Web applications allow businesses to improve efficiency and user interaction by providing advanced functionality in a highly accessible manner. Web applications are typically designed to be accessible for both desktop and mobile platforms such as smartphones and tablets. The mobile market is growing rapidly, with more than 45.5 million people in the United States possessing smartphones. Google receives more mobile searches than desktop searches, the Apple App Store and Android Market combined offer over 1 million applications and have served over 20 billion application downloads. It has been suggested that mobile applications will be our primary method of interacting with businesses and services in the near future.
Why WireDen
We have years of experience creating web applications for desktop and mobile platforms. We understand what makes web applications work: simplicity, elegance, and great functionality. Our passion for beautiful design and efficiency extends into our design and development processes. Our team is highly specialized for the development of web applications. We pride ourselves on providing the best user experience, usability, and functionality possible.
Platforms
We develop web applications that are accessible from every major mobile and desktop platform. Your web application will present the most usable interface to the user depending on the platform they are using. Since screen sizes vary considerably from desktop to tablet to smartphone, we design specific interfaces for each platform. This guarantees that your users will have the most user friendly experience possible.
Our Process
Our design and development process follows industry best practices to ensure we are creating the most effective, and accessible application that we can. During this process we will sign a contract agreement and establish associated costs. We will give you a quote based on the estimated amount of hours it will take to complete the application.
Information Gathering
This stage is one of, if not the most the important step in our design process. Our team will work closely with you to learn your business needs and establish goals and requirements for your application. In order to create an effective web application, we have to gain a good understanding your needs and goals. A major part of this process is determining what technologies to use in the creation of the application. We will ask you a lot of questions: What is the purpose of the application? What do you hope to accomplish with the application? What kind of interactivity (geolocation, image and video uploads, etc.) are you looking for? Do you want to sell the application in an App Store or Market, or provide access on all platforms?
Conceptualization & Planning
Together, we will establish a plan for the application, setting goals to maximize your online effort. A site map will be created to lay out the content and structure, as well as map how users will navigate and interact with the application. The site map will act as a blueprint for our designers and developers throughout the design process. To design the visual layout of the application, wireframes and high fidelity mockups will follow the sitemap for your approval.
Development
In the development phase we take everything we have established during the planning phase and code the functional application. During this phase, we will create a custom content management system that will enable you to edit any content in the application easily, without any programming knowledge. We develop using the latest and greatest technology, including HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery. We write code that complies to web standards, and maximizes accessibility across desktop and mobile platforms, including smartphones and tablets.
Quality Assurance
At this point, the website will have been created and ready for testing. We will go over the application and content with you to ensure it has met the goals outlined in the planning phase. We will test the application in modern browsers for both Windows, Mac OS, and Linux operating systems, as well as mobile platforms including Android, iPhone, and Blackberry.