Development of accounting programs in Python

Modern accounting systems help businesses manage resources more efficiently, so they start working faster, minimize losses and get the opportunity to significantly increase profits. Such software may be used for a variety of purposes, including:

• Warehouse accounting – control of the quantity of goods in warehouses, their cost, expiration dates and logistics and storage costs.
• Accounting for the customer base – collection and storage of data about customers and the history of interaction with them.
• Financial accounting – control of the company’s financial performance to track the income, expenses and profitability of the business.

• Document accounting – the organization of electronic document management allows you to issue invoices, draw up acts and generate reports in digital form, which significantly speeds up the work of employees and reduces the risk of errors.
• Sales accounting – storing the history of all transactions concluded by the company and the status of their processing.

Accounting programs are useful for most companies, regardless of their size and field of activity.

Today, there are many “boxed” solutions on the market – ready-made software for organizing accounting systems in an enterprise that can be purchased and used according to the SaaS model, with a monthly payment. This option will be inexpensive compared to our own development, but it has several significant drawbacks.

The fact is that such software is created for the mass market, and in it developers try to meet the needs of various business areas. As a result, a lot of unnecessary functionality appears, which in the future may interfere with employees. In addition, such solutions do not take into account the individual specifics of each individual company, which means that they cannot fully satisfy its needs.

Therefore, if you need a quick and inexpensive launch of accounting programs, ready-made software will be a good option, and in other cases it will be more preferable to develop your own software.

Advantages of individual accounting software:

• higher security;
• simplified staff training;
• efficient automation;
• quick modifications and improvements, if necessary;
• the functionality is fully adapted to the business.

Depending on the technical requirements for the accounting program, its development can be carried out in different programming languages. However, most often, Python becomes the best choice – a multifunctional language that Google, Microsoft, Amazon and many other large corporations use in their products.

The main advantages of Python are:

• Cost – The Python language is completely free and comes with open source. This means that in the future there will be no problems with the refinement and updating of the software product.
• Flexibility – code written in Python can be compiled in different environments and operating systems without additional modifications. This means that the project will work correctly on Windows, Linux, MacOS and other popular operating systems.
• Extensive Library − Python boasts a huge standard library with out-of-the-box functions that developers can use when implementing a new accounting system. This greatly increases the speed of development and reduces its cost.

• Frameworks and tools – The Python language has many popular frameworks and tools that speed up the development process. For example, to create accounting systems, the Django full-stack framework is most often used.
• A good level of security – projects written in Python are resistant to cyber attacks and hacking attempts, which is extremely important when it comes to accounting systems and storing business-critical data.
• Code reuse – In Python, developers can reuse existing code an unlimited number of times, which makes it possible to release updates faster.
• Memory Usage – Code written in Python is in plain text file format and consumes very little memory while running.

The development of programs for resource accounting is a laborious process, which is carried out in AVADA-MEDIA in several stages. Let’s consider each of them in more detail.

Stage 1. Reconciliation of requirements

At the approval stage, the tasks of the software and how it will work in the conditions of the company’s real business processes are determined. These issues are discussed directly with the customer, and then they are “translated” into a technical language understandable for developers.

Stage 2. Prototyping

Specialists create a draft version of the design and basic functionality to determine how the final product will work. This helps to identify and eliminate all software weaknesses even before the development stage.

Stage 3. Production

At this step, programmers create the functionality of the future accounting program in accordance with the requirements set out in the terms of reference and the customer’s recommendations.

Stage 4. Testing

After development, the software product is transferred to the QA department, where each of its functions and buttons undergo rigorous testing – manual and automated. This helps to identify and correct problems in the software even before it is transferred to the customer.

Stage 5. Integration into business

The project is integrated into the current business processes of the company – databases and other necessary information are loaded into it, as well as third-party services are connected.

Stage 6. Personnel training

When the accounting program is ready to work, company employees are trained to use the new software. It will not take much time, because the product does not contain unnecessary functionality, and its interface is created by a UI designer and is understandable at the level of intuition.

Stage 7. Support

Then the project moves to the technical support stage, and its functionality is gradually being finalized as the business develops and its needs grow.

The Python programming language is just one of the technologies that AVADA-MEDIA uses to implement effective software solutions.If you have any questions about creating accounting software for your business, or any other innovative product, please contact us.