Some jobs are too quick for a web page.
Someone keying orders all day needs screens that respond instantly and work from the keyboard. They need labels to print and barcodes to scan without a browser getting in the way.
Desktop software went out of fashion, but the need for it didn't. Plenty of businesses still run on it, and for the right job it remains the quickest, most dependable way to work.
What you get
- Windows applications designed around the job: order entry, stock, despatch, production
- Fast, keyboard-driven screens for people who use them all day
- Label printers, barcode scanners and other equipment working properly
- One set of data shared across the office, or between sites
- Links to your accounts, website and other systems
- Updates that install themselves, so every PC is on the same version
Already running an older desktop system? We take those on too: see old VB.NET and Access systems.
How a desktop application gets built.
Watch the job
We spend time with the people who'll use it, at the desk or the counter, and note where the seconds go.
Design the screens
Screens are laid out for speed: the common task in the fewest keystrokes, the rare one still easy to find.
Build in checkpoints
You see each part working before we move on, and every release is tested by hand.
Install and support
We install it, train the people using it and look after it. Updates reach every PC without a visit.
What people ask first.
Based in Derbyshire, working with businesses across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, the wider East Midlands and the UK.
Why a desktop application and not a web app?
Speed, equipment and reliability. Desktop software responds instantly, works properly with printers and scanners, and keeps going when the internet doesn't. Where a web application would suit you better, we'll say so: we build both.
What do you build with?
Mostly Microsoft .NET for Windows, in C# or VB.NET, with a proper database behind it.
Can it work across several sites?
Yes. Sites can share one set of data, and where each keeps its own, we bring the figures together so the business can be seen as a whole.
We already have a desktop system. Can you take it over?
Yes. That's a job we do often. See old VB.NET and Access systems.
What does it cost?
Each job is priced at a no-obligation meeting, once we've seen what's involved. As a guide, it will probably come to less than half of what a traditional software house would quote.