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We are computer programmers at heart and implementing high quality, tailored systems to suit your needs is what we do best. We have been delivering revenue generating, time saving and life changing bespoke software development in Harrogate, Yorkshire since 2004.

What Is Co-Sourcing in IT and Software Development?

By Nick McKenna | 15th November 2023
Software Development Companies

As the demand for data skills increases, IT co-sourcing should always be an option your business considers to achieve your company goals. Our specialist app development teams have a long history of working alongside existing in-house software development teams. This has allowed us to find the optimal … more

Using MVPs in Software Development

By Nick McKenna | 19th April 2023

MVP Meaning in Software MVP stands for Minimum Viable Product. It refers to a piece of software developed with just enough features to be functional, designed to attract early adopters, test ideas and gather critical market feedback. Why Use an MVP? The primary reason that … more

Using WOPI To Embed Microsoft Office in a Web App

By Nick McKenna | 28th February 2022
Using WOPI to Embed Microsoft Office in a Web App

Are you thinking about harnessing the capabilities of Office Online to enhance your web Application by embedding Word, Excel or PowerPoint? This is the first in a series of blog posts relating to embedding Microsoft Office document editing capability using WOPI in bespoke web Applications. In this … more

Securing Tokens In A Progressive Web App

By Nick McKenna | 21st September 2021
Securing Tokens In A Progressive Web App

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

Progressive Web Apps Explained

By Nick McKenna | 11th September 2021
Updating to Progressive A Web App

Progressive web applications are a combination of standard website and mobile applications, offering several functionalities previously only found in native Apps. As drop-off rates for native Apps are high, the reasons why progressive web Apps are rising in popularity is increasingly clear. This comprehensive guide seeks … more

Integrating Auth0 With Azure Active Directory

By Nick McKenna | 9th July 2020
integrating auth0 with azure active directory

Integrating Auth0’s OAuth mechanism with Azure Active Directory can be a little bit tricky! The Auth0 integration documentation available on Auth0’s Azure Active Directory page doesn’t completely cover all the steps you need to take, so we’re presenting a more complete guide here. There are … more

Mobile App Development Step 1: What Do You Want?

By Nick McKenna | 22nd October 2019
Mobile App Development

Defining The Scope Of Your Mobile App The first step of building a mobile App (for iOS, iPhone, iPad or Android) is working out what it should do, and it’s always the hardest step. In general, the narrower the scope of your idea, the easier it will be to develop … more

Nesting Router Outlets In Angular 6 / 7

By Nick McKenna | 28th November 2018
Cross Platform Mobile Development

We’ve been building progressive web Applications (PWA) in Angular and Typescript for a few years now, but once in a while something new and interesting still comes along. In the last couple of weeks I came across something pretty interesting which although is possible, is … more