endorsedOngoing

Ruby on Rails Online Video Platform Development

Services Covered:

Website Development • UI/UX Design • Digital Marketing Services

Industry

Media

Duration

175 months

Budget

50K - 199K

Start Date

1 January 2012

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

76/100

Good

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Client

itsashort.com

Chicago, United States of America

Project Summary

Railwaymen built and continue to maintain a Ruby on Rails online video platform, handling UI/UX, architecture, integrations and backend SEO while collaborating with an external designer. The engagement resulted in a high-performance, seamless user experience and responsive cross-timezone communication. The vendor selected and integrated hosting and video vendors (AWS, Telestream) and split testing responsibilities with independent testers.

Key Challenges

Previous providers delivered non-functioning sites
Needed a reliable, fully functioning video platform with a seamless user experience
Required integration with third-party services (PayPal API, video providers like Telestream and social platforms) and effective vendor coordination

Project Deliverables

Ruby on Rails web application
Responsive front-end / UI/UX
Backend architecture deployed on AWS
SEO implementation (backend)
Integrations with third-party services (Telestream, Facebook workaround, PayPal API troubleshooting)

Project Solution

Railwaymen rebuilt the client's site from the ground up as a native Ruby on Rails application, refined the UI/UX in collaboration with an external designer, and built the backend architecture. They selected vendors and hosting (Amazon/AWS), performed the coding (including integrations such as Telestream), recommended and implemented responsive-site improvements, and implemented backend SEO. Testing responsibilities were split with an independent third party and Railwaymen made adjustments as needed while managing cross-timezone communication through tools like MeisterTask.

Project Outcome

Site functions reliably: user login, registration, and video playback work as intended
Improved performance and a seamless user experience for target users (18–45)
Responsive and timely vendor communication despite a 6–7 hour timezone difference

Platforms

Web
Cloud

Tech Stack

Ruby on Rails
Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.88

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“The site works extremely well and provides a seamless user experience with excellent performance. The team finds solutions to any issue that needs addressing in creative and intelligent ways. Despite geographical distances between themselves, the client, and the third party, they communicate well.”
Christine Boulware
Founder
Date: 10/16/2017