WEB DEVELOPMENT
FIRST IMPRESSIONS MATTER. WE DEVELOP COMPLEX WEBSITES AND PLATFORMS THAT TURN VISITORS INTO CUSTOMERS.
By blending intuitive UX/UI designs with strategic front-end and back-end development, we create complex websites that make it simple for your customers to navigate your business with engaging content that speaks volumes about your brand.
When someone visits your website, web app or platform, we want them to feel captivated and, more importantly, become a loyal customer, which will increase your conversions.
WHAT IS CUSTOM WEB DEVELOPMENT?
Custom web development involves coding complex websites, web apps and platforms with precision, emphasising functionality and intuitiveness. Our core focus is on meticulous development, resulting in adaptable and responsive websites and web apps that are both easy to navigate and update. Each website is made to meet our clients' specific needs, ensuring a genuinely customised solution.
We specialise in the development of large and intricate websites built on solid web development best practices. These websites showcase our expertise in handling extensive customisation, packed with a ton of features, functionalities, and automation. Our projects often involve advanced integrations to enhance overall performance and user experience.
TECHNOLOGIES WE USE
- HTML
- CodeIgniter
- CSS
- Laravel
- Javascript
- NodeJS
- jQuery
- MySQL
- Angular
- MariaDB
- VueJS
- Cordova
- React
- Ionic
- PHP
- WordPress
BENEFITS OF WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT
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FULLY CUSTOM DEVELOPED
We specialise in creating websites and web apps tailored to your specific needs. From layout to functionality, our team collaborates closely with you to turn your vision into a visually appealing and highly functional digital presence. The sky is the limit regarding what we can code because your entire project is custom-coded.
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BUILT FOR FUTURE GROWTH
Our websites, web apps, and platforms are built to evolve with your business. We create a robust foundation that smoothly integrates new features, enhanced functionalities, and third-party integrations as your requirements expand over time.
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SCALABILITY MADE SIMPLE
We design your website, web app, or platform with scalability from day one. Anticipating future popularity and growth, our solutions ensure your website, platform, or web app can handle increased user traffic, growing data volumes, and more transactions. By planning for scalability upfront, we guarantee optimal performance and responsiveness as your user and customer base grows.
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OPTIMISED PERFORMANCE
We give our developers the flexibility to fine-tune the performance of your custom website based on your project's unique needs. This involves prioritising speed, responsiveness, and the overall user experience to ensure your website performs at its best.
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SECURITY
Our custom-built websites come equipped with advanced security features. Our developers implement tailored measures to address the unique security needs of each project. This is essential for safeguarding sensitive data and maintaining a secure online environment.
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INTEGRATIONS
One significant advantage of custom-coded websites and platforms is their ability to integrate with APIs, which can add features and functionality to a platform without having to build it from scratch. Web applications can benefit from pre-existing features and services, simplify updates and maintenance, and join broader ecosystems or platforms by integrating with third-party APIs, leading to a much more robust and versatile platform.
WHY ELEMENTAL?
We are a tech partner in that we establish the foundation for a long-term collaboration by offering ongoing advice on technical strategy and forward-thinking planning for the duration of your project.
We have been honing our skills in building reliable, complex, and scalable websites since 2005.
We’re experts in developing custom websites and web apps for our clients. We get to know you, your business, and your clients to cultivate an in-depth understanding of how we can best build a custom website that caters to your business and users.
We provide support and maintenance for your websites so that they continue to evolve and succeed over time because custom websites offer a one-of-a-kind experience to your users, and each feature needs to stay functional and up-to-date for a seamless user experience. The upkeep of your website is as important as its development.
You benefit from the dedicated support of a project manager who oversees every aspect of your project's lifecycle. Your project manager is there for effective communication, timely updates, and coordination with the development team. You also have access to project management tools that provide real-time visibility into project progress, milestones, and deliverables.
Our whole team works in-house, which means that we have developed and refined various systems and processes to improve efficiency, communication, and project quality. We also upskill our internal team to enhance their technical abilities, and our development team gets to learn from senior developers to grow our collective knowledge base.
