Design, Open Source and Ruby

How to Choose a Programming Language as a Tech Startup

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 3, 2019

Ruby is generally adopted by small companies, owing to its experimental and exploratory community. It’s important to decide which of these approaches you want to take, as some languages are designed to promote stable, scalable architecture, while others are better suited for rapid application development. Open Source Code.

Programming

Programming Ruby Java Open Source

How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

At some point in the past year I watched a video of an Eric Sink presentation and he asked the following question (he said it was asked of him by a college student): Why would someone buy your product when it has an open source competitor? Are there exceptions in the open source world? The UI could kill small animals.

Open Source

Open Source Software Review Non-Compete Software

Why is node JS the best framework to launch a Multivendor Ecommerce marketplace Store?

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Source: Flickr. Node JS is an open source, cross-stage JavaScript run-time application which is utilized for the improvement of both Server side and customer side applications. has changed the framework by which apps were designed. over Ruby on Rails with the end goal being improving their mobile traffic.

Framework

Framework eCommerce Java Open Source

The Last Coder

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 13, 2012

After all, lots of the code required to build web services are now available off the open source shelf--and many of the processes formally asked of the code are being worked into the language itself, like with Ruby on Rails. Usually when people figure out what to make, it's pretty makeable.

Coder

Coder Ruby Bandwidth Open Source

Incorporate Your Startup at the Right Time

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

View More » Dev & Design 5 Innovative Uses of an API [Mashable. View More » Jobs Ruby on Rails Developer at Mashable (. Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Kanye Wests Epic Hip Hop Opera "Runa.

LLC

LLC Ruby Social Media Startup

Lean startup tools for Rails apps

www.subelsky.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

His descriptions of lean startup techniques and philosophies have had a big influence on the way I design and build software. What comes with Ruby and Rails is plenty good enough but some people like the greater expressiveness afforded by things like Rspec and Shoulda. I'm a lighting audio and video designer.

Lean

Lean Baltimore Ruby Maryland

Transcript of How to Successfully Run a Business as a WordPress Consultant

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

WordPress is an open source project that was started by Matt Mullenweg leaving a comment on a blog. And that’s really the spirit of WordPress is this open source collaboration by people volunteering their time. John Jantsch: Is that Ruby? Troy Dean: No, it’s not Ruby.

Community

Community Framework Ruby Architecture

Incorporate Your Startup at the Right Time

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

View More » Dev & Design 5 Innovative Uses of an API [Mashable. View More » Jobs Ruby on Rails Developer at Mashable (. Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Kanye Wests Epic Hip Hop Opera "Runa.

LLC

LLC Social Media Startup Philadelphia

Finding a Technical Cofounder

bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Or even contribute to an open source project. From Codecademy and Try Ruby , to free programming books and free online courses. This is a relatively slow method, however, depending on how quickly you can connect with someone. But such a connection can be long-lasting and meaningful. Learn to write code yourself.

Technical Cofounder

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Technical Review Software Review

Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

View More » Dev & Design 5 Innovative Uses of an API [Mashable. View More » Jobs Ruby on Rails Developer at Mashable (. Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Kanye Wests Epic Hip Hop Opera "Runa.

Angel Investor

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review

Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

View More » Dev & Design 5 Innovative Uses of an API [Mashable. View More » Jobs Ruby on Rails Developer at Mashable (. Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Kanye Wests Epic Hip Hop Opera "Runa.

Angel Investor

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review

How to build a multi-million dollar website without spending a cent

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

Adam Arbolino is the co-founder and CTO of DesignCrowd.com , a logo, web and graphic design marketplace. With the growth of open-sourced platforms and advent of ‘freemium pricing models’, the time to try is now. With the growth of open-sourced platforms and advent of ‘freemium pricing models’, the time to try is now.

Cofounder

Cofounder Analytics Java PHP

6 Ways to Recruit Talent for Startups

mashable.com

JUNE 8, 2010

There’s also a searchable service section with advice on logo design, website development and a service request board if you prefer that providers come to you. Pros: The site claims to be “the world’s BIGGEST source of small business clients.” View More » Dev & Design 5 Innovative Uses of an API [Mashable.

