Web App Development
Why Choose a Web App?
A Web app is simply an online tool that combines the best of the web, and in particular, your website, streamlining your business and giving a competitive advantage over your rivals. In order to keep up with the ever-demanding online world, Web apps have become vital tools for business, unleashing a whole new stream of possibilities. If you're looking to increase communication with customers, engage with employees, introduce higher levels of security and improve efficiency then there is no doubt that a Web app will help you take your business to the next level
Let's also give careful consideration to other attributes:
Security
- Where data loss and security breaches are common on desktops using a plethora of software packages, Web apps deal directly with this issue by using the cloud, firewalls or WAF's (Web app firewalls) which help protect a web application against malicious HTTP traffic. Introducing a filtration barrier between the targeted server and malicious users, the WAF is able to protect against attacks like cross-site request forgery or CSRF for short
Easy access, no installation, highly portable
- Web apps can be used on any browser. A user can log in to a Web app from home, work or anywhere in the world using a Windows laptop, Mac, tablet or mobile device that has access to the internet. There is no need to install anything, you simply open a browser on any machine, and you have direct contact.
With such an expansive range of devices available to the end user, and upgrading of smart devices happening regularly, a Web app is a superb choice for staying connected to your audience. Where speed is key, and you have it in abundance, a Web app is stored in the Cloud so a user can work from legacy devices or the latest gadgets
- Web apps can be used on any browser. A user can log in to a Web app from home, work or anywhere in the world using a Windows laptop, Mac, tablet or mobile device that has access to the internet. There is no need to install anything, you simply open a browser on any machine, and you have direct contact.
Lower cost of development
- There are no two ways about it, Web apps are cheaper to develop and run than Native apps. Why? The overriding difference between web and mobile development is almost entirely technology-related. Native apps, for example, are customised and use programming languages specific to their platform i.e. Google Android or Apple iOS. Web apps also use existing infrastructure, whereas mobile apps are built from the ground upward hence more programming time means more development costs
Straight to market
- As you don't require app store approval, a Web app can be released at your discretion, plus let's not forget the endless SEO opportunities!
7 Stage App Development Process
Why IoTech?
We are wholeheartedly customer-centric, putting you, our customer, at the core of our business and firmly in the driving seat. We are focussed on providing unrivalled, positive customer experience
We provide complete end-to-end, turnkey mobile app development services. Exceptional user experience is our ultimate goal whilst transforming your idea into reality
Multiple App Options - Mobile to Web
A Progressive Web App, or PWA for short, is a Web based app but performs like a Native app by combining the best of both worlds. They are also searchable via engines like Google so have huge SEO advantages
Native apps but ONLY for Googles Android users. The platform is free and offers easy availability of the Android SDK (software development kit). Being open source, development costs are lower than iOS
A Web app runs in a web browser and are delivered to users on the World Wide Web with active network connections. There is no need to install a Web app which also utilises SaaS (software as a service) technology
Native apps but ONLY for Apple iOS users. Easy to use with simple interfaces, plus, security is a top priority with high data encryption
Hybrid apps are built with web technologies (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) but allow access to platform features that a browser can’t provide. They are essentially Web apps but wrapped up to look like Native apps
IoT apps run on IoT devices which consist of sensors/devices which communicate with the cloud through a plethora of methods and connectivity. IoT apps can be created to be specific to almost every industry and vertical, including healthcare, industrial automation, smart homes and buildings, smart cities, Industry 4.0, automotive, and wearable technology to name but a few
Despite similarities in appearance and design, the underlying technologies are quite different from Web apps, PWAs, or Hybrid apps. Native apps are developed for specific operating systems, mainly Android & iOS so can't be accessed via an internet browser. Speed is key here! Native apps are traditionally very fast!