Mobile & Web App Glossary for Founders (19)

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Accessibility in Digital Products: Principles & Best Practices

Accessibility means designing and building apps that everyone can use—regardless of ability. It covers visual, auditory, motor, and cognitive considerations, from colour contrast and text size to ...

Agile Development: Principles, Benefits, and Best Practices

Agile development is a flexible, feedback-driven way to build software. Teams slice big projects into bite-size “sprints,” release working features early, and refine the product continuously based on ...

AI Governance: Principles, Challenges, and Best Practices

AI Governance is the set of frameworks, policies, and day-to-day practices that make sure artificial-intelligence features are built and used responsibly, ethically, and legally. In app development, ...

Anti-Principles in Software Development: What to Avoid and Why

Anti-principles are the opposite of best practices—common pitfalls or approaches you should avoid when building an app. Recognizing anti-principles helps teams focus on what not to do, saving time, ...

API Integration: Strategies, Tools, and Best Practices for Success

API Integration is the art of connecting two or more software systems so they can talk to each other in real time. Instead of reinventing the wheel, your app taps into proven services—payments, maps, ...

App Analytics: Tools, Metrics & Best Practices for Data Success

App analytics is the process of tracking what users do in your app — how they interact with it, where they drop off, what they tap, and how often they return. It helps you understand real user ...

App Backend: Architecture, Technologies, and Best Practices Explained

The app backend is everything users don’t see — the server, database, and logic that power the app. It handles data processing, user authentication, payments, content management, and more, making ...

App Builder: Features, Benefits, and Choosing the Right Platform

An app builder is a platform or tool that lets you create mobile or web applications without needing to write all the code yourself. It often includes drag-and-drop features, pre-built templates, and ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI): How It’s Shaping Our Future

Artificial Intelligence is software that mimics human intelligence. In an app, that can mean understanding natural language, spotting patterns a human would miss, or predicting the next best action ...

AWS Web Hosting: Benefits, Features, and Best Practices

AWS Web Hosting is the practice of running your website or web app on Amazon Web Services’ cloud infrastructure. Instead of buying and patching your own servers, you rent Amazon’s elastic compute, ...