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So recently, one of my clients had asked for some new features for a Dog Walking mobile app that was deployed earlier this year. I hadn't touched the code base in months and when I re-opened the code base to see how I would implement these features, it dawned on me that it was a bit of a dumpster fire 🔥. Keeping in mind that this was written about a year ago, a time where my programming skills weren't anywhere as polished as it is today. I decided, that the only way moving forward (with confidence) was to upgrade both the backend (Node.js/JavaScript) and frontend (React Native/JavaScript) to TypeScript.

After 4 long months and 475 hours of development I have finally deployed my first mobile app to their respective app stores. In the grand scheme of things I am not sure if this is a long time for developing a mobile app or if it's a relatively quick development lifecycle. To get closer to a definitive answer, i'll break down what the app is and what's its scope, what technologies I used to create the app, the motivation behind the app and what I hope to get out of creating the app.