Chicago Web Development Agency

You may have heard of numerous ways a website can be built, but WordPress probably keeps coming up. And that’s because 35% of the web is built on WordPress. There’s a reason for this. WordPress started as a blogging platform but quickly became a go-to tool to execute a cost-effective web development strategy. When you choose WordPress, you’re choosing the tool used to build the official websites for PlayStation, Yelp, eBay, the Walt Disney Company, and 75 million other websites.

WordPress allows you to develop a website without having to write code from scratch. It’s not the only platform for which this is true, but WordPress is favored by developers like DAP because it is infinitely customizable. Once you know how to use WordPress, there’s no need to expend the time and money building a website from the ground up. If you can imagine it, WordPress can do it.

WordPress has useful features, including:

• Cloud-Based Development Platform. You, your web developer, or your site admins can access the back-end bones of your website from anywhere in the world, on any device, provided that you have an internet connection and your login credentials. Whether you need to make a change, post a blog, or collect analytics, your site is there for you, wherever you go.
• 54,000+ Free Plugins. Plugins add features to your website easily, without having to edit the code of your website. The robust selection of plugins makes WordPress even easier and more cost-effective to customize. Popular plugins include analytics, eCommerce integrations, social media integrations, and SEO tools. 
• Safe and Secure. WordPress is one of the safest and most secure web platforms on the market. DAP takes additional precautions to protect your website from cybercriminals and comply with web security mandates.

DAP is a leading WordPress developer in Chicago. It is a powerful tool in creating web experiences without limits.

There’s more to a successful Ecommerce site than putting a “Buy Now” button on a product page. The best Ecommerce sites are money machines that generate sales with minimal input from the site owner. To accomplish this, an ecom site needs to walk customers through a buyer’s journey designed to end with a purchase. 

The typical buyer’s journey moves customers through three stages: awareness, consideration, and decision. Buyer’s journeys on ecom sites differ from other sites—calibrated to collect leads, schedule sales calls, etc.—because they have to get the buyer to that “Checkout” button. Weakness in the buyer’s journey at any point could lead to inaction, abandoned carts, and sales lost to competitors.

Whether retail sales are a company’s central revenue stream or they only use their Ecommerce platform to sell swag, DAP’s Chicago web development team designs world-class customer journeys in every Ecommerce website we develop. 

Awareness comes from marketing, but the site itself must do the heavy lifting of consideration, leading to decision.

• Trust. Customers only hit “Complete Purchase” on stores that they trust. DAP builds Ecommerce sites that emphasize trust vectors at every touchpoint, including encryption and data security, testimonials, watchdog certifications, and regulatory compliance. 
• Content. Nearly half of all buyers look at 3-5 pieces of content produced by a company before they ever even reach out to that company. If your marketing strategy includes SEO and social media marketing, your content is probably the way most customers discover your brand. DAP takes a proactive approach to generating useful, appealing content for every ecom site. It’s not a luxury; it’s a cornerstone of Ecommerce. 
• Remarketing. Without arming an Ecommerce site for remarketing, your traffic is like ships passing in the night, never to be seen again. DAP arms ecom sites in development with the tools needed to remarket to visitors who don’t take action on the site, as well as reclaim visitors who abandon shopping carts.
• Urgency. A sense of urgency raises buying temperature and prevents comparison-shopping of competitors. DAP automates the creation of urgency through time-sensitive discounts, inventory counters, and other techniques encouraging visitors to buy now. 

DAP takes a thorough, comprehensive approach to Ecommerce development, building user experiences that close sales.

For some websites, XML Web services, and integrated web applications, .NET development is preferable to WordPress development. .NET is an open-source framework created by Microsoft designed to code for Windows, Microsoft Azure Cloud, and XML Web services.

.NET consists of the sprawling Framework Class Library (FCL), with language interoperability assured by Common Language Runtime (CLR). The framework was designed to speed up development, reduce the cost of development, and make deployment easier.

• Less Coding. .NET framework is designed around object-oriented coding, which eliminates superfluous coding and allows developers to reuse code and other components. Less coding means lower costs.
• Easy Deployment. After development comes deployment, and the .NET framework is designed for easy deployment. It’s built for safe code execution with reduced code conflicts, as well as deployment-friendly features like side-by-side versioning, controlled code sharing, and partially trusted code. 
• Security. .NET development uses ASP.NET security, which supports three different forms of authentication. CLR and FCL also offer code-access security, role-based security, and other provisions for secure development and deployment of web services.
• Interoperability. .NET is a language-independent framework, allowing DAP developers to pick the compliant language best suited to your development project. Options include C#, managed C++, IronPython, IronRuby, VB.NET, Visual COBOL, and many more.
• Service-Oriented Architecture. .NET is a great choice for Web Services, because applications coded in different languages, even on different platforms, can interact and interoperate with each other.
• Legacy Integrations. .NET can process all types of XML files and quickly write files into any format, making it easy to integrate your .NET development project with legacy systems.

DAP’s Chicago web development team can offer an informed opinion about the appropriateness of .NET Framework for your project. If it’s the way to go, DAP employs the best .NET development team in Chicago.

Developed in 1995, Java web development is everywhere on the internet—in embedded systems, web scripting games, mobile apps, and much more. Most online banking applications use Java, as do industry-leading enterprise websites like facebook.com, amazon.com, google.com, and other giants.

The best reason to choose Java web development is the desire for maximum flexibility. Java is designed to be platform-independent. The programming language is associated with the acronym WORA—“Write Once, Run Anywhere.” Java code can run in almost any system or on almost any platform. 

Other reasons to choose Java for your web development project include:

• Security. Java web development is a great choice for security-conscious organizations because of the many security features built into Java development platforms. These include encryption, advanced authentication, and access control, combining to make Java web development one of the most secure options.
• Robust API Selection. Java provides a rich selection of application programming interfaces (APIs). If Java doesn’t have an API for a function, a compatible API can almost always be found in open source libraries like Apache POI, Apache Commons, and Google Guava. 
• Multi-Threading. Java’s support of multi-threading makes it the ideal choice to program sites and applications that require multiple users or multiple threads to operate at one time. Multi-thread environments built in Java are faster, more reliable, and perform multiple operations seamlessly.
• Scalable. One of the reasons organizations and enterprises program in Java is the scalability of the Java language. Sites written in Java can easily be adapted to handle a huge uptick in traffic or activity. Java programming is also easy to scale horizontally. 
• Object-Oriented Programming. OOP allows code to be reused and easily managed, making the development process easier, more affordable, and repeatable.

DAP employs the most talented Java development team in Chicago. We recommend Java development for enterprises, financial service companies, and many other complex web experiences.