When we sit down with new clients, we aren’t just focused on the custom software or mobile app that needs to be built. We’re usually discussing their overall business goals, and how an app can strategically help achieve those objectives.
When clients who need a mobile app approach our CEO, Vince O’Gorman, around half of them can pinpoint their issue.
“There’s usually a consistent problem that’s been bothering them and they’ve tried a few internal fixes, but realize they require a more fulsome mobile solution,” he says.
We all know that technology is one of the fastest growing industries, and it will continue to grow as new innovations come to market. We are all familiar with wrist technologies, but what will come next?
Entrepreneurial thinking is an asset to any startup. With the creativity and ‘ge-getter’ attitude, individuals with entrepreneurial thinking have a less risk aversion and are able to generate ideas for businesses with ease.
The biggest question is how you embrace the entrepreneurial side. What does one need to do to be confident and successful?
On-Demand apps bring what you need to your door. Uber Eats and Skip the dishes have seen incredible success. These apps focus on convenience, and make going out to eat that much easier. Families with picky eaters, or allergies have the ability to get food for everyone, without having to make multiple trips. While this convenience comes at a cost of a few dollars, convenience is worth so much more. Additionally, the pandemic hindered indoor dining, and so the growth and usage of food delivery apps doubled.
Staying agile in software development practices transforms the conventional, linear development timeline into a circular loop to constantly evaluate, design, construct and monitor. Many large tech companies are beginning to implement agile methodologies to save time and money in their software development. By taking small pieces of a project, and developing each one in a feedback loop cycle, developers are able to catch bugs and other issues earlier, which means that less time is spent identifying bugs and deployment with errors is avoided.
Developers that are graduating from any computer science program or coding bootcamp should be aware of Agile methodologies and how they are implemented into software development, however many programs miss this critical piece of knowledge. Launchpad by Vog fixes that.
Launchpad by Vog takes developers from a junior developer level to an intermediate level, getting any student ready to work at any company. We guide students to build upon their coding knowledge with business and project management acumen that is missed in most bootcamps and post secondary programs, which allow them to grow as developers. Our program is designed to place students with real world projects, to allow them implement the agile concepts we have taught them in the classroom. This combination of theory and practice allows for students to fully embrace the concepts, and learn faster in Launchpad.
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Although oil pipelines are still extremely important within Alberta’s economy, there is a new type of pipeline that is of utmost significance in rebuilding the economy–the CI/CD pipeline. CI/CD is short for continuous integration and continuous delivery which provides all developers, across industries, with a set of principles and guidelines for development. While the minute details of a company’s development processes vary, having a set of standardized philosophies and processes allow for developers to move from company to company much more easily than others.
Like any business, your digital expansion requires capital. Mobile applications range in costs. When looking at simple applications, the average is approximately $100,000. However, when we look at complex applications with multiple features, the applications can cost over $230,000. While some of you may have the capital to fund your project right away, many of you may be required to look at alternative forms of funding.
At Vog, mentorship and learning are a key part of our company culture. Offering internships to local post secondary students is an important part of facilitating mentorship in the broader community and provides university students with a variety of backgrounds to gain real life experience. One of the students that Vog onboarded this semester was Jeffrey Liu, a 4th year student at the University of Calgary studying Business and Technology Management. When Vog offered Jeffrey a chance to join the team for an internship, he knew immediately that Vog was the place for him.
We spoke with Jeffrey about his experience with Vog to share with all of you.
Canadians are steadily increasing their mobile purchases these days. With mobile wallets becoming more popular, we thought it important to explore the topic. Our app development team has come up with a few key points about this mobile payment revolution to keep in mind through your app development process.
