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Discussion on: What's your first step while starting project?

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Andrzej Chmura

I like to sketch out as much as possible with pen and paper, as this feels very natural to me. I usually take a large piece of Bristol Paper, put in on my desk and scribble, draw and write anything that comes to my mind. Then I try to find the most logical connections between the dots and decide which of those are the most important first steps.
With that vague concept in my mind, I build the Minimum Viable Product for the user interface to play with the behavior, while mocking data with JSON placeholders, just to understand what I really want to build. Only then I think about the actual implementation - whether it is database design or picking the right technology stack.