LaunchPOS | POS application development for Payment Launch, a payment processing company

Payment Launch, a leading payment processing company serving SMBs, is developing LaunchPOS - a comprehensive POS and business management platform. This solution aims to provide merchants with a centralized hub to streamline their operations efficiently. LaunchPOS will integrate seamlessly with Payment Launch's existing payment processing capabilities while offering robust features such as customer relationship management, inventory management, sales reporting, and marketing automation tools; allowing SMBs to improve customer service, optimize processes, and boost growth. This strategic initiative will solidify Payment Launch's position in the market, expand their service offerings, and increase revenue streams through a valuable, centralized solution for their merchant base.

Technology Stack

• Laravel
• PHP
• MySQL
• VueJS
• Inertia
• JavaScript
• TailwindCSS
• Digital Ocean
• Nginx

The Problem

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) often face significant challenges in managing their operations efficiently, including:

Simplicity

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• Reliance on manual processes or disparate systems, leading to inefficiencies, data silos, and missed opportunities
• Juggling multiple tasks such as customer relationship management, inventory tracking, sales reporting, and marketing efforts, which can hinder growth and profitability
• Complexity and time-consuming nature of integrating payment processing solutions with existing business processes

The Solution

Payment Launch, a leading payment processing company serving SMBs, recognized these pain points and developed LaunchPOS, a comprehensive point-of-sale (POS) and business management platform. This innovative solution aims to:

• Proficiently identifying and resolving instances of duplicate files.
• Selection of core files with potential utility.
• Intently recognizing files that could potentially compromise security. Ensuring their appropriate management.
• Methodically eliminating any superfluous empty folders.
• Analyzing the final amount of data and its preliminary architecture.

LaunchPOS seamlessly integrates with Payment Launch's existing payment processing capabilities, ensuring a secure and seamless transaction experience. By combining robust payment processing with a suite of powerful business management tools, LaunchPOS empowers SMBs to optimize their workflows, increase efficiency, and deliver exceptional customer service.

The secondary primary objective was to review previously performed modifications by comparing them with the production environment.

Alongside these ongoing processes, a new application on Java/Angular was concurrently under development.

Solution

To address the challenges, the following revised plan was devised:

• gain access to the client’s production environment.
• provide the necessary support for the existing PHP project, even without direct access to the product, to ensure its smooth functioning during the transition.
• develop a new application using Java and Angular based on the proposed roadmap.
• thoroughly examine the existing PHP code and identify potential improvements and changes to be implemented in the new application.
• set up a new production environment on Azure and deploy the new project, including the features outlined for the minimum viable product (MVP).
• enable simultaneous operation of the old and new applications, each in a separate environment with its database.
• implement a synchronization process between the two applications to ensure data consistency and enable a gradual transition.
• rewrite existing features/modules not part of the MVP and deploy these changes incrementally.
• cease the operation of the old PHP application once all the required functionality has been successfully implemented in the new application.

Results

The revised plan allowed progress in the realization of this solution. By deploying new application on a separate dev environment and gradually synchronizing data between the old and new applications, the team achieved a seamless transition.

The new application, built on Java and Angular, successfully addressed the client’s requirements for improved data presentation and process optimization. Deploying a PHP app to Azure ensured scalability and enhanced performance. Finally, after completing all functionalities, the phased shutdown of the old PHP application ensured a smooth transition.

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