He is a geek and a food lover.  And shot to fame with @preg in Code Warriors, txtWeb’s app contest held in April. That’s Bipul Jain.

He made it to the final list of 7 developers who got a chance to showcase their apps in front of a panel of experts from txtWeb.

We spoke to him about his experience in Code Warriors in particular and txtWeb in general; here is what he had to say.

Your App for Code Warriors

Which app got you recognition in Code Warriors? What was your motivation in developing it?

@preg Get pregnancy related alerts

What was your experience in the Code Warriors app contest?

Awesome!!! I had to get it done within a limited time frame, which made it exciting.

What were your learnings from it?

Exploring problems, ideas, technical constraints etc

Your other Apps on txtWeb

Which other apps do you have on txtWeb currently? Which one is the most popular among users?

There are two other apps I have developed using the txtWeb platform

@fkart: Search flipkart.com using SMS

@backup: Create backup of your contacts using SMS

What was your motivation in developing these apps on txtWeb?

@backup was my first app on txtWeb. I developed these as my friends and I had lost our phones and had to deal with ‘lost contacts’ too many times.

@fkart was a hack at flipkart Hack Day 2. I wanted to integrate flipkart, SMS and txtWeb

Your experience with txtWeb

Considering that txtWeb is platform agnostic, which technology do you use to develop apps on txtWeb?

I use Google app engine for all my txtWeb applications

As a developer, why would you recommend txtWeb platform to other developers?

I think taking the first step in development is the most difficult part. txtWeb platform is very intuitive and getting started is easy. You get to see the output and observe that people from all over country are using it as soon as you deploy your app.

Other Platforms

Which are the other platforms you have developed apps on?

Android, Apache, Hadoop etc  

How has your experience been on txtWeb vis-a-vis other platforms?

Great! txtWeb is the platform that made me realize my potential

Which online resources, websites and forums do you often visit and recommend to other developers?

Stackoverflow.com, technical blogs and txtWeb tutorials

Profile:

Educational: B.E Information science and engineering PESIT. Bangalore 2008-12

Professional: Working at flipkart.com

Hobbies: Coding, music, movies, food

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