Case Study: Hoist DigiSoft Helps Create Turrff - A Neighborhood Sharing and Exchange Platform
Abstract:
Hoist DigiSoft partnered with a client who had a visionary concept of developing a comprehensive neighborhood sharing, renting, buying, and exchanging platform called “Turrff.” The client approached Hoist DigiSoft with the idea, and we embarked on a journey to turn this concept into reality. This case study highlights the challenges faced, the solutions devised, and the remarkable results achieved during the development of Turrff from scratch.
Problem:
Our client approached Hoist DigiSoft with an ambitious idea to create a neighborhood-centric platform that would allow users to share, rent, buy, and exchange various items and services within their local communities. The primary challenge was transforming this concept into a user-friendly, feature-rich application. The client had concerns about how to simplify the complexities inherent in such a project and make it accessible to a wide user base.
Solution:
Hoist DigiSoft took a methodical approach to address the client’s concerns and bring Turrff to life:
1. Proof of Concept (PoC): We began by creating a proof of concept to validate the feasibility of the idea. This phase helped us refine the concept, identify potential challenges, and set a clear direction for development.
2. Wireframing: Our team designed wireframes for the entire application, ensuring a user-friendly and intuitive interface. This step laid the foundation for the app’s structure and functionality.
3. Database Development: We developed a robust and scalable database architecture to manage user data, listings, transactions, and other essential elements of the platform.
4. Agile Development: Using the agile development methodology, we divided the project into manageable modules. This approach allowed for flexibility, frequent client feedback, and iterative improvements.
5. Feature-Rich Development: Turrff’s feature set included a comprehensive dashboard with analytics, an inventory manager, and a secure signup-login module utilizing OAuth 2.0 for enhanced security.
6. Cross-Platform Mobile App: To ensure broad accessibility, we used Flutter and Kotlin to develop a mobile app that supported both Android and iOS devices. This approach enabled a seamless user experience across various platforms.
Result:
The collaborative efforts of Hoist DigiSoft and the client resulted in the successful development of Turrff, a full-fledged social neighborhood platform. The key outcomes included:
– A user-friendly and intuitive application that simplified complex neighborhood interactions.
– Robust database management for seamless data handling and scalability.
– Features such as analytics-driven dashboards and inventory management, enhancing user engagement and control.
– Cross-platform mobile support, making Turrff accessible to a wider audience.
– A secure and efficient signup-login system using OAuth 2.0 for data protection.
Conclusion:
Hoist DigiSoft’s partnership with the client in creating Turrff demonstrates our ability to transform visionary concepts into practical and feature-rich software solutions. By addressing the challenges posed by this ambitious project with meticulous planning and agile development, we delivered an easy-to-use, community-driven platform that empowers neighborhoods to connect, share, rent, buy, and exchange seamlessly. This case study exemplifies our commitment to turning innovative ideas into impactful digital solutions.
About Turrff
Turrff as the name suggests means home ground, ghetto, our place, our locality, our people, our neighborhood.
Turrff follows the concept
of Love thy neighbor. Turrff aims at re-developing the connect with the lost neighbors or people in your locality thereby increasing trust with
each other to undertake transactions.
Turrff is a unique concept based application to connect people in a locality or a neighborhood where users can list their items for share,
borrow, buy, sell exchange, donate both goods and services.
Turrff’s functional and User interface design is simple and easy to use for any user irrespective of age and their application usage skills. The users can list their goods/services, set the terms, negotiate, track in your own turf. The application provides an opportunity for users to generate income or provide goods/services as a social cause to your neighborhood. For eg – a French teacher can list his/her skills to the nearby community and neighborhood at a charge or free of cost. This way all the users in the neighborhood benefit from the skill of the teacher in the close proximity and benefit from the same.
In today’s world, which has a lot of social networking applications connecting people across continents without physical touch Turrff stands out which connects you to your neighbor or people in close
proximity thereby increasing the concept of trust and dependability.
Technology Stack: .Net, MVC 4.0, Vue.JS, HTML 5, MSSQL, RESTful API,
Azure, Android, iOS