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Choosing a Programming Language and Framework for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

We had an interesting presentation at the LA CTO Forum by the CTO of a startup who chose Groovy / Grails as the framework for their startup. t prompted a good discussion around how CTOs go about choosing the programming language and framework for their startup. Of course, I'm not sure that anyone chooses Java alone.

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Lessons Learned: About the author

Startup Lessons Learned

So if youre new, consider not paying any attention to the rest of this post, and just diving into the archives, if you havent already. Maybe youd like to start with The lean startup , How to listen to customers , or What does a startup CTO actually do? ) He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU.

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

blog.expensify.com

oz burgers as fast as possible, and commit the rest of your career to an endless series of McDonalds menus. Do a curl (or your.NET equivalent) on each domain, and see how many are running a Windows server: I think you’ll find the fraction very small. And I don’t care if it’s Visual Studio, Eclipse, Vim or even Emacs.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

Save the rest for later. No need to even tell people about the rest unless theyre really really interested. Then carry on with the rest. I also know someone else who consulted me about his website idea. Well as a programmer of many websites I find that it is easier for my clients to consult my ideas first.

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Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

www.quora.com

Developer, engineer, CTO, or technical co-founder? Sooner or later, using PHP or RoR or.Net or some Java framework, that 0.5x They usually have quality up and coming consultants expert in guiding you in "packaging" your idea. the nice thing is that to start, THEY PAY the consultant for you. Rockstar v.