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We start off with the best of intentions. We’re going to manage this new service/ product/ project using a simple spreadsheet. It won’t be complicated, as we’re going to put it on a shared drive so we can collaborate, until a number of varying factors … more
Digital Platform Part 6 Of 10 The previous articles in this series have covered defining goals, creating architecture as well as modelling, mapping and cleansing data. Against that background, the next key activity is to design an API (Application Programming Interface) that client mobile Apps, … more
Digital Platform Part 5 Of 10 In previous articles, we have defined our goals, system architecture, data model and we have mapped out how to get access to the data we require. Now we should consider the data cleansing process within the legacy systems. What … more
Web Application Development Are you thinking about harnessing the capabilities of Office Online (Office Online Server or Office 365) to enhance your web Application by embedding Word, Excel, Powerpoint? This is the first in a series of blog posts relating to embedding Microsoft Office document editing capability using WOPI … more
Security is at the top of the agenda for every technological development, especially so in the open world of the World Wide Web and Internet generally. The core underlying challenge is that the web and Internet were not designed with a modern level of security … more
If your users spend a lot of time in Microsoft Office (specifically Outlook) then you should consider augmenting your software and investing in Outlook Add-In development. There are a few different forms of the Outlook Add-In, but the one I am going to discuss today … more
One reason to prefer building a native mobile App over a progressive web App has historically been that a mobile App can work (to some extent) without an Internet connection using cached data, whereas web sites only work whilst an Internet connection is present. Service … more
Progressive web Apps seek to improve engagement with your users using Push Notifications (just like the ones you get on your iOS or Android phone). For progressive web Apps this is achieved using two different technologies in combination: Push and Notifications. For the purposes of … more
In part 1 of our series on Progressive Web Apps, we discussed how a user might install your App on their device via either their web browser or the Microsoft Store. In part 2, we discuss the importance of responsiveness. Responsive Design Responsive design is … more
At the start of December, we ran a short article introducing you to progressive web Apps. In that article we discussed several common traits of progressive web Apps. In a series of articles, we are going to drill into this traits in more detail. Today … more