Evolve accelerates mid-size and enterprise companies in b2c and b2b that want to quickly and continuously deliver business value.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. So take a look yourself and tell us what you think!
Evolve is powered by a Next.js storefront, a GraphQL middleware layer powered by Apollo and serveral domain services that provide business functionality through integration with several leading SAAS systems like commercetools, Storyblok and Algolia.
Evolve supports many SAAS services to build your composable platform on top of. Through the decoupling layer and the GraphQL federation service, Evolve is agnostic to back-end implementations and can therefore be integrated with any of them, even more than one at a time.
Frontend with Next.js 14: Utilises Next.js 14 with built-in support for localization, multi-tenancy, and server-side components for optimal performance.
Component Library with Tailwind CSS: Incorporates a React component library built with Tailwind CSS, published via Storybook and automatically tested using playwright.
Federated GraphQL Service Architecture: Implements a federated GraphQL service architecture in TypeScript, federating various SaaS and potentially bespoke services with a common schema, supporting multiple vendors per domain.
Observability: Utilises OpenTelemetry with for example HoneyComb for observability to monitor performance in-depth, with errors tracked using Sentry for quick resolution.
Best Practices: Applies best practices for Core Web Vitals, SEO (microdata, sitemaps), and analytics integration.
Developer experience: Created with the developer in mind, Evolve includes various architecture and tooling choices to help developers be productive and in control.
Infrastructure as Code: Leverages Terraform and a suite of Terraform modules for standardize cloud native infrastructure solutions and consistent environments across test, acceptance, and production.
Testing Approach: Incorporates unit testing for all code, as well as end-to-end functional testing using Playwright and performance testing with K6
Source Control and CI/CD: Relies on GitHub for source control management, with GitHub Actions handling all CI/CD pipelines.
Security Measures: Implements GitHub Advanced Security for static code analysis and ensures the security of external dependencies.
Evolve is designed for the cloud and built in the cloud. It supports any of the popular cloud providers and implements native cloud services where possible.
The MACH composer platform is included for deploying composable commerce stacks to any environment. And if your use case requires it, we have the ability to integrate Kubernetes as well.
We’re impressed with Evolve, which greatly speeds up our in-flight replatforming initiative and shows results within weeks. The combination of a well oiled team with a solid technology foundation brings great speed and confidence that we can replatform in time.
In order to become a major European ecommerce player for Tools & Machines, we need more flexibility and scalability of our technology stack. We selected Lab Digital with Evolve and haven’t regretted that decision since. With the help of Evolve we were able to kickstart our replatforming efforts and speed up the entire development process.
We've been working with the amazing folks of Lab Digital for quite a while, and it has been quite the ride! Not only are they a stellar group of individuals, but they've been a driving force propelling our commerce platform to new heights. Thanks to their expertise we've smoothly launched new domains, with still a few coming up.
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