Social networking app: how to start

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Hi guys. I want to make a facebook like app. For android and IOS platform. To be more detailed: I have a forum, and I need to make an app for that forum. But I have one small problem. I don't know how to code. I heard that people make apps by using game constructors (for example - Construct 2) If this possible to make Social networking app by using game constructors or some by using some other services. I need to make a real quick app, where no programming required. Can you suggest me some youtube tutorials or services to do that thing?

What I have tried:

I tried game constructor, called - godos. But its a new app, I failed to so anything on it. Need something that have good tutorials.

Posted 29-Mar-16 5:17am

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Updated 29-Mar-16 5:47am

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-29T05:41:00

To be honest, I suspect you are trying to run before you can walk. Possibly before you can crawl! :laugh:
A "facebook like app" is not a trivial task - and there is no automated code generator that is likely to give you what you want: a "one click facebook clone" because there is both a huge amount of work in the browser side of Farcebook, and in the server side code - which is likely to be distributed across several "farms" of processors: one to handle user interaction, one for database access, and so on.
I'd suggest that you need to get a considerable amount of experience first, because otherwise you are going to end up with something that you hate, your users hate, and that doesn't work particularly well.

Sorry to rain on your parade - but I'd rather you were disheartened now, than after you have put a considerable amount of work into this and worked out how much bigger a job it really is!

Dave Kreskowiak · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-29T05:47:00

Solution 2

Forget the app and learn how to code first.

Even "writing" an app in a game constructor requires that you know how to break problems down into smaller parts and how to "code" them.

I don't know of a single tutorial that's going to walk you through writing an app like this in anything.

Posted 29-Mar-16 5:47am

Dave Kreskowiak