Web Development

Early on, we work out what the application will need to do and what it will look like. We ensure that these requirements are met. Only after we understand the full scope of the requirements, we move onto the rest of your web application development process. We involve stakeholders and our team in this phase to kickstart the process.

Although there is no way to guarantee complete security (unforeseen circumstances may happen),  there are methods that we  implement to help minimize web application security problems. The top line of defense against hackers is a good firewall. A firewall is used to block anyone outside your company from accessing the application. Another essential security practice is to configure user directories so your application can check for and update the user’s information in real-time. Another essential factor is implementing authentication in your application. Apply role management along with authentication to restrict the application access to authenticated users only. These are just basic examples. Web Security is a vast field that we understand and are very proficient with.

Scalability means designing your application to handle high levels of traffic, including periods of peak monthly usage. The performance of your web application will degrade if we restrict access during peak usage. We make sure that your application remains available during these times. Our goal is to build an application that can scale to meet future demands and increase its performance without increasing complexity.

We always ensure the development team that will work on your project is the size and skill-set appropriate to complete successfully. This team must be able to support your application and fix any bugs that may arise. We also make sure the development team assigned to your application is self-sufficient and able to manage its tasks and workloads.

We don’t just think about how your application looks and works. We always try to envision how it is going to be used from the final user’s perspective. For instance, if you request an app with a contact form, we predict what your user will naturally want to do as they use your app (make new contacts, transfer existing ones, and so on).

Deciding how to structure your application is a critical part of developing a scalable and maintainable codebase. It involves thinking about the functionality your application provides and how users are going to interact with it. You could have a vertical or horizontal scaling architecture or one that can scale both vertically and horizontally. We make sure we follow the best practices to guarantee the best user experience on your app.

The network layer is often neglected in virtualized environments thanks to running multiple servers on a single low latency network. However, it is crucial to examine the network settings in this environment and optimize them specifically for the best performance of your app. Network-aware database systems like Memcached or Redis can be used to cache data between servers. If this data becomes stale, it can cause a bottleneck in the network as traffic is shuffled around the web to move around the caches. By tuning these caching systems to use as much memory as possible (and disabling unnecessary interfaces), we can keep track of what is being cached and prevent traffic bottlenecks from becoming an issue with your application.

Once the web application is complete, it’s time to test it. We will use mock users to see how well your application performs under high levels of traffic. This can be achieved using a load test tool such as WebPageTest.io, which will allow us to test and explore your application under a realistic load pattern and simulate the different scenarios that would occur.

If we are testing an existing or legacy application we will use a legacy testing tool such as JMeter to make sure the application works properly in all implementations. Remember that if your app isn’t scalable, this high traffic could degrade the performance of real users.