Your React development partner, from a team that builds the backend too
React earns its place on the parts of a site that need to feel like an app - live dashboards, filtering and sorting large datasets, drag-and-drop, anything with a lot of state changing on screen at once. We reach for it deliberately, not by default, and usually pair it with a Laravel API we build ourselves rather than handing you off between a frontend team and a backend one.
What's included
Whether it's a client-facing product or an internal tool your team will live in every day, the build is the same discipline: a component structure that won't fight you six months from now.
- Custom React web application development
- Dashboards & admin panels
- Client portals & internal tools
- API integration - Laravel or an existing backend
- Component libraries & design system builds
- Ongoing support & maintenance
Common questions
Do you only build the frontend, or the backend as well?
Most of our React work sits on top of a Laravel API we build ourselves, so there's one team accountable for the whole product rather than a handover between a frontend agency and a backend one. We're just as happy slotting into an API you already have.
Why React instead of a server-rendered page?
We don't default to it - most of this site is server-rendered because that's simply the better fit for content-led pages. React comes in when a screen has real interactivity to manage: live data, complex filtering, drag-and-drop, that kind of thing.
Can you pick up an existing React codebase?
Yes. We'll spend time understanding the component structure and state management already in place before touching anything, and tell you plainly if it needs more remedial work than a straightforward handover.
How long does a React build take?
It depends on how much state and interactivity the screens actually need - a dashboard pulling live data takes longer than a form-heavy admin panel. We'll give you a realistic estimate once we understand the scope, not a generic figure.
What happens after launch?
Dependency updates, new features and the odd browser quirk tend to keep us involved well past the first release - we don't treat launch as the finish line.
Websites
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Meet Storm
We're Dan Cotton and Grant Bartlett - the whole of Storm.
We're a tight-knit team of Surrey based technologists with over 25 years combined experience of crafting digital experiences for web, mobile, VR and everything in between.
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