Case: Prototyping

Target

Create mobile implementations for rapid prototyping and piloting.

Solution

Implementing and deploying native mobile applications in the pre-production phase is not a trivial task. Often, the implementation cost is so high that it effectively prevents testing of highly innovative but risky ideas and concepts.

An alternative approach is to implement the concept as a Web application, and to use the mobile phone browser as the runtime environment. This approach has a number of advantages:
• Fast and cost-effective development
• Implementation based on standard Web technologies: HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• Native application -like look-and-feel through CSS/JavaScript libraries
• Support for multiple phone models and operating systems
• Seamless updates as the software is entirely running on server
• Option to implement also the production version using the same approach

In a typical business arrangement, Darteco finalizes the concept with the customer, designs the user interface, and implements the prototype. Darteco can also host the pilot, providing the pilot project participants with a limited and controlled access to the application.