endorsedOngoing

Full‑Stack Development for ThinkCERCA E‑Learning Platform

Services Covered:

Custom Software Development

Industry

Education

Duration

63 months

Budget

10K - 49K

Start Date

1 May 2021

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

82/100

Strong

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Client

ThinkCERCA

Chicago, United States of America

Project Summary

NeoCoast provides full‑stack development services to an education technology company (ThinkCERCA), acting as the core development team for a web‑based e‑learning platform. They develop front‑end and back‑end features using React and Ruby on Rails, implement GraphQL endpoints, and clean up technical debt. As a result, the client increased deployment frequency to weekly releases and reports improved development velocity and strong collaboration.

Key Challenges

Required additional full-stack web application development resources.

Project Deliverables

Core student interface integrated with school information systems
Teacher interface for assignment, grading, and progress reports
Reporting and management interfaces for school administrators
Frontend component-based React UI
New GraphQL API endpoints
Ongoing triage and operational support

Project Solution

NeoCoast provided core full‑stack engineering support for the client's web-based e‑learning product, working on both front end (React) and back end (Ruby on Rails). They rebuilt the frontend with a component-based React design, implemented new GraphQL API endpoints, integrated student interfaces with school information systems, built teacher and admin interfaces, and participated in daily triage and operational support. The engagement scaled from one engineer to four full‑time NeoCoast engineers and is expected to expand to include QA resources.

Project Outcome

Increased deployment frequency from almost none to weekly releases
Improved development velocity and faster story completion
Progressed from monthly to biweekly to at least weekly deployments with expectations of 1–3 deployments per week
Strong team integration and high client satisfaction

Platforms

Tech Stack

React.js
Ruby on Rails

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.75

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Thanks to NeoCoast’s efforts and promptness, the client now deploys new software every week. The team is knowledgeable and experienced, and they’ve exceeded expectations. Also, they’re great at communicating, delivering, and making decisions. Customers can expect a seamless working relationship.”
Michael Manley
CTO
Date: 12/08/2021