WebKing / Capability 07 / Web App Development

Web apps that do the job your spreadsheet is failing at.

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Somewhere in your business there's a spreadsheet three people fight over, a shared inbox that loses jobs, and a process that only one person understands. We turn that into a real web app your whole team opens in a browser, on any device, with nothing to install.

React and TypeScript on the front end, PostgreSQL and edge functions on the back. It runs in a browser, so there is no app store, no installs, and no version anybody has to update. The custom code we write for you is assigned to you on full payment.

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Place your team works, instead of a spreadsheet and three inboxes

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Installs. It opens in a browser on whatever they already carry

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Established in Houston

How this work gets scored

Graded by published rules, not by us.

WebKing has worked with Houston businesses for 27 years. The scores that decide whether this work pays off still come from outside: these are the rules that grade it, what each one requires, and where each one is published.

Whether every visitor can use the site

WCAG 2.2

The accessibility standard plaintiffs and courts cite in ADA website lawsuits. Among its rules, body text needs a 4.5:1 contrast ratio against its background, and anything a finger taps needs at least 24 by 24 pixels of room.

The W3C standard

Whether pages load before people leave

Core Web Vitals

Google's speed standard, read from real visits over the previous 28 days rather than a lab test. A page passes when at least 75% of visits see the main content within 2.5 seconds, get a response to a tap within 200 milliseconds, and keep layout shift at 0.1 or less.

Google's thresholds

What you actually get

Outcomes, in plain English.

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The spreadsheet stops being the system of record.

A shared sheet has no history, no permissions and no rules. Two people edit the same row and one of them loses. A real app writes to a database, keeps every change, and tells you who made it. Nobody has to remember which file is the current one.

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Work stops falling through the gap between people.

Most lost jobs aren't lost by anybody. They sit in an inbox somebody assumed was handled. Assignment, status and due dates live in the app, so the thing that's overdue is on a screen instead of in somebody's memory.

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It works in a truck, a plant and an office.

It's a browser, so it's on the phone your crew already carries, the tablet at the counter and the desktop in the office. No app store approval, no installs, no version somebody forgot to update.

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You stop paying people to copy data between systems.

If somebody exports from one tool and pastes into another every week, that's a job the software should be doing. We wire the systems together directly, so that time goes back to real work.

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You own the custom code we write for you.

Under the WebKing terms, the final custom code written for you is assigned to you on full payment of the engagement. It is standard React and TypeScript, so another developer can pick it up.

How we work

Web App Development, the WebKing way.

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    We watch the current process

    Before we design anything we look at how the work actually happens today, including the workarounds. The workarounds are usually where the real requirement is hiding.

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    Scope, price and plan in writing

    You get the feature list, the data model, a phased build order and the price, all in writing before work starts.

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    A working version first

    We build the smallest thing that proves it out first, on a real URL you can open. You use it, you tell us what is wrong, and we build the rest knowing it fits.

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    Releases you can test

    There is something new on staging to test as the build goes. You see progress as it happens instead of waiting months for a reveal that misses. The release rhythm is set with you before work starts.

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    Launch, then train the people who use it

    Production deploy, error tracking, a written runbook, and a session with the team who will live in it. Software nobody was shown is software nobody uses.

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    Handoff or stay on

    We hand over the finished custom code once the engagement is paid in full. Take it from there, or keep us on for changes under a written agreement. Your call, and it stays your call.

Common questions

Answered straight.

Every answer ends with how to take the next step. Tap any question, get the answer + a way to start.

A website tells people about your business. A web app does work: it stores records, assigns jobs, enforces rules and reports on what happened. Same browser, completely different job. Most businesses need both and they should talk to each other. Free 30-minute scoping call at (832) 830-6474, Houston, Texas, serving clients nationwide.

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