Web Sites and Web Applications
The Web is the most popular and the most far-reaching application platform today, enabling a plethora of scenarios, from eCommerce to buisness applications and social networks. Web applications are built on a variety of standards and technologies (such as HTTP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS,...) and are based on a large variety of server technologies (we can help you with several, but not all of them... we specialize in Microsoft's ASP.NET - both in MVC and WebForms flavors - and we can also help you with Ruby).
We offer services for all kinds of Web Application development scenario, froml deployment in Intranet data centers, all the way to the Cloud. We can provide an entire team including management, or - on the other end of the scale - we can simply provide a single expert that can solve a specific problem or advise you with specific needs in an engagement that could be as little as a few hours. We have the ability to adjust to our clients need and due to our large network of experts (internal and external), we can provide the expert for any situation.
Common Technologies
Web appications and sites are built on a variety of technologies and techniques, and we do not claim to know them all. However, here is a list of the ones we are experts in:
- ASP.NET (MVC and WebForms)
- HTML (4 and 5)
- JavaScript (including jQuery and similar frameworks)
- CSS (Cascading Stylesheets)
- AJAX
- Services and SOA
- Silverlight
- SQL Server
- Ruby
Our Expertise
Our expertise in Web development reaches back to the mid-90s, when the "World Wide Web" was in its infancy and the first web sites (especially eCommerce) just got started. Our experts assisted various early eCommerce pioneers in development of some of the largest web sites at the time, based on what would now be considered very primitive and low-level web technology. Since then, we have constantly kept up with time and have been on the forefront of Web development, especially on the Microsoft platform, mainly with ASP.NET (WebForms and later MVC).
Many of our current web projects are based on ASP.NET MVC (although quite a number also use WebForms) using HTML 4 and some HTML 5. Most projects use a lot of client-side technologies such as JavaScript and AJAX (many of our projects utilize jQuery) and of course CSS. We also have graphical designers who can make your web site or application look professional.
Recently, we have also added Ruby (and especially Ruby on Rails) to our bag of tricks.
As always, CODE Consulting has experts on staff as well as access to CODE's extensive framework of contractors and authors to ensure we can not just provide any expert but the expert, when sophisticated issues arrive.
Starting a Web Project
As many of our projects, we usually start Web Projects with a Vision & Scope Workshop to determine overall goals of the project, the size of the effort, and best approach. Based on the findings of this process, we decide on next steps together with the customer. Often, but not always, that may be a Proof of Concept or Prototype phase that subsequently moves into a further standard development process.
Project Lifecycle and Development Approach
Web Application projects vary greatly in size and complexity and thus the development and project management approach has to be customized accordingly. We work with our customers to decide on the best possible approach that matches the customer’s need and incorporates CODE at the level desired, whether that is a small supporting role or the other end of the spectrum, which has us manage and handle most of the project. In many cases, we do not use our own approach but integrate with a customer’s existing process.
Many (but not all) Web Application projects utilize some variation of an Agile methodology.
Purchase Options
Web Applications come in all shapes and sizes, and the most appropriate business arrangements for such projects needs to be determined on a case-by-case basis together with the customers. In many cases, Web Application projects are set up as “time-and-materials” projects billed on an hourly basis (either billed on an ongoing schedule, through service agreements, or as pre-paid hourly blocks). Sometimes, Web Applications can also be built on a fixed-price basis, but due to the complexity and size of such projects, this is only possible under specific pre-conditions and specific scenarios. Graphical design tasks are often billed on a fixed price for a certain set of designs.
Purchasing Our Services
We offer our services in a variety of ways to meet every possible need. Options range from plain time and materials setups, to hourly blocks and montly service contracts, and sometimes even fixed price setups (especially for mobile "apps"). Contact us for more information and for a Schedule of Fees.
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