What is a Software House (Software Company)?
Software House is a company that creates dedicated software and providing different programming services. The range of software house services depends mainly on team specialisation and knowledge of technologies. In contrast with digital agencies that usually create websites or deal with marketing, working in the software house requires considerable technological knowledge. Nonetheless, the software house team consists not only of programmers. Creating a software is an elaborated process that also includes business analysis and consultancy at the planning stage. A good software house creates not only functional and effective applications or software, but also advises you on the best solutions and leads you through the whole process of project’s creation, so that you know how to use the potential of the project.
What types of software are created by our Software House?
Our software house deals with creating web and mobile applications.
Web applications (or Internet applications) can be opened in the same way as web designs in a web browser (for instance Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari). The user can benefit from their functions virtually on every device with the access to the Internet.
Mobile applications have to be installed on selected devices, primarily via Google Play or App Store. It is advantageous because we have easier access to our smartphone's resources from the application itself. Therefore, we can use such functions as internal memory, contacts, microphone, localisations or possibility to operate offline.
In practice we create both versions of applications that contain integral integration through REST or API. The ideal example of such a solution is Facebook, which provides web applications and at the same time offers mobile applications, which can be installed on your smartphone.
Which programming languages and technologies are used in our Software House?
In case of web projects we predominantly focus on PHP and JavaScript languages. Of course we always use some additional supporting programming language, but nonetheless these are PHP or JavaScript that form the base for web applications and communicate with the database.
In regards to mobile applications, we usually base on React Native and Xamarin technology. Both technologies are relatively new tools, which allow to implementation of hybrid mobile apps - compatible with Android and iOS system. Since it is estimated that the code may be shared in 70%, the cost of the project is significantly smaller. On the other hand, 30% is a native code (which is created individually for operating systems).The major programming languages that we use in case of mobile software are Java, JavaScript, Python, Kotlin and Swift.
When we choose technology both for web and mobile applications we look at project needs. Most often we choose technologies that are constantly developed, to provide the best conditions for future updates and development.
Help in planning web and mobile apps
Creating specifications for web applications or mobile applications is a huge challenge. You have to think about detailed functions of the application, divided into various groups of users. Thanks to our experience, we can suggest which ideas will work the best and how to transfer them into effective technological solutions. We can create a project’s brief together or imply which tools will be useful in its creation.