Migrating a Cutting-Edge Film Marketplace to Up-to-Date Technologies

Industry

Company Profile

Slated are an online film packaging and financing marketplace, matching projects with talent, financing, and distribution. Since launching in 2012, Slated’s community has grown to 50,000 producers, writers, directors, actors, investors, sales agents, and distributors. In 2020, 66% of Academy Award nominated films and 80% of Sundance films were made by Slated members.
Project Goals

- Provide frontend migration from Django Templates to Angular 10

- Perform API integrations and e-commerce functionalities

- Create an internal messaging system
Business Need

Apply a whole new approach in order to simplify the application development process and enhance current functionality so it’s more interactive.

Develop an integrated messaging system for users and projects in order to provide quick communication within the website. The client asked for a solution that wouldn’t be a strain on resources and could be deployed quickly

Initially, the messaging system was presented by Django and worked as a mailing system. Users would have to refresh a page so that they could see the inbox updates. After investigating 3 possible solutions, we chose Firebase. This way the Solvd developer integrated the new solution into the existing website and the messaging system became a live chat
Eliminate slow page load times and problems caused by outdated technologies and legacy code diversity (70% Django, 30% AngularJS)

The whole logic of operating with Django and Angular pages was reworked. We resolved conflicts in these parts before the project completely migrates to AngularJS. After the migration is done, we plan to remove the requirement for full refreshes whilst navigating between pages

So far we have been able to achieve the following results for our client:

Improved emailing procedures for every platform and device
Enabled the website to interact with external APIs and render fully compatible data

Improved emailing procedures for every platform and device
Enabled the website to interact with external APIs and render fully compatible data

Ann Nguyen

CTO at Slated

The Solvd team effectively blended with the internal team, aligning with their goals and priorities. They’ve consistently demonstrated their investment in the project through their hard work and ability to coordinate with the client’s staff. They communicate regularly to ensure satisfaction.

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