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How HTML5 Is Aiding in Cross-Platform Development

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Billion View Comments How HTML5 Is Aiding in Cross-Platform Development February 22, 2011 by Christina Warren View Comments email share email share The Mobile App Trends Series is sponsored by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. Follow Sourcebits on Twitter for recent news and updates.

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Why Launching a Startup Is More Expensive Than You Think

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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.

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What The Rails Security Issue Means For Your Startup

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For example, Redmine — an open source developer productivity tool — is commonly installed at individual companies. For each tech stack we support, we need at least one expert following the primary source for security news for that tech stack. And gulp their dependencies.). Great post.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

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I would add that having a business such as a web development contract service would bring in cash-flow allowing the main founders to keep alive and grow the vision and initial beta. During the last 2 years of building two startups with a massive development plan we at the same time built 400+ websites on a contract basis.

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Build vs. Buy: Which is Right for Your Business?

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Technical debt happens from unexpected bugs and additional development work that results from using short-term solutions (like templates or open-source code). When buying, evaluate the development languages your acquisition is built on to understand how complex the integration process will be. Integrations.

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Native App vs. Web App: Which Is Better for Mobile Commerce?

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Web App: Which Is Better for Mobile Commerce? May 23, 2011 by Christina Warren 20 Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share The Mobile App Trends Series is supported by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. Follow Sourcebits on Twitter for recent news and updates.

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Lessons Learned: Why PHP won

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When we started IMVU in 2004, we could rely on a staggering amount of open source software that jumpstarted our initial product offering. I personally think that the opinion about PHP in the web-developer community is way too negative. Python is good for system administration, PHP is great for Web development.

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