What we've done

Client: Tipped

Overview: Tipped is a social networking tool and restaurant, hotel and pub review application in the UK. Unboxed Consulting were approached by Tipped, a start-up, as their site was only 60% complete and they were unhappy with the way that it was progressing. They also wanted an experienced UK based Ruby on Rails development agency to help complete the site.

The Job: As a hotel, pub and restaurant review application tool, the project required integrating the content from local directory listings, linking to Google maps and adding a comments and chat facility for users of the site. The application that Unboxed took over was untested, lacked design and had no requirements documentation. The development infrastructure was weak as there was no staging environment and deployment was cumbersome.

The Results: Unboxed rose to the challenge and within a very short time frame set up a staging environment and built a full test suite (both unit and functional) enabling fortnightly releases with a one-step deployment process. A close working relationship with Tipped was established and their website was released into production with all major functionality two months after Unboxed received the project. Tipped is one of the busiest sites Unboxed has worked on with 16,000 page impressions daily and over 9000 registered users. They are set to be a major player within social networking in the UK.