Intuit Developer Blog
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From an accountant’s perspective: Why app developers need to understand who their ideal users are
If you develop apps for accountants, then you know the first step in the development process is coming up with the idea. Or is there more to it? According to Megan Tarnow, a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor since 2002, a Certified Nonprofit Accounting Professional (CNAP), and founder of Mobius Group—an accounting company for nonprofits—the first step […]
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From an accountant’s perspective: The importance of user-friendly training guides for apps
An app’s user-friendliness is in the eye of the beholder. For example, as a developer of an app for accountants, you know exactly how your app works (as you should—you came up with the great idea in the first place!) and the app, to you, seems pretty darn user friendly. However, if the people using […]
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What's new in QuickBooks Online: November 2019
This is another article in an ongoing series about new features and improvements in QuickBooks Online. The holiday season is upon us and the days are shorter, making it seem like everyone has a little less time to get things done. Some new features and improvements in QuickBooks® Online might be just what you need […]
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Meet members of the Intuit Developer team
Here at Intuit Developer, our team is a diverse group of individuals with a mix of personalities, backgrounds, and interests, all coalescing into a team with a single goal: Supporting you on your quest to build awesome apps within the QuickBooks ecosystem. Curious to know who we actually are? To help you get to know […]
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Reminder: Upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10
You may already know that, as of Jan. 1, 2020, Microsoft will no longer provide security updates or support for PCs running Windows 7. What does this mean for app developers? Computers running on Windows 7 will be more vulnerable to security risks and viruses. As an app developer, you may have created apps to […]
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Intuit receives API award for the QuickBooks Platform
Intuit recently received recognition in the API (application program interface) 300, a report that highlights some of the top companies who have made their imprint, and innovations, in API technology and cloud-based software and hardware. Intuit was specifically awarded for the Intuit QuickBooks platform, identified for its business software APIs in accounting, payments, and payroll. […]
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The importance of creating an intuitive app UI for accountants
As developers, you know just how busy life is as you pound out the code for your app, and handle a million other tasks each and every day. You also know that accountants and small business folk, the main users of your app, are extremely busy as well. They expect apps to be easy to […]
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What's new in QuickBooks Online: October 2019
In order for our developers to be more aware of functionality in QuickBooks® Online, this is another in a series of blogs that focuses on new features and improvements.. Check back monthly for more updates. The following is the article that ran on the QuickBooks blog. As the end of the year creeps closer, now […]
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Why a product roadmap and accountant feedback are critical in app selection and development
With so many apps entering the market every day for accountants to use with their clients, how do you make your app stand above the rest? How do you develop an app that accountants and consumers want to use? Matthew Fulton, co-founder and CTO of Parkway Business Solutions, has a set of questions that he […]
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OAuth 1.0 migration – Step 7: Migrate existing users in about 2 hours
If you’ve already implemented OAuth 2.0, but you’re still using OAuth 1.0 tokens for existing users, it usually only takes 1 to 2 hours to migrate those tokens to OAuth 2.0. Before you take this step, be sure that you’ve already updated your application to accept OAuth 2.0 connections. Scalable approach: Use the migration API […]