Software Craftsmanship
While mastery of programming languages, tools and processes forms the basis, craftsmanship goes far beyond this: it means attention to detail, the courage to lend a hand and the ambition to build a technically perfect system. This philosophy is evident in many areas of Gridware:
Processes
Making processes visible & comprehensible
Interrelated events are linked as a process. Even asynchronous processes, such as nightly payment runs, can be tracked in the admin portal – including detailed visualization for maximum transparency.
Data management
Audit-proof separation of movement and archive data
Changeable transaction data and audit-proof archive data are strictly separated. Uses become transactions when they are completed, plausibility-checked and relevant to payment. All relevant information is saved using copy-by-value so that master data changes have no impact on historical loading processes.
Interfaces
Cleanly versioned interfaces for seamless integration
Our extensive, versioned interfaces enable the smooth connection of upstream and downstream IT systems and processes. Using the Swagger UI makes integration and documentation easier for developers.
Quality assurance
Seamless test automation for continuous releases
Thanks to automated tests with simulations of hardware and third-party systems, we optimally safeguard our platform. This allows us to roll out a new release every three weeks – without any downtime or loss of quality.
Big Data
Efficient separation of time series & transaction data
Event and measured value data is stored separately from master and transaction data. This structure ensures efficient processing of large volumes of data and enables fast analyses in real time.
Usability
Responsive design with material design
Our interfaces adapt seamlessly to any screen size – from smartphones with a width of 340 pixels to wallboards or big-screen televisions. Thanks to the consistent use of material design, we guarantee an intuitive user experience, regardless of the end device.
Consistency
Standardized icons for intuitive operation
We rely on our own icon font with over 380 symbols that run through all concepts, documentation and interfaces. This ensures uniform and easy-to-understand navigation – from “usage medium” to ‘authorization’ and “groups of people”.
Architecture
Highly available & scalable architecture
Our infrastructure offers maximum availability through load balancing for user and device access. Horizontal scaling and stateless servers ensure operation even in failover scenarios. Separate databases and comprehensive monitoring guarantee maximum performance and reliability.
Separation of Concerns
Clear separation of professional & technical problems
For maximum efficiency, we separate professional problems that affect power users from technical problems that affect system engineers and third-level support. This enables us to take targeted action and reduce sources of error.
Living documentation
Seamless event recording & traceability
Every interaction – from the user to communication with third-party systems – is logged as an event. Links between actors enable seamless tracing through to protocol logging. Events can also be visualized as UML sequences.
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