Web platforms & portals
A web platform your own team can run, source code included.
Customer portals, e-commerce, learning platforms and internal systems, built on mainstream tools and handed over with the repository and documentation. 9 of our 35 delivered systems are web platforms.
- 9web platforms delivered
- 35systems delivered in total
- 18sectors
- 12years building
What you get
Fast for your users, maintainable for your team, defensible to your auditor.
Three properties every platform we ship has, and how each one reaches you.
Pages that load quickly on the ordinary devices your users own.
Optimised bundles, lazy-loaded assets and CDN delivery go into the build from the first sprint. We measure load times with you before launch instead of printing a number here.
When your user numbers grow, you add capacity and keep the platform.
We build modular services and deploy to the cloud from day one, so scaling up is a configuration change your own team can make.
Security you can show your auditor.
Encryption in transit and at rest, secure authentication, and the requirements of the data-protection regulations that apply to your sector are designed in from the start. The controls are documented and handed over with the code.
Stack
Built on tools your next developer already knows.
Mainstream tools, well documented and easy to hire for. We avoid anything exotic that would tie you to us.
React & Next.js
Fast, search-indexable front ends. This site is built with Next.js.
Node.js & Python
Back-end services and APIs in Node.js; Python where data processing or automation is involved.
PHP & Laravel
For organisations whose existing systems and hosting are PHP. We build on what your team already runs.
TypeScript
Type-checked code that stays maintainable once the codebase is large and someone other than us is editing it.
PostgreSQL & MongoDB
Relational storage where your data has structure, a document store where it does not. We decide per system, after looking at the data.
Work in this area
Six web platforms we have delivered.
9 of our 35 systems are platforms, web apps, e-commerce or learning systems. Six of them are below, from five sectors. The full list is on the work page.
All 35 systems
How we work
Five stages. You receive something you own at each.
- 01Insight
A written scope and the findings behind it.
- 02Strategy
The specification and architecture, with a fixed price for phase one.
- 03Build
Working software every sprint, in your own repository.
- 04Launch
The production release and the tests that verify it.
- 05Support
Documentation, a warranty, and named response times if you want them.
Start with a free consultation on your system.
Bring the platform you have, or the one you are about to commission. We spend a working session on it and you leave with written findings, which are yours to act on with us or with anyone else.