How To Develop Apps Like Airbnb And Slack?
- Maria Adams
- Feb 23, 2022
- 6 min read
Mobile and web-based applications can be extremely beneficial in accelerating business growth through opening up new markets, increasing the reach of customers, increasing awareness of brands, enhancing customer interaction, and contributing to a variety of growth strategies. They also offer the potential for efficiency that could drive the economy of scale and benefit from effects of networks, and, which in turn, increase productivity and competitiveness. Digital technology can significantly reduce the cost of searching: cost of search, replication costs distribution costs, cost of tracking and verification.
Let's discuss two of these apps developed by large corporations that have taken their respective industry with a storm and have transformed their growth in business and increased customers reach to millions of people through their web and mobile applications.
Airbnb
Airbnb is an application that provides online rental services for vacation rentals that connect those looking to rent accommodation with those looking to rent their homes or properties. Airbnb is available to both homeowners and travelers from more than 191 countries and 65,000 cities around the world and has hundreds of listings to choose from. Due to its rapid expansion, the company has been able to secure funding from around 15 major companies, with the total amount of $4.4 billion.
The Airbnb app for mobile and web includes services such as a listing of reviews and experiences for different restaurants, costs for accommodation for travelers and much many more things in recent years. Firstly, while developing an app similar to Airbnb, it should provide a seamless transition from beginning to the final stage of using it. The app must be simple to use and offer a more user-friendly experience, which will result in great reviews of the app.
The process that Airbnb follows:
The owner or property's owner lists their property's description, along with rules, amenities, prices and other details that catches the eye of tourists and travelers seeking accommodation.
Anyone looking for a rental property to rent can use the search filter based on the cost range, the location and other criteria.
The next step is to request a make a reservation, in which the traveler is required to submit a request for a reservation to the hotel they prefer.
The owner of the property will decide whether or not to accept the request based on the availability of the property.
When the property owner has accepted the reservation demand, the reservation is taken out of the traveler's bank account. The remainder of the amount must be paid following the duration of the stay by the guest.
After the trip, both the hosts of the Airbnb home and the guest will be able to review their experience to provide future references to other guests and homeowners.
Once you know what goes into making the Airbnb application functions Let's look at some of the programming languages and frameworks that are used to create the Airbnb application.
To develop an Airbnb replica app it is necessary to be aware of the entire tech stacks in the following order:
Backend Frameworks such as Node.js, Django or Ruby
Frontend Frameworks such as Vue.js, Angular.js, and React.js
Server-side technologies such as Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, and DigitalOcean
Technologies for managing databases such as MongoDB, MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, and Azure DocumentDB
Network Caching Services like Nginx and Redis
In order to create an app that is similar as Airbnb Here is the list of options you can include to provide the best user experience:
Login/Sign-up First, the user must register for the website or app by providing basic personal information such as name, ID number email address, name, etc. If they are already registered users are required to sign into their account by entering their username and password.
Search Filter Filters allow users to define their needs such as property type size, dimensions, price range as well as dates available to ensure they find the property they want easily.
Manage Account This feature lets the user to control, modify, or modify their profile information and other details in the app, such as changing their password, etc.
Wish List Wish List feature allows users to save or mark any property that is desired by the user to be used in the future or in the event that it is not available.
Chat Notifications like a notification basically, chat notifications notify the user. chat notifications notify the user when they receive a message in their chat app.
Chatbot When a customer would like to communicate with the owner of the property prior to booking the property, chatbots can be helpful.
Maps Maps basically locates properties on maps, so that the user is able to see the entire area and the surrounding areas.
Booking This feature allows you to to record the history of booking and book the hotel that you prefer.
Payments This feature lets users to pay for the duration of their stay to the property owner upon completing the booking. Users can also view their payment transactions history, and choose the currency they want to pay in and also their payment method.
Help Help feature in an app allows to address any issues users face and offer solutions through specifically curated FAQs or connecting them to customer support representatives and web sites.
Review This feature lets users to share their thoughts and experiences for homeowners and travellers.
Sharing When a user would like to share their information about the property with another it is easy to do this using the share feature. It lets them share the information via other social media apps or within the app itself. The app also has the possibility of inviting friends to join the app.
Airbnb offers more than seven million properties and users across over 200 nations. It is now so easy for property owners and travelers that it now has over 150 million active users. The more users of the app means more customers and more income for your business.
Slack
Slack is among the most rapidly growing startups around the globe. It's a business/workplace communication tool. In just 8 months of the launch, Slack reached a valuation of $1 billion. It was initially designed as a tool to game designers, Slack gained 8000 companies join within 24 hours of the launch of the well-known remote-working tool.
What was the process that helped Slack create such a powerful remote tool for working remotely?
It's basically a basic messaging application. It's packed with exciting features such as chat rooms for public use classified by topics, direct messaging and private groups. Administrators can define the access of each user to allow companies to easily control the details for different roles and hierarchy. This also involves creating public channels such as #random, which allow teams to have informal discussions or other non-work related topics and establish relationships in the workplace.
The features of the Slack application are:
A contact book
Search bar in the app for contacts groups, contacts, media files and specific messages
Online/offline/typing status and visibility settings
Exchange of messages with receipts for reading
Group messaging that is delivered with read receipts
Video and voice calls as well as group calls
Emojis that are custom-designed in the app
Media file transfer (pictures, videos, documents, contact cards, external links, etc.)
Wallpapers and themes that can be customized for the user.
Independent slack channels for different departments
Third-party integrations such as Google Drive and Office 365
Separating threads to ensure seamless communication
Workflow Builder that automatizes routine tasks and communications
Tools for managing events like runs sheets Gantt chart, specific calendars for events
Slack is accessible as a web-based app, desktop app, and mobile app. It can be accessed on any mobile device, web browser as well as a standalone desktop application.
Web
Slack is built on an amalgamation of JavaScript/ES6 and React.js to run on using the Web platform. When Slack developed the Windows application it was not able to use the codebase that was previously in use. To ensure it was accessible on every type of devices as well as the internet, Slack decided to implement tools for development that work across platforms like Electron.
Desktop
The desktop application of Slack is created with Electron to provide a frameless, more responsive design along with other enhancements to the background for a better user experience. The Electron framework enables desktop applications that run on multiple platforms making use of programming languages such as JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
The original desktop application was developed using the MacGap V1 framework. It utilized WebView to host web-based content inside the framework of native apps. It was difficult to update it with new features that are only available to Apple's WKWebView and the switch to this view was a complete app rewrite.
While Slack's Slack desktop uses a hybrid system however, the code and assets loading were distant in the majority. The Slack developers merged Chromium as well as Node.js in the module and rendering engines. The new desktop application is now built upon the ES6 + async/await React application that gradually shifts to TypeScript.
Mobile
Slack is created by the combination of languages for programming, Java as well as Kotlin to Android.
For iOS the application is written in an amalgamation between Objective-C as well as Swift.
To create a successful application an approach that is strategic in the process of development is essential. Alongside full development of the product, using technology to support development of the product, features enhancement and other areas of development.
An MVP, also known as a Minimum Viable Product, MVP assists in creating an easy-to-use product and software design that is easily evaluated prior to launch of the final product.
Many companies create MVP initially and then launch it with a small number of users to test the functions and features. They gather feedback from their customers and incorporate the feedback into the final product. MVP is also a fantastic method to raise the initial funds to develop the application. It can also be used to verify the app's concept.
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