The Sun Dedicated Team

About the Client

The Sun is one of the largest newsbrands in Britain, reaching more than 30 million people monthly. Our team collaborates with The Sun’s in-house experts in an ongoing augmented capacity, supporting both their business-as-usual (BAU) tasks and various strategic projects. This partnership ensures we deliver seamless and innovative solutions that enhance their digital presence and operations.

Design

Designers at The Sun focus on creating an engaging and intuitive user experience. They develop modular components for a cohesive and visually appealing interface. Enhancements include a simplified navigation bar, customisable dashboards, and a streamlined chat interface for real-time communication. These design elements prioritise ease of use, allowing users to connect, play, and socialise effortlessly.

The design approach ensures that users have an enjoyable and immersive experience. The team’s work fosters a vibrant gaming environment that supports user engagement and satisfaction.

Development

At The Sun, our developers work closely with product managers and stakeholders to understand project requirements in depth. They all together create wireframes and prototypes to visualise user experiences before coding begins.

The developers manage and work on enhancing a magnitude of different services, all coming together into a highly complex system spanning from WordPress, a custom NodeJS server-side rendering tool, to React on the frontend with multiple caching layers delivering lightning-fast content to millions of readers. In back-end development, they manage databases, build REST API endpoints and GraphQL APIs, and ensure secure data transactions.

AWS services are integrated to handle authentication, data storage, and analytics, ensuring scalability and reliability. Terraform automates infrastructure provisioning, while CircleCI facilitates continuous integration and deployment. Developers continuously monitor performance, conduct maintenance, and implement updates based on user feedback, ensuring a robust platform.

Testing is also a large part of the development process, and our developers create rock-solid test suites across a plethora of tools, such as Jest, Cypress, Percy, Chromatic, Storybook, and more.

Business Analysis

Business analysts at The Sun engage with stakeholders to understand the company’s goals and objectives. They identify key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the platform’s success and ensure that product development aligns with strategic goals. Analysts create functional specifications to guide developers on required features and functionalities.

They bridge the gap between technical teams and business needs, ensuring that development efforts meet user expectations. By tracking progress and assessing performance metrics, analysts provide insights for continuous improvement. Their role supports both daily operations and strategic initiatives, ensuring the platform delivers ongoing value.

Quality Assurance

The QA team at The Sun is dedicated to maintaining high standards of quality and reliability for the platform. They perform extensive testing, including unit, integration, and user acceptance tests, to identify and resolve issues before release. Automated testing and monitoring tools enhance efficiency and accuracy.

QA specialists collaborate with developers to address problems, ensuring a smooth and functional user experience. Regular updates and maintenance keep the platform secure and up-to-date. Their efforts are essential in preventing downtime and ensuring consistent performance, contributing to overall user satisfaction.