Our Technologies & References
Deep dive in KRDS technology stack
At KRDS, our technical mindset is based around 2 important matter:
- We use the right tool at the right moment.
- We follow the KISS principle.
We've built a development stack that aims to fit our client needs while being a pleasure to work with.
Back-End
We are consistently challenging the PHP stack we use to match our needs of simplicity, modernity and efficiency.
We developed a very simple in-house framework similar to FuelPHP, split in different components, all managed through Composer and Satis.
We indeed believe that developing today in PHP is more exciting than ever thanks to all the work brought by frameworks such as Laravel
or Symfony, making easy to build a various range of applications through the re-usability of community-based components all friendly with Composer, that we love.
Regarding databases, we mostly use SQLs with MySQL, some MariaDB and a bif of Oracle.
Front-End
We see today's websites more likes applications than sequences of pages connected with links. We develop our front end code using a stack centered around RequireJS, a powerful assets preloader, Codrops page transitions, LESS and HTML5 APIs. We like the Node.js and Socket.IO couple when dealing with real-time feature or Node itself when dealing with the Facebook ADS & Insights APIs. In the data presentation side, Mustache & Handlebars come also very handy.
Workflow
We have 2 main workflows:
- Our services branch use classic "on-site" centralized SVN repos handling a bunch of pre/post-commit hooks (coding standards, linting, dependency management, configuration checks...) and 4 environments (dev, testing, staging, prod).
- Our products/tools/internal projects branch mainly use Git and forking based worfklows, all of this been managed through our Gitlab instance (we love Gitlab) and a bunch of hooks too.
Our developers workstations are on Ubuntu and our servers on Slackware Linux and Debian.
Tools
Some of our references
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Air France Traveling The World FWA Site of the Day / Mobile FWA Site of the Day
Do you have what it takes to be a globetrotter? "Traveling The World", created by KRDS for Air France, offers users an immersive world tour experience using the Google Street View...
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CommitStrip
CommitStrip is a famous webcomic dedicated to web developers, and it has been created by KRDS cofounders :)
Everyday, we start from scratch a new comic and publish it around 6pm UTC. You're a developer? Follow us to have fun! -
Second World Cup CSSDesign Awards Site of the Day
SecondWorldCup gathers real time WorldCup data on Twitter for an ultimate social rematch.
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Cavalli - Just A Bite Awwwards Special Mention
Just a Bite offers a unique and personalised experience to Roberto Cavalli fans: going back in time to try to find the mysterious woman whom the user met the previous night at Cavalli's private...