We are in an era when developing an app with advanced features has become easier than ever! Users’ expectations from apps have gone up significantly over the years, and thus it is important for developers to understand the complexities associated with building their own applications. While there are some features that should be included in most apps, there are also some features that should be avoided altogether.
Let us explore the three features to never build in your app – authentication, payments and notifications.
Authentication: Authentication is an essential feature of most applications today. It lets users to log in, register and access restricted functions they otherwise wouldn’t have access to. This helps keep data secure, protect user privacy and maintain the integrity of the application itself. However, developing complex authentication systems can be difficult and time consuming. Due to this complexity, it is advisable to use third-party solutions such as Auth0 or Okta for handling user authentication instead of reinventing the wheel with custom code.
Payments: Payments are a must-have feature for certain types of applications such as ecommerce stores or subscription services where users can purchase physical goods or digital content from within the app itself. Building a secure payment system involves dealing with sensitive credit card information, which requires you comply with various security regulations such as PCI DSS compliance. Developing payment systems require significant amount of effort as well as compliance by app developers; therefore it’s better to outsource this task to dedicated payment processors such as Stripe or PayPal rather than attempting it on your own.
Notifications: Notifications are becoming increasingly popular among apps for their convenience factor; however implementing them requires you handle push notifications or in-app messages properly so that users receive timely updates about something happening in their context (eg: stock prices changing). While this may seem like a straightforward task at first glance, it is anything but easy as it involves setting up servers and integrating both backend and frontend components correctly to manage notifications correctly so they reach users accurately within specific amounts of time – something which can be challenging (and costly) if done wrong! Using existing notification services provided by Firebase Cloud Messaging or Amazon Simple Notification Service instead will make your life much easier while giving you reliable platform support at the same time.
In conclusion, authentication, payments and notifications are three complex features which should not be developed on your own by app developers for various reasons– testing them requires considerable expertise and effort, also there may be compliance issues associated if these features store or process sensitive data. Even though outsourcing these tasks can lead increase development cost significantly; doing them on your own can cause long term issues like poor performance or increased burden on development team due exhaustion from handling too many things simultaneously! Therefore choose wisely!