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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.
Our specialist App development teams have a long history working alongside existing in-house software development teams. This has allowed us to find the optimal mix of rapidly delivering value to our clients, as well as up-skilling their staff. Why do Businesses Co-Source Software Development Companies? … more
How does progressive web app work? A progressive web App is a web site that runs in a web browser but provides an experience to the visitor that is more like a familiar mobile App (like the ones that run on your iPhone, iPad or Android phone). … more
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
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, websites can only work whilst an Internet connection is present. However, Service Workers have allowed … more