Small talk about building simple web applications using Sinatra, Datamapper, Heroku, and Stripe.

1. Building Simple Web Apps
(In Sinatra)
David Lumley

2. I'm @davidlumley

3. I work at Client Heartbeat and at Collections

4. I design, engineer, and deploy web apps

5. MVP is a complicated acronym for a simple web app.

6. The grim reality is that most start-ups fail. Most new
products are not successful.
— Eric Ries

7. I have an idea for the next myspace; it's like airbnb but for
shoes. How do I build it?
Wouldn't everyone love it if we combine facebook,
tumblr, and reddit?

8. Validating your idea is really important.

9. What matters? Users. Engagement. $$$.

10. Great acts are made up of small deeds.
— Lao Tzu

11. Sinatra. Datamapper. Heroku. Stripe.

12. Make things easy for yourself, build features one by
one.

13. Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
— Confucius

14. Don't stop validating.
Keep building, keep improving, keep saying no.

15. The best is yet to come.
— Frank Sinatra

16. Ask me questions @davidlumley
View the code github.com/davidlumley/simple-web-app