.NET is the underlying application development platform that we use for all of our solutions – it sits underneath SharePoint and underneath Dynamics CRM. Sometimes it is necessary and preferable to build an application directly using the underlying .NET application development platform. We have extensive experience providing a broad variety of .NET custom development services since .NET was in beta back in 2000. Our consultants are called upon by Microsoft to guide the objective domain for developer certification exams. We have a deep and varied set of skills on the .NET application platform that makes us unique in the Midwest.

First, our focus is more on rich client development than on web client development. We can built an ASP.NET site, but our strengths lie in rich user interface technologies like Windows Forms, Windows Presentation Foundation, and Silverlight. We leverage and build many frameworks that enable us to quickly build enterprise-caliber rich user interfaces that are easy to maintain, easy to deploy and update, and provide simply the best user interface possible.

Next, we have had a development focus on multi-tier domain-driven design for well over ten years, beginning with implementing large scale solutions on MTS, Visual Basic 6, and CSLA. We use this approach on all applications, leveraging various frameworks and technologies like Linq-to-SQL, NHibernate, POCO-based entity design, and CSLA. We choose the right set of frameworks and technologies based on each application’s unique needs.

Finally, we never forget that these applications, regardless of the number of tiers and layers and complexity of the user interface, have to perform extremely well with a backend database. We have extensive experience building highly transactional systems on SQL Server, and tuning applications and databases to be highly performing. Some of our systems have had to function in a real-time, market-driven trading environment, where high performance actually has an impact on the clients’ bottom line.

Beyond user interfaces, domain-driven design, and high-performance databases is an underlying belief that .NET application development, like all custom application development, needs to be pragmatic and focused on the unique needs of the client. You’ll find that we don’t use technology for technology’s sake. We understand what you are trying to do, then formulate an approach using technologies that are best appropriate to you and your needs.