Corporate eLearning Industry to Benefit from Hybrid App Development

Productivity and performance are key metrics in ascertaining organizational growth. And, business heads, including CEOs, human resource professionals, and managers across all sectors know the fact that without integrating the individual’s goals with the organizational goals, it can’t be achieved. Hence, they rigorously put efforts in improving the skills of employees besides motivating them to stay productive and supportive. Today corporate training has become an integral part of most of the successful businesses, and consequently, the demand of eLearning has spurred.

eLearning App Development

Challenges for eLearning Industry

Due to the monumental shift of digital content consumption habit or trend from web to mobile, players in the eLearning industry are in dire need to bring their courses on the mobile platforms partnering with the right mobile app development company. There are two popular modes of app development, viz., native app development and hybrid app development. See how investing in hybrid app development gives you an upper hand.

1. Rapid Speed to Market

Akin to other sectors, the quest of tapping the untapped eLearning opportunity is always high on the agenda. And your anxiety in terms of bringing your innovative app into the market is well understood. Obviously, the early you set out, the more likely you are to leave your competitors behind. This ultimately requires greater and consistent effort on part of the technology company you are going to hire. Hybrid or cross platform app development comes as a preferred choice owing to the innate agility. HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript are fundamental to any hybrid app development framework and, since, the developers community is well acquainted with them so expecting a speedy delivery is not something irrational.

2. Increasing Development Budget

This is an important consideration. Being in the eLearning industry, you go on creating modules for different clients and their processes. The technology investment rises further when the demand is to create native app for each module targeting different platforms, viz. Android, iOS, Windows Phone, and so on.

Thankfully, hybrid app development comes as a savour. Developers no longer need to create separate app build for different platforms. Interestingly, you don’t need to hire different teams to work on your Android and iOS projects. Cross platform developers make use of legacy web resources like HTML, CSS and JavaScript to create the code base. Cloud-based code compiler service like PhoneGap Build can be used to configure the code package based on the targeted platforms.

3. Increasing Maintenance Overheads

Days are gone when technology updates were occasional affairs. Contrastingly, today, it has become a frequent affair. Device manufacturers and operating system publishers with a bid to woo consumers keep on updating their products and services with new features. Not keeping a pace with the device and OS upgrade, your eLearning app is certain to lose the charm required to engage users. The maintenance service for hybrid apps comes at a relatively lower cost. You are like to see companies offering the services at rock bottom prices: as low as $15-$20 hourly rate. With hybrid app development updates or enhancements required can be injected simultaneously to apps targeting multiple platforms.

4. Rising User Expectation

Though UX is a cliched term, it’s relevancy is only set to increase as users are only to go greedier than ever in terms of technology experience. The success of corporate training and development rests on the quality of engagement and encouragement. The role of 3rd party plugins or APIs that are available in abundance for hybrid app development frameworks like Cordova can’t be ignored in building an engaging app. Nikhil Juneja, Chief Technology Officer with Root Info Solutions, while talking about the success of his in-house built Rewardz Employee Perks app, emphasizes on the use of front-end tech frameworks like Ionic, React Native, Bootstrap, or a similar one to make a hybrid app deliver the native experience. Perhaps, his LinkedIn Post, is worth reading, if you are serious towards elevating the UX quotient.

Root Info Solutions

Root Info Solutions Pvt. Ltd is web and mobile app development company equipped with professionals with thorough knowledge of AngularJS, Apache Cordova, Node.js, Drupal, Magento, WordPress, Django, WooCommerce and much more.

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Root Info Solutions is a UK-based web, iOS and Android application development company. The company was established in 2004 by Shekhar Juneja.

Root Info Solutions

Root Info Solutions Pvt. Ltd is web and mobile app development company equipped with professionals with thorough knowledge of AngularJS, Apache Cordova, Node.js, Drupal, Magento, WordPress, Django, WooCommerce and much more.

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