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How to Choose a Programming Language as a Tech Startup

The Startup Magazine

Ruby is generally adopted by small companies, owing to its experimental and exploratory community. Java, C# and.net tend to be more stable, while languages such as Ruby on Rails or node.js Open Source Code. According to a report done by Github, the three most popular open source languages among the website’s 5.8

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Choosing a Programming Language and Framework for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

Closely Aligned Functional Needs The most common reason that a language and platform is chosen is because there's an existing set of (often open source) functionality that you can tap into that aligns closely with your functional needs. Misconception #1 - "You can build things 10x faster in Ruby."

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How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

Software By Rob

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.

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What is Drupal? or, My retraining in Software Development

Scalable Startup

Anyone who’s been around me for the past 6-12 months has been inundated with my evangelism of eCommerce in general and Drupal + PHP. They bring with them confidence, tools, brilliant people and believe it or not, Drupal and PHP. Drupal and PHP were tools I’ve acknowledged for a decade but never studied much.

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Choosing Technologies for Your Web Startup (Part 2)

crowdSPRING Blog

Some of the big guys (notably Google, Facebook, LiveJournal) have embraced open source and the results are trickling out to us. Is the technology open sourced? Java, PHP, Python, Ruby? The cost of adding too much “scalability” up front is a more complex product, harder to test and maintain. MVC vs. REST?

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Techies? Write Your Own Ticket In Southern California

blog.socaltech.com

Show you can code in any number of popular web technologies, such as Ruby on Rails, PHP, Python, etc. Get involved in open source, as much as you can. In particular, be sure to use the latest Web 2.0+ technologies (interactivity UI etc.). For bonus points, make sure the back end uses Amazon EC2 and S3.

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Incorporate Your Startup at the Right Time

mashable.com

10 Beginner Tips from PHP Masters Mozilla Jumps into the App Store Game. View More » Jobs Ruby on Rails Developer at Mashable (. View More » Dev & Design 5 Innovative Uses of an API [Mashable. Mozilla Wants You to Build Your Own B. 10 Fresh Blogger Templates for Any Ap. Steve Jobs Speaks Candidly About the.

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