Coder

Coder Technical Review Social Media Technical Cofounder

Web Sites and Books for Novice Programmers

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 25, 2010

While they like sites like Stack Overflow and Github’s wiki pages on different open source projects, Nate and Natty never found a great site on the web that has comprehensive documentation on how to program. For design, they went with SpeckyBoy and Smashing Magazine. Not surprisingly, Nate and Natty read a lot of blogs.

Web

Web HTML API Investment Bankers

Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

When you’re creating a name, remember you’re putting together syllables — a good design is going to be about pleasing contrasts between consonants and vowels, and consonants themselves,” says Johnson. View More » Dev & Design 5 Innovative Uses of an API [Mashable. But don’t get intimidated by the linguistics-speak.

Naming

Naming Technical Review Social Media Startup

11 Trends in Web Logo Design

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Dev & Design Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Designing and critiquing logos for web-based companies and startups is a pursuit of endless fascination for many of us. Learn more here. See also: Wet floor effect.

Web

Web Design Social Media Software Review

11 Trends in Web Logo Design

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Dev & Design Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Designing and critiquing logos for web-based companies and startups is a pursuit of endless fascination for many of us. Learn more here. See also: Wet floor effect.

Web

Web Design Social Media PHP

What The Rails Security Issue Means For Your Startup

www.kalzumeus.com

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

January has been a very bad month for Ruby on Rails developers, with two high-severity security bugs permitting remote code execution found in the framework and a separate-but-related compromise on rubygems.org, a community resource which virtually all Ruby on Rails developers sit downstream of. Many startups use Ruby on Rails.

Security

Security Software Review Ruby Startup

Lessons Learned: Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Chances also increase if there seems to be a Ruby bent to the content. Waves of technology platforms The lean startup Customer Development Engineering Greasemonkey compiler Great open source scalability tools from Danga Ideas. In order to convince me, Id to see another link to an article here somewhere that I enjoyed.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

The unimportance of product names

37signals.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

This is Signal vs. Noise , a weblog by 37signals about design, business, experience, simplicity, the web, culture, and more. Got a web design project in mind? Find a web designer on Sortfolio. Ruby on Rails. For developers we present our powerful yet simple open-source web application framework. Apr 27 2010.

Product Name

Product Name Naming Product Software Review

Which language should my startup use?

www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Ruby on Rails doesnt scale? 37signals repopularised Ruby this way, and last.fm These are Java (from Sun),NET (from Microsoft), and three Open Source options: PHP, Python and Ruby. Its a powerful object oriented language, and is effectively Open Source. PHP is insecure?

Fractional CTO

Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review CTO Hire

Programmer Competency Matrix

www.starling-software.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

systems decomposition Not able to think above the level of a single file/class Able to break up problem space and design solution as long as it is within the same platform/technology Able to design systems that span multiple technologies/platforms. The directory names and organization provide insights into the design of the system.

Software Review

Software Review Technical Review SQL API

How HTML5 Is Aiding in Cross-Platform Development

mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Sourcebits offers design and development services for iOS, Android, Mobile and Web platforms. Appcelerator Titanium Appcelerator’s Titanium platform was designed from the offset to help web developers create mobile and tablet applications with ease. Sourcebits offers design and development services for iPhone , Android and more.

Developer

Developer HTML API Ruby

A Look at Responsive CSS Frameworks

blog.teamtreehouse.com

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Learn Web Design, Coding & more! Not long ago designers who laid out web pages also had to plunge into myriad layers of nested tables, ferreting out that one misplaced or making the same tedious width change across many pages. Designers shopping for a framework are likely to see similarities among their options. Learn More.

Framework

Framework HTML Software Review Widget

Why Launching a Startup Is More Expensive Than You Think

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

After all, high-quality open source software is free, the cloud makes computer power far less expensive, and anyone with an Internet connection can learn Ruby and CSS. For example, my company decided early on to hire a UI designer, which has helped tremendously with our product development. Have an account?

