Who Are Database Developers?
While database administrators are more concerned with daily maintenance and supporting existing
settings, database programmers tend to be more focused on improving the DB by expanding its scope or
function.
Magora’s expert developers can build new apps for the database or convert existing legacy applications
to DB configurations.
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One thing all developers deal with is innovation in database system design. A traditional
DB usually consists of strict structured data and a variety of traditional archiving components,
DB structures and different types of data processing.
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Many data storages are now being configured to process relatively raw or unorganised data. This
has made the work of developers more complicated; however, we are ready to face this challenge.
Here at Magora, developers work in collaboration with other web system professionals to create and
maintain top-notch products to help your business grow.
What are the role and responsibilities of a database developer?
The developer is responsible for creating or maintaining all the structural components that make use of
the technology stack.
DB developers work in the close collaboration with program architects and participate in the following
tasks:
- Implementing the data model your app needs
- Creating a pattern object
- Implementing Data Integrity Rules
- Choosing a programming environment for your new development project
- Programming using SQL statements on the server side, PL / SQL or Java client routines and
procedure code
- Creating the app interface using the selected development tools
- Creating a global support environment for app development
- Testing apps in different databases for development, education and deployment in a production
environment
Database developer vs programmer: what’s the difference?
From a professional point of view, data storage development activity includes management of the DB
structure, stability and vulnerability checks, response time and optimisation of the resources and
storage space needed.
At the same time, a DB programmer is working with the logic and structure of
the DB, dealing with functionality and the GUI as well as user interaction, etc.
Development Skills
Our developers have strong analytical, problem-solving and organisational skills. We also have advanced
communication skills. All of our specialists can work independently and often have to develop their own
solutions and testing systems. On top of these, our developers can boast the following professional
skills:
- Application of technical development and programming skills to create top-notch programs
- Analysis of existing systems and data to develop effective solutions
- Knowledge of specific languages and programming codes
- Awareness of new deployment process
- Troubleshooting and bug-fixing in new apps
Advanced Skills
Although most of our clients have no need of the following skills, Magora list these requirements to
our staff as preferred:
- Understanding of emerging technologies
- Advanced SQL Skills
- Ability to train and mentor new developers
When working with us you can expect an experienced, fully-fledged partner you can always rely on.
How can Magora programmers help your business grow?
If you’re an enterprise that needs a complete corporate database to serve multinational sites, allow
multiple users access and update data simultaneously, or you’re a local retailer in need of
expanding but have discovered worksheets that can limit your performance, we can help.
Here are some of the solutions we can offer you:
- Remote database (cloud) development and control;
- Local database synchronised / replicated with the central system
- Multi-tenant bases, such as a personal data storage for each "member" in the corporation,
sharing the same user interface, functionality and business logic
If your corporate data structure is not working properly, whether because of the poor quality of the
software, an unfinished software project or the developer you’re currently working with, we can help
you fine-tune it.
All the systems we create allow you to get real-time reports and analyse data quickly and easily -
so your employees can keep on working without having to spend hours extracting meaningful
information.
Clients
Custom Database Development
Magora specialises in the management, support and integration of custom software development, DBMS,
MySQL, MSSQL, PostGreSQL, Oracle, Sybase and IBM DB2 using the most optimised SQL queries.
Our track record demonstrates more than eight years of experience in complex architecture development
services.
- Magora uses best practices to build the best architecture and software design. Our experienced
development team uses optimised SQL queries to create top-performing applications.
- We also have technical experience in database caching to help apps run more efficiently.
- The programming team is located at our UK and international headquarters. Magora does not sign
up with offshore developers, thus ensuring we provide reliable, clean and sustainable code.
- Our developers create applications in a solid structured framework to provide the best
environment for software maintenance and scalability, as well as hiring other developers to
handle projects while offering more flexibility and options.
Why do companies choose us?
- A Solid Structure - Magora has profound experience of IT infrastructure and have
elaborated our own powerful software development strategy.
- Experience with all frameworks, such as CakePHP, Zend Framework, CodeIgniter Symfony
Framework and more.
- Over eight years in app development.
- In-house programmers providing high-quality code.
- We follow coding guidelines and standards.
- Our products offer easy-to-use interfaces.
- Our clients are offered a better performance framework.
Maintain, support and manage
We understand that current database uptime requirements are critical for any business and
offer a one-hour response time for most emergency support services.
We provide the following maintenance and support:
- Same-day or one-hour support service
- Weekly and monthly maintenance service, plus weekly work to meet the timeframes of your
project
- Dedicated project manager assigned to your account, contactable by phone or through the
Project Management System
- Custom consulting services with advanced programmers and experts
Test-Driven Development
Test-driven development offers many benefits related to database development, including better design
and less code, more interactive coding and more culturally-oriented testing.
What is TDD?
Sometimes referred to as Test Development First, Test-Driven Development (TDD) is the practice of
writing re-run unit tests or bug fixes for each new feature before writing or changing any
production code. This is an iterative process following these steps:
- Testing to prove the function behaves as expected, followed by running the test (which should
fail).
- Writing product code sufficient to pass the test.
- Re-running the new feature test and all other tests, proving the new feature now works as
expected without any other problems.
This cycle is repeated for the original method and any other possible input for each new
characteristic. The production and code base are periodically checked to eliminate any duplication,
simplify code, or improve performance through a process called refactoring.
In .NET, tests are typically written using a third-party unit test framework and are built in the
integrated development environment (IDE) if they have built-in unit test support (such as Visual
Studio Team Edition). These tools run individual tests and batch bids, or run all tests at the same
time and display failure information.
Not sure which database you need?
If you know the type of database you want and have the software requirement specification to hand, we’ll
implement all the bells and whistles to meet your demands.
If your company is just beginning the process, don’t worry - this is where we come in. We will work with
you to learn your business’ needs - in general, who will use the database, what tasks will be performed,
how often data needs to be modified, available hardware, access levels and scalability requirements -
before making our recommendations, as well as creating the software requirement specification for you so
the Magora developers implement it further on.
