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Choosing Technologies for Your Web Startup (Part 2)

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Your consultant, in turn, will walk the fine line of giving you the answer you want to hear while raising the scope and cost of the project, possibly even creating milestones along the way, ensuring an ongoing, gainful relationship. The cost of adding too much “scalability” up front is a more complex product, harder to test and maintain.

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How To Find A Programmer To Build Your Startup Idea

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If you have a friend who is a recruiter then ask them to tell you what they recommend that will not cost anything. In addition, if you know any developers you should ask them where to post your project or job up and where they recommend you go to meet other developers. Be sure to post your opportunity here.

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Framework Benchmarks

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Netty , Vert.x , and Java servlets are fast, but we were surprised how much faster they are than Ruby , Django , and friends. Among the many factors to consider when choosing a web development framework, raw performance is easy to objectively measure. Web servers. Java / JVM. Motivation. Since Vert.x Passenger 3.9.5-rc3.

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Frameworks Round 1

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Netty , Vert.x , and Java servlets are fast, but we were surprised how much faster they are than Ruby , Django , and friends. Among the many factors to consider when choosing a web development framework, raw performance is easy to objectively measure. Web servers. Java / JVM. Motivation. Since Vert.x Passenger 3.9.5-rc3.

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High On “App-titude”: Why Android Development Is Fast Becoming A Popular Career In IT

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Some of these specific technical skills are: Java: It is a requirement to be fluent in the programming languages in Java. While Android apps can be developed using a number of different technologies, most roles are for development using Java and Android Studio in the Integrated development environment (IDE).

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Social, Agile, and Transformation: Strategic Agile Thinking: Balancing Value, Innovation and Research

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The x-axis depicts technical complexity, risk, and cost which are all related. But I would also recommend teams discuss "exit strategies" for these features if the outcomes dont meet the success criteria, especially if there is significant tech debt associated with developing them. Use prototyping to lower technical risks and costs.

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The Trouble With Non-tech Cofounders | TechCrunch

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However, doing this turned out to be an incredibly high-risk strategy, as the significant cost shortened the runway considerably, and in the end I had to let him go because we came to the end of the runway, and he needed money and a stable job for his family. Chris Dixon recently wrote a great blog, “Who should learn to program?”