Startup

Startup Social Media RSS Social Network

CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Because.NET is designed to extend, not disrupt. NET is designed to tightly integrate with and seamlessly extend the Microsoft stack in extremely powerful but ultimately incremental ways. My example: I have mainly programmed _by choice_ in Python, Ruby, Scala, Haskell, C# and currently I’m doing Java. net implementation.

Java

Java PHP Software Review Coder

From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

These are the geniuses clogging up Craigslist’s “Computer Gigs&# with ads saying stuff like “Need iPhone Developer: Compensation: 30% of profits (when we get them)&# or “Ruby on Rails ROCKSTAR needed: $20/hr&# [link] Nils Noack Definitely a good read! How do you know which designer/developer to choose?

Technical Review

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review

Expenses You Don't Think of When Starting a Business

Software By Rob

JANUARY 7, 2009

Bug Tracking - You can go open source and save money, but you may lose it eventually in the time you spend maintaining and upgrading it. Pricey, but based on my hourly rate it’s cheaper than the open source solution I used previously when you factor in upgrades, crashes, and manual workarounds for missing functionality.

Software Review

Software Review Software Hosting Salary

Technology stack choice for startups

kenegozi.com

APRIL 24, 2012

NET developer” or a “J2EE developer”, or a “Ruby developer”. open-source-software(14). My short answer is: specializing in a single technology only is somewhat risky, as the world keeps changing. I would never hire a “.NET activerecord(23). alt-net-israel(8). altnetuk(6). architecture(28). asp-net-2-0(39). asp-net-mvc(3).

Technology

Technology Architecture Startup .Net

Lessons Learned: Why PHP won

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2009

When we started IMVU in 2004, we could rely on a staggering amount of open source software that jumpstarted our initial product offering. Youll notice a pattern: most of the key features that enabled PHPs success are considered among its defects by experts in language design. So heres to the team that built PHP.

PHP

PHP Software Review Ruby San Francisco

CEO Interview with BlazeMeter, Self-Served Load Testing in the Cloud

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Israeli startup Blaze Meter , a load testing in the cloud compatible with open source Apache Jmeter, has recently raised an undisclosed round from Yoav Leitersdorf’s YL Ventures. Alon: I’m a strong advocate and evangelist of cloud and open-source technologies. Blazemeter real time reports and monitoring.

Cloud

Cloud North America EC2

Startup Tools

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

interactions, widgets, effects Django – high-level Python framework Cappuccino – open source framework for app development Kodingen – cloud development environment, code editor, hosting service, collaboration platform.

Software Review

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics

How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

2010-06-19) # What about design mockups using eg. for anyone needing user interface, design and branding for their project visit my portfolio: [link] we love to build bold identities for fresh ideas. I am a Ruby on Rails programmer and have written the first line of code for a few startups. mockingbird? Insightful. Thanks much.

CTO Hire

CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review

Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. Ruby Toolbox. Design/Front End: Twitter Bootstrap : Include this in your website, and you are half finished. High Quality, and open sourced! LiveRoad : A Great IDE for design is very helpful.

Software Review

Software Review Technical Review Startup

StartUpRoar

How to Choose a Programming Language as a Tech Startup

How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

Trending Sources

Why is node JS the best framework to launch a Multivendor Ecommerce marketplace Store?

The Last Coder

Incorporate Your Startup at the Right Time

Lean startup tools for Rails apps

Transcript of How to Successfully Run a Business as a WordPress Consultant

Incorporate Your Startup at the Right Time

Finding a Technical Cofounder

Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

How to build a multi-million dollar website without spending a cent

6 Ways to Recruit Talent for Startups

Web Sites and Books for Novice Programmers

Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

11 Trends in Web Logo Design

11 Trends in Web Logo Design

What The Rails Security Issue Means For Your Startup

Lessons Learned: Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

The unimportance of product names

Which language should my startup use?

Programmer Competency Matrix

How HTML5 Is Aiding in Cross-Platform Development

A Look at Responsive CSS Frameworks

Why Launching a Startup Is More Expensive Than You Think

CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

Expenses You Don't Think of When Starting a Business

Technology stack choice for startups

Lessons Learned: Why PHP won

CEO Interview with BlazeMeter, Self-Served Load Testing in the Cloud

Startup Tools

How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

Startup Resources

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