Vancouver’s Essential Software Developers
We offer top-notch software development services, creating solutions that range from basic to advanced.
We are Vancouver’s Experienced Software Developers
Requirements
Starting software development begins with careful planning, where we define project needs. This involves understanding the problem, identifying user requirements, and detailing what the software must do and how it should perform.
Agile Development
Agile is the leading approach in software development and is known for its flexibility and teamwork. Methods like Scrum or Kanban emphasize flexible planning, ongoing improvement, and delivering functional software in short cycles called sprints. This method encourages regular feedback, which helps detect and fix problems early on.
QA & Testing
Ensuring software success hinges on maintaining its quality. Quality assurance (QA) uses systematic processes, methods, and tools to ensure software meets specified requirements and functions as expected. Testing, a key part of QA, includes unit testing, integration testing, system testing, and acceptance testing.
Communication
Effective communication is essential for successful software development. Regular meetings such as daily stand-ups or sprint reviews help exchange information among developers, designers, testers, and stakeholders. Clear and transparent communication ensures everyone is on the same page and fosters a shared understanding of project goals.
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The Essentials of Great Software Development
Gathering and Analyzing Requirements
Requirements gathering and analysis are crucial stages in software development. They involve identifying and understanding the specific environment where the software will function. This includes exploring the context, goals, and limitations of the software being developed. By deeply understanding the problem domain, software developers can grasp the challenges to address and the goals to achieve clearly.
Identify and understand the problem domain: Thoroughly comprehend the context, purpose, and constraints of the software being developed.
Engage with stakeholders: Collaborate with clients, end-users, and other relevant stakeholders to gather their requirements, expectations, and feedback.
Create clear and concise requirements documentation: Develop a detailed requirements specification that outlines the software's functional and non-functional aspects, ensuring alignment among all stakeholders.
Development
The development phase of software development is where the software is built and put into action. It involves various essential activities that lead to the creation of a functional software system.
Design the software architecture: Develop a high-level design that defines the software system's overall structure and key components.
Code implementation: Write the code based on the design specifications, ensuring adherence to coding standards and best practices.
Keep updating and improving: Often add new code to the main code set to make sure it works well with what's already there, and make changes to the code to make it easier to understand, maintain, and run better.
Testing and Quality Assurance
Testing and quality checks are very important in creating software. They ensure the software does what it's supposed to do, works correctly, and provides a great experience for the user.
Plan and create test scenarios: Make a detailed plan for testing and create test scenarios that check every part of the software’s functions and performance.
Run tests: Perform different kinds of tests like unit testing, integration testing, system testing, and acceptance testing to find problems and make sure the software meets the needed requirements.
Carry out quality checks: Use code reviews, static analysis, and continuous integration to maintain code quality, follow coding standards, and ensure everything is well-documented.
Building top quality software & apps for over a decade.
The Essential Process
Planning
At the start of each project, we work with our customers to build a solid project plan. The initial Scope document can come from the client or a combined process of phone calls and in-person meetings. This meticulous planning ensures that we have a clear roadmap for success from the very beginning.
Wireframing
Once the project plan and scope have been finalized, our wireframing team takes over to determine the placement of all objects on each page of the application, whether it is a consumer mobile app or a backend business application. This is an important stage where we come to a final agreement on what will be placed on each page for the User to access.
Design
After the wireframes for all pages have been finalized, our design team takes over to create the final appearance and functionality of the application. This is an exciting stage of the project where you can see the entire application come to life. We will provide you with clickable versions to fully experience everything the user goes through before we begin coding.
Code
With the wireframes and designs finalized, we begin coding the application to make it functional. As an Agile development shop, we break down the project into baskets of features called Sprints. This approach allows our customers to regularly review the progress of their software development process and provide feedback at the end of each Sprint. We value your input and involvement throughout the entire development process.
Testing
The testing process for mobile and software applications is a crucial step in ensuring that the product is functional, reliable, and user-friendly. Typically, the process involves several stages, where various techniques and tools are employed to identify defects, bugs, and usability issues. The goal is to detect and correct any issues before the application is released to the public, ultimately improving the user experience and ensuring the success of the product.
Deployment
After the application is completed, approved by our internal QA, project management and the client – we are ready to deploy the code to its final destination. Hosting options vary from client-owned servers to web or cloud hosting. We guide clients through the options and handle the final stages.
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Our Clients
Making hundreds of businesses better, big or small.
Lifeguard
“Essential Designs was able to create a cutting edge application that will save lives, they always say "Anything can be done" and are definitely able to deliver on that promise.”
Founder
Teck Resources
"We’ve been engaged with Essential Designs for several years now and we’ve found that the value they deliver is significantly above everyone else that we deal with."
SBA
Schneider Electric
We are a company present in more than 150 countries..I was very happy with their efficiency..they were responsive and happy to make any changes that we required.
Product Manager
Handld
"I had a lot of trust in them, everyone knew their job, and they worked very efficiently. ...the trust and communication skills were what distinguished them from their competitors.’’
Owner