Custom web development
Get a complex web application that serves as a powerful tool for your organization, or create a website that boosts customer satisfaction.
Why is custom web development great for your business?
Provide your organization with specialized tools and unique functionalities not available in shelf software that your competitors may use.
Get software that is tailored to any of your business needs: marketing, customer service, internal process improvement or any other. It’s highly customisable and company-specific.
Custom web applications can be easily scaled up or down as your business grows or changes. It’s also possible to integrate them with existing software, such as CRM or ERP.
Automate time-consuming tasks and focus on what’s truly important for your business. Save time and resources that could otherwise be wasted.
Collect, store, analyse, and manage data, including customers preferences and behaviours, to make better-informed decisions or get business insights.
Developed with proven and tested technologies, even the most complex web application is reliable and secure. With full control over codebase, you can avoid various risks lurking on the internet.
Kamil Rzeźnicki
Chief Technology Officer
Custom web development services
How do we develop your custom software?
Our analysts rapidly audit your specific requirements, presenting you with a customized, individual approach. We use this information to create a detailed proposal that outlines the scope of the project, its features and functionalities.
Award-winning website for a leading football club
Legia Warszawa, a professional Polish football club, approached hero/dot with the goal to build a new website and meet the demands of its fan community. As most users accessed the website from portable devices, Legia Warszawa opted for mobile-friendly solutions.
With a focus on exclusive content, fan engagement and a responsive web design, we developed a new site that was both attractive and appealing. The final result helped build up the brand image and win the Mobile Trends Award in the RWD category.
Custom web development toolbox
We use programming languages such as JavaScript, CSS, C#, SQL and HTML (markup language), to develop first-class web apps or websites.
FAQs answered by developers
What does custom website development mean?
This means that we build and customise a website for a specific client. They impose requirements on us, and we simply design it. We also select the frameworks and technologies that work best for the project. If it's a simple content management system, we usually develop it from scratch, without the support of any platform. If we are creating more complex sites, we sometimes use CMS platforms that we configure and adjust to match project needs.
What’s the difference between a website, web app, desktop and mobile app?
Websites are accessible from the browser and have their own unique domain on the internet. Although web apps are supported by the browser, they are, in fact, applications - just not ones that you install on your device. Desktop apps are created for computers and laptops and need to be installed to work. Mobile apps are those apps that you download on a mobile device, such as a smartphone or tablet.
How do you optimize page speed?
Today, there's a variety of solutions that we adapt to project requirements. In eCommerce projects, we use Server Side Rendering (SSR). For more static websites, it's Static Site Generation (SSG). Choosing the right tools is important to limit the number of resources served to the browser. Years ago, when I first started, the framework that supported an application weighed 70 kilobytes. Now there can be JavaScript-generated files of 500 kilobytes or more, and that becomes a problem – it overloads the browser side. The advantage of server-side rendering is that when code is partially generated on the backend, it reduces the amount of work for the browser.
How do you evaluate business requirements?
In order to deliver my service well, I need to acknowledge a wider business perspective. Sometimes what the client has initially said, the business analyst has understood, and the optimal technical solution, are not exactly in line. In order to program and design the app well, I need to personally talk to the client to understand the process. I ask detailed questions about technical issues, so that I can choose a suitable and easible solution. The synergy between business and technology is important.
How do you test your custom software in-house?
Developers often do happy path testing – we check if the software works for the conditions we set. Testers are those team members who point out our errors to us. They look for those spots in the application where it’s faulty or even dangerous, for example, it could result in a data breach. This is a very big image and financial risk. We also write some automated tests that check parts of the code for us. Manual testers show us whether it works as it should, safely and stably.
How do you gather feedback from clients?
We perform a user acceptance test (UAT). The client can access the product on a special server as a “regular” user. They verify if the application or website works as intended. If the client likes everything, we require a signature confirming that the product is compliant. If not, we receive feedback regarding bug fixes, or some bigger changes – for example, a different approach to specific functionality. Then the product goes back to development, and we improve it. This procedure is a standard in professional companies.
