed for, and only for, building business apps that are process-driven. In this niche we are leaps and bounds ahead of our competitors.
 
noob_saibot said:
I doubt this is true. I believe Titanium provides a similar service using their cloud service too.

As per your original request. Try in these places:

Subreddits:
/startups
/javascript
/developers
/anything-related-to-nativeORmobile-or-javascript-or-programmerORenterprise

Hacker News

IRC channels

Incubators/VCs

Social Media

Tech hotspots in: Cape Town, Braamfontein, Silicon Valley, New York, Singapore, etc. etc.

If you play local only, you won't grow(as much as you can).

As you said, you're targeting the enterprise, so focus on that niche and try to approach the IT teams at big firms (or the consultants they outsource too).

Dev tools is definitely a tough market, so goodluck!
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lulwat.
 
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