Frontend Development and Codebase Update for an App That Enables Drone Management
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14
Weeks to deliver
Three and a half months, start to finish, as planned in the sprints.
50K+
Monthly visits
To the application.
16K+
Subscribers
Using the platform.
The client
senseFly makes drone solutions that simplify how geospatial data is collected and analysed. Its users work in humanitarian aid, engineering, agriculture and surveying, and the point of the whole thing is better decisions.
The drones ship with a web application clients use to manage every drone they own.
The challengeWhat the teams actually needed
The application’s codebase needed updating, and the company wanted a partner it could trust with the rewrite.
Challenge 01Off a server-side CMS
typo3 had to give way to a client-side application able to carry any logic above the new microservice cluster.
Challenge 02Quality that survives the years
The team had to implement a modern application in Vue or React, with code quality and unit test coverage high enough that the thing stays evolvable.
Challenge 03Interfaces showing their age
Old user interfaces needed bringing up to current trends and into line with the company’s visual identity.
What we did
From typo3 to Vue.js, by a team of three
A team of three reviewed the alternative frameworks and recommended Vue.js, which allows several applications to be built from one set of components. One developer, a project manager and a QA specialist delivered the whole thing.
Vue, after a proper look
Potential alternatives were reviewed before Vue.js was chosen, on the strength of reusing one component set across multiple applications.
Old UI, polished
The existing interface was reworked so the new screens would match both the technology and what users now expect.
TypeScript for robustness
Using TypeScript made the delivered application robust, and extensive testing and modularisation lifted code quality.
Built to grow into
The chosen architecture and stack leave room for the application to scale and take on more complexity.
Client testimonial
Netguru demonstrates consistent dedication to the quality of delivery and transparency by insisting on client involvement throughout the whole project, developer staffing, and implementing internal code quality practices. This is unusual and refreshing.
Tech stackThe tools that made it possible
01
Vue.js
The progressive JavaScript framework the app was rewritten in.
02
TypeScript
Typing that makes the delivered application robust.
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