The benefits, challenges, and steps

Nowadays, business owners want to work with a company that provides a wide range of development capabilities and a team capable of creating complex software from scratch. The search for a full-stack company can be tricky so doing your homework is key.

The benefits of a good web full-stack development company

A complete project

A full-stack software development company provides a full-cycle development process on a turnkey basis. The company analyses the client’s requirements, creates UI/UX design, develops the client-side (front-end) and the server-side (back-end) technology, performs quality assurance and, crucially, supports the project after its release into operation. The full-stack company can build and develop software and work with databases, containers, hosting, web servers, and other related aspects.

At Go Wombat, our developers can build all sorts of projects. Our principal technology stack is Python/Django/FastAPI and JavaScript and React for the frontend, and React Native for cross-platform app development. (You can read more about the reason we choose Python for development in our recent article.)

Just as the tech stack may vary depending on the project’s requirements, so might the personnel. If you need to change a software engineer, Go Wombat can arrange this if there are available specialists at the same level. We are always open to discussion.

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Experience

Software development companies offer experts in various fields. A good full-stack company will provide an experienced development team capable of dealing with complicated web or mobile applications. Your software will be created according to all your requirements and market demands.

Specific technology

There are dozens of technologies and languages which developers use for software. For full-stack development, Python is at the forefront of Go Wombat’s activity; it meets the requirements of our primary areas of AdTech, travel, and healthcare.

Client’s repository

A software repository is the storage location for software packages. Usually, developers in IT companies write code in their own repositories to prevent code leakage and then migrate it to the client’s repositories. Our full-stack development services include the capability for our developers to work directly in the client’s repository. Go Wombat knows that this requires a trusting relationship between client and company.

Team size

The team size can be scaled up or down according to the project’s needs. This adds agility to the software development process.

Knowledge sharing

When many specialists are working at the company, they share skills and knowledge, which continuously increases the engineers’ knowledge and allows them to develop new competencies. You will also obtain interesting insights while working with a development team.

Dependability

Hiring a full-stack development company entails certain legal requirements to be managed. A reputable company such as Go Wombat keeps up with all European laws and regulations, and our legal office is located in Estonia, while the tech staff is located primarily in Ukraine and Spain. We adhere to all legal requirements.  A non-disclosure agreement (NDA) with our company guarantees confidentiality for both parties.

Project support

A full-stack company with a highly capable team like Go Wombat can resolve issues efficiently during the life cycle of the project.

Challenges with a full-stack contract

Hiring a dedicated full-stack team brings certain challenges but they are all manageable.

Reliability

Due diligence is essential: you need to find out as much information as possible about your potential contractor. Read clients’ testimonials, check the portfolio of the company, and interview them. Don’t be afraid to ask questions – a reputable company is always ready to answer all of them.

Project control

It can be more challenging for a client to control a fully outsourced project than manage an in-house team. However, Go Wombat provides clients with continuous updates on projects and holds daily online meetings to keep them informed of the project’s progress. As part of the process, a full risk assessment is carried out at the start of any project to identify any potential issues and prevent unexpected surprises.

Expense

Hiring a dedicated team will be more expensive than hiring a freelance developer because a full-stack development company provides all the required expertise and specialist capability. By contrast, a freelance developer won’t be able to perform all tasks on behalf of a web developer, mobile developer, designer, tester, and so on.

The client will need to hire each specialist separately, which takes time and effort to coordinate the various inputs. This approach does not carry the same assurance of effectiveness as the one-stop shop of a single full-stack contractor.

Steps to hiring a dedicated full-stack team

Let's divide the hiring process of a full-stack development team into three steps.

1. Determine requirements 

Your first step is to determine what you really need and what type of software you want created. You should analyse the target audience and identify your potential customers’ demands. This discovery phase leads to creating the scope of work by a full-stack team.

If you do not have in-house expertise, Go Wombat provides discovery phase services.

A crucial part of your requirement analysis is evaluating the relative worth of the project to decide how much you are willing to invest in software development and set your budget limit accordingly.

2. Find suitable contractors

You should find a company that will meet all your needs. Where can you find a good company? Recommendations are invaluable. If you don’t have direct contacts to provide personal recommendations, check resources like Clutch.co, GoodFirms and UpWork. These trustworthy websites provide clients’ feedback, rating, and capacities. You can then narrow down your search and filter the potential contractors by such parameters as size, location, rating, and the field of expertise, as it suits the scope of your project.

Go Wombat has many clients in Europe. However, modern technologies allow effective communication and work across the globe –we have clients in Australia and the US with whom we work just as effectively as our next-door neighbours.

3. Speak to potential contractors

Having drawn up a short list of potential contractors, you should contact them to hold direct meetings to find out how each company might take care of your requirements. This direct communication with a full-stack development company allows you to identify their technical and project-management skills. If the company is interested in your project, they will provide all the related information in the shortest possible time.

Go Wombat prefers personal communication with clients right from the start – no chatbots. We can visit clients or welcome them to our offices to discuss the project in a comfortable environment and build tighter relationships. We value your time, so we will make a full-stack web development roadmap as quickly as possible.

Conclusion

In today's fast-paced digital environment, a company needs a professional and specialised service provider: one that is capable of creating complex solutions from inception to realisation. The search for such a full-stack service provider can be a bit precarious, thus due diligence is essential.

Go Wombat is a full-stack development company with the experience and technical skills to create your project, regardless of its complexity. We have experience in many industries, whether it be AdTech, travel and hospitality, healthcare, or manufacturing, and our services are applicable to almost any area a client might need.

Find out about the great possibilities for your project.