Development Process and Tools

From our first communication with our potential client to a website release we use many tools to help us communicate with our client. We are a technology company and its important that harness our skills to make it easier to collaborate with our clients and vendors. The following is a list of tools we use to perform our daily routines:

Discovery

Before we do anything, we need to understand your likes, dislikes and expectations. It's critical for us to get to know you, so we can meet your needs and goals. We review your answers to focused questionnaires and guide you through brainstorming discussions.

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Google Voice

We use google voice to communicate with out clients. We sometimes use the incall voice recording to document what tasks our clients would like us to perform.

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Google Apps

We use google apps for our emails and document storage.

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EverNote

EverNote is widely used by our staff to store any type of notes. It sync up with our mobile devices so we can always grab the important bits of information that we need to help our clients.


Design

Our team of designers now go to work creating the look and layout of your Website. Feedback is an essential component of the design stage, and we ask for your thoughts on each of the colors, pictures and visual elements that make up your initial design.

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Adobe Photoshop

Photoshop is widely used by our staff to depict possible designs. It helps to engage better communication between our clients.

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iRise

iRise is a great tool to sketch out a website's funcionality. We usualyl create iRise document for web application that have a lot of functionality so Media Riot and our client both understands how the final product will work.


Develop

Here, we program, code and configure your site to make sure it's user-friendly and has the technical infrastructure to support its outer shell. We enable all of your internal links and implement all customized back-end features such as eCommerce tools.

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Visual Studio 2008

Our main tool used to create static websites and web applications for our clients. At Media Riot about 80% of development is done using Microsoft Visual Studio.

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SQL Server 2008

The database of choice at Media Riot. We are a big fan of SQL Server because is robust and scalable.

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Source Gear Vault

Everyday our developers reliable on Vault to backup and keep their code secure and up to date. When working in a team (sometimes remotely) it is important to share source code between developers.


Support

Most web design firms do not warranty their work, but we do up to 30 days after website deployment.