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Wenite is a website and iPhone application that helps people find the best local places to party. Results on top ranking venues are provided in real-time as users vote for the place where they are currently partying.

Wenite approached para9 to develop its product because the team possessed the skills to build both the web platform and iPhone application. Furthermore, Wenite enjoyed para9's involvement that went beyond the simple execution of requirements. Throughout the project, para9 provided numerous advices on ways to improve the product.

Wenite was produced in collaboration with Ottoblix. The app can be downloaded for free on the App Store.

Features

• View venue ranking in real-time in list or map mode
• View vote results and details for each venue
• Vote for your favorite venue and receive special promo
• See the venues your Facebook friends recently attended
• Beautiful UI that support for Retina display
• Complete localization in French and English

Technologies

• Objective-C
• iOS SDK
• Ruby on Rails

Teliris Telepresence is the world leader in the design and production of immersive virtual meeting environments.

Teliris approached para9 to prototype an iPad application that would replicate its Adobe AIR based Room Control Panel. Within a few weeks, para9 delivered a port of the AIR app for iPad. Excited by the speed of execution and quality of work of para9, Teliris asked for a full port. Teliris further decided that going forward the iPad would be the main platform for its Room Control Panel.

Teliris Telepresence for iPad was produced in collaboration with Ottoblix.

Features

• Initiate telepresence calls, presentations and phone calls via the iPad
• Extensive app customization available to suit all types of rooms
• Client-server layer implemented in C++ for improved portability
• Full port of Adobe AIR app to the iPad

Technologies

• Objective-C
• C++
• iOS SDK

Knitting Mania is an iPhone and iPod touch game produced for the ad campaign Réconfortant by the Fédération des producteurs de lait du Québec. The goal of the game is simple: race against the clock and catch as many knots as you can.

Seeking developers to create the iPhone version of Knitting Mania, Five was attracted to para9 for its knowledge of iPhone development, its ability to deliver the app quickly and its experience in game development.

Tricot Mania was produced in collaboration with Nolin BBDO and Five. The game can be downloaded for free on the App Store.

Features

• Online leaderboard and stats
• Complete localization in French and English

Technologies

• Objective-C
• iOS SDK

Based on the (mis)adventures of the web series character ZeMime, Hit-Ze-Mime is a fun and addictive iPhone/iPod touch game.

Seeking the services of creative iPhone developers, farweb.tv approached para9 to adapt the classic game whak-a-mole to the wicked universe of ZeMime. In addition to programming, para9 also helped farweb.tv through the App Store submission process.

Hit-Ze-Mime was produced in collaboration with Ottoblix. The game can be downloaded for free on the App Store.

Features

• High score board
• Complete localization in French and English

Technologies

• Objective-C
• iOS SDK

Residia is a real estate boutique that strives to offer its customers a unique buying and selling experience by complementing its real estate expertise with interior design and staging services.

A key feature of Residia's website is the seller dashboard produced by para9. The dashboard provides a seamless channel of communication between the client and agent; it enables home sellers to easily keep an eye on scheduled visits, visit reports and statistics on their property listing.

Residia.ca was produced in collaboration with Marie-Claude Doyon and Taste of Blue.

Features

• Daily data synchronization with the Greater Montreal Real Estate Board
• Client dashboard with visit scheduling and statistics on properties for sale
• PDF listings of properties
• Admin interface that provides easy website customization
• Complete localization in French and English

Technologies

• Ruby on Rails
• Prawn
• RSpec

The Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui is a revered theatre house in Montreal. When time came to update its website, the Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui approached para9 (in collaboration with Uniform) to rework its existing website and add new features such as online purchase of memberships, season archives and the integration of a new media player.

In addition to the many improvements, para9 also migrated the application to the latest stable release of Rails.

Features

• Secure online purchase of memberships
• Significant improvements to the admin UI
• Data export via Excel

Technologies

• Ruby on Rails
• ActiveScaffold
• SlideShow Pro

Album pro is a desktop software that allows the design and purchase of personalized photo books. In order to manage customer purchases, Formidée Communications contracted para9 to build its online management system.

The web application allows Formidée to track the status of each order, customize emails sent to customer and produce sales report.

In addition, para9 performed the integration with payment gateway Moneris to validate and process credit card purchases.

Features

• Credit card processing
• Data export via Excel
• Email templates
• Sales Reports

Technologies

• Ruby on Rails
• Active Merchant
• RSpec

Palmar specializes in the distribution of vehicle mechanical parts. para9 was contracted via Formidée Communications to extend its current FileMaker solution into a web application. The solution performs daily synchronization to a FileMaker database and provides extensive search functionalities.

The application was furthermore designed to sustain heavy traffic.

Features

• Daily data synchronization with FileMaker
• Complete localization in French and English
• Dynamic search forms

Technologies

• Ruby on Rails
• FileMaker
• XML

Once upon a Box is a corporate gift planning company. When it began its online service endeavor, we were contracted to develop a brand new web application. Its main features include: content management system, order processing, secure gift redeeming and client side navigation.

Additionally, we performed the web design integration, server configuration and application deployment.

Features

• Content Management System
• Secure gift card redeeming
• Complete localization in French and English

Technologies

• Ruby on Rails
• Test::Unit