What is an app?

"App" or "Application" usually means a web-based application but it can also refer to iPhone or Android apps, Mobile Web applications or sometimes even a complex website or blog.

 

Simply put: an app is something that allows people to perform a task

Common Codefire Goodies

At Codefire, we have a goodie-bag of common features we use in many of our apps. They make our apps more user friendly and easy-to-use. Some of them are listed below:

Drag and drop in the web browser

Drag-and-drop is something we have become very used to in desktop applications but it's an often overlooked feature on the web. Many of our web applications take advantage of drag-and-drop to make life simpler for our users. Bplan uses drag-and-drop extensively to make business planning easier.

Facebook and Twitter Integration

Sharing content can be so important to the success of your application. Using Facebook or Twitter to let your users sign up and log in with the click of a button can increase the number of signups you get and reduce errors. We have all the tools to get you sorted. (See Codehire for a great example).

Application subdomains

If your app has many organisations, each with many users, then sometimes it helps to give them their own subdomains. This helps to give your clients a more personalised experience and avoids the problem of clashing usernames.