When off-the-shelf software doesn’t work, our team works with you to design and build custom software that reduces costs, improves productivity and solves real-world business problems.
Software is transforming the way companies operate. Through custom software, businesses processes can be automated to improve productivity, reduces costs, and drive revenue growth.
We’ve built e-commerce applications, marketplaces, and custom payment systems that increase sales and drive revenue. Our team has experience designing, building, and integration robust commerce systems.
Many businesses run on different software systems and tools, which causes too much redundancy and risk. We can build integrations between all of your systems to improve efficiencies and reduce risk.
"Kohactive has become an invaluable arm of our company and had a very positive impact thus far. We're very happy with the quality of the platform they've built."
Building your application with a core API enables you to create a dynamic, device-agnostic central application layer that you can build upon.
Utilizing third-party APIs can be an efficient and low-cost means of accessing data or providing functionality for your users without the overhead of building custom software.
Building small, distinct services for core components of your software can improve maintainability, scalability, and development velocity.
Agile development is a powerful methodology for building software, especially in the face of uncertainty. We run weekly sprints and work closely with you to define requirements and expectations. We’ll help build a backlog and ensure we’re consistently prioritizing our tasks. You’ll have full visibility into the product and process but also maintain the flexibility to make changes as things evolve.
Two heads are better than one. We strive to pair program 20-30% of our time. It allows us to build high-quality software quickly and efficiently. With pairing, developers are able to transfer knowledge, hold each other accountable, and maintain a high standard of quality. Pair programming is even more important when we’re working through more difficult technical challenges.
We write automated tests to validate our application code works as expected. Unit tests allow us to test the individual components while integration tests provide a fuctionalty test of features and processes of the application. Aside from establishing best practices for a product, test-driven development increases the long-term maintainability of the codebase.
We deploy as often as possible. As soon as new code passes the automated tests, it’s deployed to staging and available for your review. This allows us to get feedback quickly and make the necessary updates. Once it’s approved, we deploy to production and begin a feedback loop with customers. This is the best way to continuously improve a product.
We really like Ruby on Rails. We’ve worked with it for a long time, we've contributed to open source projects, and we've built all kinds of products on the framework. Using Ruby on Rails, our team can bring products to market quickly and with much lower overhead. The framework is robust and has an active and vibrant community.
Learn moreNode.js is a powerful tool for building web applications and services. We typically build APIs, microservices, micro-applications with Node. We’ll use node when it’s the best fit for your product.
WordPress is a powerful platform for building marketing and content driven websites. We often use WordPress to build MVPs at low costs by utilizing the various templates and plugins available. Woocommerce, a WP commerce engine, is a great tool for many types of e-commerce websites and applications.