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Chapter 5 - Conclusion and Recommendation

The initial assignment came to existence through the assignment of a client. A video platform was needed that would
solve the many smaller problems that make working with big video website like YouTube a hassle. This video platform
would become a stand-alone project and clients could host this video platform online. This video platform needed to be
easy to use and simple in design, but not to forget it needed to be powerful enough to be able to provide all kinds of
functionalities.
The video platform knew some very important requirements; it needed to make use of categorization, making sure that it
was possible to place videos into different categories. It was important that videos were easily found and the platform was
easy to use. Having a tag system, the videos could also be found by searching for its tags. The video platform needed to be
interactive and for this the user should be able to create playlists, comment, upload videos and rate the videos either with
a thumbs up or thumbs down.

With a powerful backend the client needed to have full control over the video platform, and through a special page he/she
could upload or schedule videos. This way content was added to the video platform continuously.

The video platform is now finished and clients could host their own version of the video platform. The finished platform
indeed fulfills the requirements; the video platform not only fulfills the requirements stated above, but it also looks
presentable in design. The first impression a visitor of the website gets is of high importance. With the first impression a
user makes up his/her mind about if they want to stay on the website or not.

The finished video platform has a well-designed back end admin panel. The admin panel allows the client to control any
part of the video platform. Through the admin panel the client can keep track of the managers, videos, users, categories
and all other elements that are included in the video platform.
Throughout the development of the video platform, there was a lot of time put into research. With the research it became
very clear that the video platform “business” was growing every year. Every year more and more users were watching
videos and this would only be increasing in the future. Having a video platform that was designed with the users in mind
and where content was easy to find, the platform would put you in a good position on the web.
With the research it became clear, that more users were using their mobile devices to watch videos. Every year mobile
devices bring more traffic to websites, and mostly watching videos through mobile devices is increasing. The client wants a
video platform that can be accessed through any mobile device or tablet. The visitors should not be hindered to access the
video platform in anyway. The developed video platform kept this in mind; Time and effort was put into making sure that
the developed video platform would resize according to screen size. This way the platform made sure that the videos could
be played on any mobile device.

For reading more about the research results of the increase of mobile traffic, and how video watching was changing on the
web, it is recommended to read the research report made by Cisco. This report contains much more details about not only
the change of video watching and mobile on the web, but much more. The link to the Cisco report can be found in the
references.