Your business is growing, you're starting a new business,
you're scaling a current company. These, among many other reasons, are why
people seek out developers for web app creation. Some shops prefer to use frameworks such as Wordpress or
others to build out web apps for their clients. Other shops prefer to build
things from scratch. There's pros and cons to each approach that a
perspective client should be aware of.
1. Time to build.
At first glance it seems to be a no brainer that a framework
approach would yield a faster production process. However, in many cases, this
isn't the case. Initial deployment of a framework may be faster, but changes
and customization can take much longer in the medium and long term. That means
if you want to make changes, add, or subtract from your web app you may face
longer development times later on. For custom builds the development shop
already knows the architecture of your web app so changes should be faster and
simpler saving you money in the long term.
2. Scalability
It should seem that many existing frameworks would be very
scalable to meet your demands because so many people use them. However, that so
many people use them can actually greatly hinder their scalability. These
frameworks are trying to be so many things to so many different people,
resources are drawn to features and pieces of your web app you may not even be
using. With a custom framework all the resources are optimized and dedicated
only to the exact purpose that it was built for giving you a scalable and
performance focused experience.
3. Customization
While frameworks can be highly customizable, there are
limits to what they can do. This can be especially problematic if you have
legacy infrastructure and you suddenly need to add new important features. With
custom software it's inherently, well, custom. The developer that built it will
have enough knowledge of it's exiting infrastructure that new customized
options can be added on in a meaningful way rather than bolted on.
In conclusion, there are pros and cons to custom software
versus a framework that need to be carefully considered cases by case. If
you're looking for custom software say hi today!
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