Agile development tools
Prototype, Scriptaculous, Ruby on Rails
We use Ruby on Rails, a Ruby web application framework that allows us to quickly create powerful and adaptable web applications.
To make user-friendly and fun interfaces we draw on libraries like scriptaculous and prototype.
Version control
Git, Codebase
We use a git repository hosted on Codebase. These version control tools allow us to have a full and complete history of every change ever made to the application, and also provide a remotely located backup as well.
Automated deployment
Capistrano
Capistrano is used to automate our deployment, meaning we can publish changes in less than 60 seconds. If there’s a problem we can roll back to a previous working version at the stroke of a key. Your users won’t notice a thing!
Effective hosting
Slicehost
We host all of our solutions on Slicehost, an affordable and reliable provider. Slicehost provides us with our own virtual private server, meaning we can create exactly the environment your application needs.
Tested codebase
We test our applications all the time- while we make them, when we change them, before they go live and whenever we deploy them. Sometimes we test them before we’ve written a line of code. We like to be confident so you can be too!
24×7×365 monitoring
New Relic, Get Exceptional
We monitor every aspect of our applications on a 24×7×365 basis. We make sure they’re available, New Relic makes sure they performing at their best, and GetExceptional tracks any errors that occur- giving us the how and when to fix the why.
Project management
Basecamp, Codebase
Creating a great application is more than just great code, it’s about being on spec, on time and on the button. We’re big fans of 37 Signals and their suite of tools for managing and collaborating about projects We also use Codebase’s issue management system, allowing us to more easily track issues and code changes with just one tool.
Feedback
Google Analytics
A website should never stop changing and growing. Knowing who, how and why people are visiting your website is vital to making that growth informed and organic. That’s why we install Google Analytics with every application we create. We also recommend creating or using tools for soliciting and managing feedback from your clients.
Our brains
We like the internet. We browse it, watch it, listen to it, talk about it and think about it all the time. We also use our brains to make useful and exciting websites for the internet.
Zombies like our brains and you will too.