We have a full QA (Quality Assurance) team to ensure that websites and web applications meet clients' expectations and deliver a great user experience by preventing unwanted functionality or design flaws, and defects on the platform. Our QA team fully tests our custom-coded websites and web apps on various devices, software, and browsers.
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Outsourcing Software Development To South Africa
South Africa is becoming a dominant player in software development outsourcing. Software development agencies like ours in South Africa are a part of the statistics that make our country the third-largest emerging BPO geography globally. So, what makes South Africa a prime destination for outsourcing software development? South Africa has the largest talent pool of developers on the continent. Outsourcing development to South Africais an attractive option for international clients due to the tech business climate, the number of developers per capita, and a limited language barrier, which international companies may find to be a challenge when considering outsourcing software development to other countries that don’t speak English as predominantly as we do. Let’s look at more reasons why international clients should outsource their software development to South Africa.
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What You Need To Know About Developing a Successful SaaS Application
SaaS applications offer much more cost-effective, easily updated, and flexible options for users. Oftentimes, consumers can subscribe to different deals that cater to their needs, and if they don’t like it, they can cancel their subscription. For providers, if they have an excellent development team like ours at Elemental working with them, coupled with a great idea for a solution-providing SaaS, they can have a revenue-generating product on their hands within a year or less. If the SaaS is well-developed from the onset, maintenance would cost a fraction of the price compared to traditional methods of distributing software. When developing a SaaS, providers must keep in mind that their project might be a massive hit. For this reason, they should keep in mind that the SaaS must be developed with scalability in mind. If it becomes popular, providers can predict future revenue based on their monthly or yearly subscriptions. The benefits of a successful SaaS application are endless.
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Is there still a place for custom web development?
With the evolution of many DIY website builders and off the shelf software and SAAS solutions, one has to ask if there is still a place for custom web development.
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WEB DEVELOPMENT FAQS
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I have a rough idea of the website that I need to develop for my business; can you help me flesh this out?
Certainly! For these types of projects, we start with a Discovery Phase of the project, which entails understanding your requirements, ideas and anything related to the project. Through a series of workshops and engagements, we then define the scope of work in detail through a technical specification document and accompanying wireframes (which act as a prototype of your project). Once this phase is complete, all parties will be aligned as to the project’s requirements, scope and deliverables. The design and development of the website can then proceed.
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Can the web platform you develop for my business integrate with third-party systems?
Yes, in theory, this should be possible; in fact, many websites have integrations with third-party systems. To allow your website to communicate and interact with third-party systems, this is typically achieved through API (Application Programming Interface) integrations. To find out more about API integrations, read this article.
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I am not only looking for web development services, but I'm also looking for expertise to brainstorm and come up with innovative ideas to take my business to the next level. Do you offer this service?
Yes, indeed, we do. We provide consulting services where we work with you to understand what you are trying to achieve and what your problem areas are. We then lean on our 21+ years of experience to come up with innovative solutions, features and functionality that will add value to your platform and ultimately to my business.
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What security measures are implemented in custom web development?
Custom-built websites prioritise security. Developers implement specific measures, such as encryption, authentication, and authorisation, to address the unique security requirements of each project, ensuring the protection of sensitive data.
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Do you offer support once you’ve developed and launched the website, web app, or platform?
Yes, we provide support and maintenance services once a project has gone live. This support and maintenance covers changes, minor upgrades, troubleshooting of issues, and rectification.
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How do custom websites perform on different devices and browsers??
Custom websites are built with responsiveness in mind, ensuring optimal performance across multiple devices and browsers. This method improves the user experience and increases the website's accessibility.
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What types of specialists is your team made up of?
We have a team that consists of UI/UX designers, front-end and back-end developers, project managers, Quality Assurance testers, client service specialists, and business analysts.
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How do I get started?
Contact us today and find out how we can help your business. You can mail us at [email protected] or contact us via our contact page.