Aplicación móvil multiplataforma para la gestión de ventas en tiempo de pandemia en los supermercados de Ambato

Abstract

Nowadays the use of delivery applications has become a very common trend in different businesses such as restaurants, pharmacies, others; and even more, its growth is due to the health emergency and the social distancing currently experienced by the COVID-19 pandemic. That is why mobile applications to make shipments between different points have become the key for many businesses to continue with their sales. The present research project has as its vision the development of multiplatform mobile applications. Focused on customers service from the comfort of their home through the visualization of supermarkets that are around their, for the purchase of essential products and in this way facilitate the management of sales by the owners of these business. The methodology used for the project was SCRUM-XP, which allowed the deliverables to be carried out in short periods of time on the user stories and their respective tasks; where the iterations made it easier to develop the project in a more orderly manner according to what was established in each module. In addition, Node.js and Express which are open-source libraries were worked on so that the Back-end programming is clean and understandable. The business model implemented in the research project allowed the processes that each user executes depending on their role to be fulfilled according to the established requirements, from the general reception of orders by the business owner to the delivery of this in the address established by the client.