Minneapolis Web Development

Often companies use the general term "web design" to refer to the entire process of creating a web site. In actuality, there are 2 major phases of creation - Design and then Web Development

We make this clear delineation between design and development because our team of developers regularly go far beyond the reaches of pedestrian website builders. Our team builds standard-HTML websites, sure. But they spend the bulk of their time building sites that are actually pieces of software on the web.

A true web developer creates web applications, which are a different animal. The web application literally interacts differently with each visitor to the page and allows you to market, speak, and interact with them on an individual level (like a shopping cart). Add Social Media to the mix and you have an entirely new set of requirements for Facebook Applications and the like.

Web Applications

A web application is a dynamic web site that "talks" to other technologies. Visitors interact with the application via a browser while the app talks to databases. By availing this functionality to the Internet via web applications, you can now share updated data and functionality in real time such as product availability, service reminders, etc.

It takes a true web developer to take your requirements all the way to fruition. Whether the developer is located in Minneapolis, New York, or beyond doesn't matter. It's their skills that make the difference.

As an aside - we don't outsource or offshore anything. All of our developers are right here in Minnesota.

Examples:

eCommerce - Your web site ends when the description of a product ends and the "purchasing" of the product begins. We build custom Magento carts from the ground up and we can configure Yahoo Stores to push you to the top.

AJAX Tools - AJAX scripting can give your website a level of interactivity that is simply not possible with other tools. Now you can literally "drag" items into a shopping cart versus clicking and waiting for the page to reload.

jQuery User Interface - The introduction of the jQuery script libraries have allowed our team (developers everywhere) to build some really amazing new enhancements to the web interface. Your website can function like software while retaining search engine optimization.

Enterprise Database Integration - Your in-house legacy system is doing the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) work. The web application begins when you can see or update the CRM information from your web site. SOAP Integration is the common form.

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