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Vconnecta wants to bring its selection of mobile
solutions to as broad an array of device-owners as
possible so that they can take advantage of the powerful
set of functionalities that come with any of our products.
For our in-house product team, led by lead developer
Johnathan Webb (above), this means developing applications
one by one for each major mobile platform, often using
completely different programming languages, and adhering to
a rigid roll-out schedule that will see most of our flagship
solutions released during the third quarter of this year.
“All of Vconnecta’s mobile solutions are fully native-built
applications,” explains Webb, a Computer Science graduate of
University College Cork (UCC).
“While some of our competitors in the mobile space offer web
applications – essentially websites embedded within what
looks like a native phone application – Vconnecta always
develops from scratch to ensure both the integrity of the
data transmitted to the dashboard and the fastest possible
experience for the user.”
Webb uses a variety of different programming languages to
build the applications, including Java and C++, and liaises
closely with Vconnecta’s pool of test users to implement any
tweaks and bugs that crop up along the lengthy product
development cycle.
Testing
“We have a basic team of about twenty test users who we poll
every couple of weeks to get their feedback about the
products,” he explains.
“A couple are politicians, so that we can leverage their
experience in the area; others are people we happen to have
maintained business relationships with and who are happy to
drop by our office and offer their insight into how the product
looks; and occasionally, we even do some testing ourselves,
although we prefer to get an objective perspective wherever
possible.”

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While a lot of John’s time is spent developing the actual
applications, ensuring seamless integration between the
application, the Cloud-powered dashboard, and complex
overlays like voter registers and housing information is also a
time-consuming endeavour, as John explains.
“We’re still implementing some final additions to the
dashboard, which is where campaign managers and
constituency office staff will be able to oversee the planning
and execution of canvasses and leaflet operations remotely,”
he said.
“The geolocation API that ties data travelling between the
dashboard and the actual mobile devices, which are roving
around the canvass area, was developed in-house, so we have
the knowledge and expertise to improve it as best as we can.”
“We’re confident that by the end of product rollout phase later
this year we’ll have a truly intuitive and powerful set of
mobile solutions to offer to the political and white label
markets.”
The Ecanvasser mobile political solution will be
available for use with iPhone devices in mid to late
August
Android versions are expected to be available in
September.
White label solution rollout is set to follow a
similar timeframe.
Have you a question for John and the developing team? Send the
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