Your First Step to Building with Lovable
Core Features First

Build the one thing that matters

What to build before anything else

Every app has one thing it does. The button that gets pressed. The list that gets shown. The form that gets filled. Build *that* first, end-to-end, before anything else.

What "first" means

  • Before the marketing copy
  • Before the about page
  • Before the fancy animations
  • Before the empty states

The test

If your one core thing works on a plain white page, you've won. Everything else is decoration on top of a working machine.

operator note

most beginners build the marketing site first because it's easier. Then they run out of energy before the actual app exists. Reverse that order.