Development Languages

We develop our software in the Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 environment.  We are the largest Microsoft .Net shop in Southeast Wisconsin and our developers our deeply enmeshed in all things .Net.

Our applications are built using the following Microsoft technologies and web standards:

• Visual C#.Net
• ASP.Net
• Microsoft SQL 2005, 2008
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 2008 
• .Net Mobile
• JavaScript
• HTML and XHTML
• Visual Studio Team Edition
• CSS 2.0, CSS 2.1 (and we're keeping our eyes on CSS 3.0)
• XML/XSL/XSLT
• SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language)

We also support some "classic ASP" applications, as well as - believe it or not - a couple of old FoxPro apps.

Application Environment

When we develop or enhance software, we want to make sure two things happen:

• the code is tested and approved by the client before it's released
• nothing we do in the development process will interfere with software that's actually running in the "real world"

We keep our development area away from the "real world" by developing in a three-tier application environment:

1. Development - where the code is actually written and initially tested
2. Q/A - where the code is integrated with the rest of the application.  This is also where the client approves the code.
3. Production - where the code is running live