He succeeded because he solved a genuine problem. I have experienced the stay at the Hotels branded under OYO rooms. It is better in so many ways than other similar budget hotels.
No I have been coding now for close to an year now. But this is my first project with Swift. I have also watched the video lectures of the iOS development course offered by Stanford on iTunes.
Actually some of the UI was designed by me but most of it was inspired by the app designed in the book. I do not have much experience in UI design. I learnt a lot from the book. Thanks for the appreciation :)