I’m Ishara Asanka an undergraduate of University of Peradeniya-faculty of Science. Coming across the opportunity of AppZone I came up with the simple idea to develop a SMS based application which is useful for the people who travel by train and I named it as "Train Traveler". Simply this application allows the users to get the train details/departure and arrival time of the trains based on their travel.
AppZone is specifically targeting on the university students who are doing software development. They conduct developer sessions almost all the universities island wide. That’s how I came across this immense opportunity. AppZone Team came to University of Peradeniya and conducted a developer workshop and couple of lab sessions for the students of Science and Engineering faculties.
Their explanation on the value/the market potential for the SMS based application in Sri Lanka and the revenue sharing aspects motivated me to come on board and develop an application. Even though there were some minor difficulties initially the user guides and sample applications that are provided in AppZone.lk site made them all clarified for me to go forward. The assistance and the guidance given by AppZone team by conducting lab and focus session were really helpful for us to proceed without getting stuck at any point.
AppZone Team is willing to give us hand in every possible way. They have a developer forum which plays a big role. You don’t have to be a professional developer to build up a small SMS based application besides Aventura Platform takes care of all the backstage activities. You only have to have a little knowledge in programming and the interest to develop. I must also mention that the AppZone is a great opportunity for all the Sri Lankan university students who are doing development provided by hSenid Mobile and Etisalat.
As an undergraduate I would like to tell all the other university students to get the maximum use of this opportunity. Consider this a lifetime investment. Isn’t it great being a university student and to get a decent amount of cash at the end of the month by doing nothing? Think for a minute and come up with a cool idea..and make the investment!
Visit: AppZone.lk / http://apps.appzone.lk
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