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Pragmatism with Flavor

TechEmpower

As software developers, we're technophiles, so we enjoy these cycles and quite often find humor listening to the energy spent arguing on either side of issues. Does it help our clients sell more widgets or deliver with fewer headaches? Not to downplay developer happiness. It's a fun and funny business to be in.

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Best Of Both Worlds: Mixing HTML5 And Native Code

mobile.smashingmagazine.com

Depending on how you wish to structure the application, native “widgets” may be implemented for each platform (iOS, Android, Windows, etc.) Web Views: What’s The Downside? Like most things in software development, there must be some caveats to developing with Web views. Click here to cancel reply.

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How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

Software By Rob

I’ve been a web developer for 10 years and I cringe when I see that I need a module that’s not included…there goes two hours of my day searching, configuring and installing dependencies. Even fewer can be installed in five minutes or less, even by an experienced software developer.

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270+ Tools for Running a Business Online

mashable.com

Planix – Consistently and accurately estimate resources, scheduling and costs of software development projects. The recommender can then be posted here as an interactive widget. PriorityTrack – Gather ideas, prioritize, collaborate, and keep projects on track.

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

blog.expensify.com

This literally the dumbest, most ignorant piece that I’ve ever read about software development and/or hiring programmers. My entry into web development (after 7 years of Unix development, 4 writing console games, and 3 writing router firmware) was helping my father-in-law’s company. Sjoerd Franken.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

Weve built Sandcastle specifically for an entrepreneur with an idea, who is not a developer. Sandcastle is a software development service for entrepreneurs. As talented as a programmer/web developer may be, it still takes at least SOME time to grasp the basic concept of what you are wanting to do. a foundation.