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• How To Build A Web App in Four Days For $10,000 (Say Hello To Matt)
• How To Build A Web App in Four Days For $10,000 (Say Hello To Matt)
• How To Build A Web App in Four Days For $10,000 (Say Hello To Matt)
• How To Build A Web App in Four Days For $10,000 (Say Hello To Matt)
• Try launching with just ‘Home’, ‘Help’ and ‘About’.

• Building your Creation Environment
  

  
  

  If you want to build quickly and creatively, you need to set up an environment that encourages and facilitates that process. If you don’t have the following basics down, your team will be constantly battling annoying issues instead of getting on with building. You’ll need:

  
  
  
  
  1. Good version control. I suggest Git.
  
  
  
  
  2. An easy-to-use source and changeset browser. We use Codebase.
  
  
  
  
  3. Solid server infrastructure. Why not build on Flexiscale, Grid-Service, Mosso or EC2 and let the big boys worry about uptime and server load?
  
  
  
  
  4. A ‘one-click’ deployment system. This means that deploying the code from your repository should take just one click. If it’s any more complex than that, there is potential for complications and downtime. Capistrano is brilliant if you’re using Rails.
  
  
  
  
  5. Printers, chalk boards and meeting space. People need the physical space to throw around ideas. We’ve painted an entire wall with blackboard paint so the team has room to sketch ideas.
  
  
  
  
  6. Coffee, water, music and healthy snacks.