Web Development
Our engineers are certified nerds. With a knack for problem solving and an appreciation for elegant solutions, we'll help you develop technology solutions that are innovative, budget-conscious and future-friendly. We'll avoid the pitfalls and steer clear of the quick fix. Translation: You won't find any scotch-tape solutions here.
Development Lifecycle
Answering the "how?" is just as important as the "what?" Throughout the development of your website, we'll break your project requirements down into many small deliverables. Doing so allows us to bite off smaller chunks of functionality so that we can chew faster and you can provide feedback along the way. Each deliverable follows the following process:
Frameworks & Technologies
You'd never put a four-cylinder in an Aston Martin. We feel the same is true of a website. Once we've polished off your design, it's time to install the right technology to reach your goals and accelerate your ROI. Over that past ten years, we have worked with a myriad of technologies and we have settled on open source as our preferred toolset. These are just a few of the benefits to open source:
- Access to a large and vibrant developer community.
- Enterprise grade software without the enterprise grade price tag.
- Open source projects evolve more quickly than proprietary solutions.
- Commercial support of open source products can be purchased if required.
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Showcase
Below is a sampling of applications that we have built for our clients that came to us with a bright idea and the desire to break the mold.
Green Business Bureau (GBB)
We built a subscription-based web application that guides GBB customers in their journey to "go green." Users earn points as they complete eco-friendly initiatives organized by category (break room, transportation) and industry.
Technologies Used: Drupal, PHP, MySQL, AJAX, Authorize.net
OpenTeams
We built a real-time collaboration SaaS product that allows users to co-author documents, easily review progress, recruit thought-leaders for projects and organize ideas into presentations. No screen refreshes here.
Technologies Used: PHP, AJAX, DoJo, MySQL, Subversion, Authorize.net
City of Houston E-Catalog
The City of Houston selected Astonish Designs to build a public-access purchasing catalog that opens the books on how and where the city spends its money. The result? 9900% ROI.
Technologies Used: .NET, Microsoft SQL Server, AJAX, Flash, SOAP / WSDL
WorldOil.com
We redesigned the heavily trafficked WorldOil.com news portal for Houston-based Gulf Publishing Company and migrated it over to the .NET Ektron enterprise content management system.
Technologies Used: Ektron CMS, .NET, Microsoft SQL Server, SOAP / WSDL
Ready to start the conversation?
Call us at 866-981-7483 (option 2) or schedule a free consultation. We'll have a friendly web guru ready to answer your questions.
