P2P App For The @ Company
ABOUT THE CLIENT
As a bunch of enthusiasts who like to call themselves 'internet optimists', The @ Company has committed itself towards the creation of a more 'human' internet by enabling users to access the goodness of the internet, without sacrificing their privacy online. Founded in California, The @ Company is driving a revolution on the internet with their open-source products that create a safe environment for users, developers, creators and more on the Internet by creating digital identities for them which can be used to access all services on the web, without the need of divulging personal data or information publicly.
The Problem
The people at The @ Company were looking for App templates on the internet when they came across the templates built by us on the Flutter Market and got in touch with us straightaway. In pursuit of their vision and mission, they had come up with a massive catalog of apps that they wanted us to help them build, which would change the way people look at and use apps on the daily by giving them a security and privacy angle. They wanted us to use their privacy protocol and implement them in the numerous apps that were planned.Out of the many apps in queue, we decided on a timeline of 12 weeks to design, develop and deploy two main apps, out of which, 4 weeks were dedicated to the MVP of @tmosphere and 8 weeks to @atmosphere pro and @rrive. All the engagements were decided on a fixed price model, that was spread over a single phase.
OVERCOMING CHALLENGES
The biggest challenge in this project was the exposure to a custom SDK that was built by the client and its integration. As compared to conventional APIs, this concept was relatively new and a good understanding of the functional knowledge of the SDK was paramount. The developers went deep into how the SDK worked with the help of the documentation that was provided with the SDK as well as assistance from the team that developed the SDK in the first place. Another challenge was to plan and deliver the app within the stipulated time but it was cut in half, thanks to the brilliant designs by the design team which were mostly reused for the other apps that were built with this project.
In bird's eye viewGit was used for versioning and code management.Trello was the tool of choice for task management.
In bird's eye viewGit was used for versioning and code management.Trello was the tool of choice for task management.
TEAM ON CALL
The protocol libraries that would direct this project were already based in Dart and the project required experts of Flutter to give it the attention it deserves. With design and development queued from scratch for two different apps, we initiated a team of 6 Flutter experts, led by a tech lead, in the project that was spearheaded by an Engineering/Project Manager. Two design experts were also employed to build an impeccable UI/UX for the app and one QA engineer to make sure everything is cohesive and works well together.
A secure peer-to-peer file transferring app in Flutter.
The app would use the highly secure @protocol for security and privacy in the backend.
A suite of three apps were planned to be built by us.
Strategy
This engagement with The @ Company was to create a series of apps using their security protocol to support them in their attempt to create a safer internet. The partnership was based on a fixed cost model wherein we created an MVP as well as design, develop and deploy @atmosphere pro and @rrive
Analysis Planning
Since the apps were already built, we decided to align the framework according to the previous tech stack which was Dart. This led the inhouse team to finalise the technologies to be Flutter used alongside AtSign, an identifier on the platform to enable multiple features that can be used securely.
UI/UX
The client required designs which stayed true to the brand because of which our designers conceptualised wireframes in a way that the flow would seem natural to the user.
Development
The aim of the engagement was to give the existing apps an overhaul by integrating them with The @ Company’s innovative solution which required us to integrate an SDK which allowed for user integration as well as the protocol using stream integration
Testing
The QA team invested time to test the application multiple times at regular intervals throughout the course of the project to ensure that there were no bugs
Delivery
The two applications that we have worked on are currently live and it was an honour to have been a part of The @ Company’s noble efforts to make the internet a safer place.
FINAL IMPRESSION
The clients have had an amazing run with us in this project. We were able to deliver and deploy two applications within the deadlines decided with ease and the client was mighty impressed with that. They also commended our professionalism and ability to plan the project well. The applications will be live & available to download and use soon and the client has explicitly expressed their interest in working with us in the future again. We are ecstatic to have gained a long-term partner in The @ Company, which is proven by the numerous collaborations they have done with us in our events. We're lucky to have them be a part of the family.
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