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Over thinking development
I've been working as an app developer for a year and a half now (not long I know), and I've just been given my first big project.
Needless to say it didn't go very smoothly, so I sought advice from a ...
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6answers
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How can I improve my skills while working on actual projects, in the absence of more experienced developers?
I'm the lead developer at a small company, working with C# and ASP.Net. Our team is small, 2-3 people, without much experience in development and design. I don't have the opportunity to learn from ...
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5answers
794 views
How to start a development project when there are too many potential stakeholders
I've just taken on a new job at a college as (the sole) Web application developer.
The college has a number of disparate but all pretty badly coded legacy systems. Mostly built in PHP they deal with ...
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4answers
560 views
How important is knowing functionality before coding?
I work for a software development company where the development work have been off shored to us. The on shore team handle the support and talk directly to the clients. We never talk to the clients ...
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6answers
680 views
How can I complete a project as a single web developer? [closed]
I am a PHP 'developer' who codes for fun. My problem is I have never completed my large projects. Please I would like to know how experienced programmers like you are able to complete projects ...
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4answers
442 views
Consultant in a firm that doesn't understand the tech! [closed]
I got the job as a Consultant in a firm that has 3 other programmers. My job is to rewrite all the old system in Java, Spring etc but the staff programmers only know perl and the manager does not know ...
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4answers
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What do you think are the biggest software development issues, in small to medium businesses?
I own a small software development company that developes Web software to other small and medium companies in Chile. The business process is very complex and it is hard to stablish where to put the ...
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2answers
661 views
Web-Development preparation and entire project workflow
I work as a lone programmer on web-development projects(front and back-end) - I have completed a couple of projects, so I'm fairly new at this, I have read and tried a few approaches and reached a way ...
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6answers
345 views
How to work in localhost properly
I am using MAMP (just and example) to develop web applications without having to constantly upload and download via FTP.
I´m sure this is the correct way to test a project but I´m no sure if I´m ...
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2answers
121 views
Formal term to web-ify a piece of existing software or program or a module? [closed]
There is a software we run as a windows service. Its currently not designed to take a huge load. So we kind of need this service to be hosted over http so that multiple clients can make use of it. Its ...
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2answers
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As the current draft stands, what is the most significant change the “National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace” will provoke?
A current draft of the "National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace" has been posted by the Department of Homeland Security. This question is not asking about privacy or constitutionality, ...
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6answers
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How to decide : Phone App or Web App [closed]
From your real life experience & executed work.
How to choose between starting a project as a Phone App or a Web App ?
From what I've read, it is a matter of : the need vs time & $ cash to ...
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2answers
253 views
How do I collect a list of rss feeds? [closed]
I am developing a rss reader where users search and follow blogs. But, how will I collect and store the feeds of thousands of blogs?
Manual process of adding individual feeds is painful. Is there an ...
3
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2answers
767 views
Freelance Web Developer tools [closed]
I'm thinking of freelancing and building web sites in my free time.
I have experience in C#/ASP.NET, JavaScript/jQuery as well as HTML/CSS and SQL. Thus, I feel like I have sufficient web ...
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4answers
536 views
PHP Project deployment
I have a PHP project that I'm currently developing.
I'm nearly finished and I was wondering what is the best practice when it comes to beta testing and deploying updates/changes to the production ...
2
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1answer
205 views
Front end developers vs HTML/CSS coders plus “the JavaScript developer” [closed]
I was just googling around to find a good definition of front-end developer and the definitions that I found were pretty much "a guy that does HTML/CSS/JavaScript (jQuery)".
But I think this is no ...
2
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1answer
251 views
Expanding existing DVCS Wiki [closed]
A portion of my job is to maintain technical documentation for a rapidly expanding manufacturing company. Because it is only a portion of my job and the company's product line is expanding so ...
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2answers
305 views
What's the best approach to handle javascript/ajax code in a project?
In a general sense, for medium/big projects, what's the best way to handle javascript/ajax code?
Is it better, to have a script file where to put each script or, to add the script directly into the ...
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2answers
147 views
Refreshing website design and architecture
I have a website that is build with asp.net web forms. I would like to refresh design (using css, html5, responsive design) and also change it from web forms to asp.net MVC.
To me this is more of a ...
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1answer
52 views
Time tracking and payment registration architecture
Тitle might be a little bit incorrect. :) Anyway, I'm building a software where employees input time they worked per day (work hours) and employer "pays" for this time. "Payment" is done outside this ...
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2answers
402 views
Converting Business Process Maps into Software
I am fairly new to web application development. I have defined my problem domain through talking to various stakeholders and putting a process map together - basically a flow chart showing the ...
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3answers
285 views
Reinvent the wheel or using the existing wheel? [closed]
I would like to ask something about project management. I got a project that has some requirements, it can be done from scratch with the use of a big framework. Maybe some tools are necessary for some ...
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2answers
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Is it ok to start with templates in MVC development?
I'm new to web development and I've started working on a project in my company that uses DJANGO. I feel it flexible to start my development straight first from the templates. I think it will be easier ...
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1answer
165 views
What tools or way to start a web project
I am a sandwich training student in a company that has a little informatics service who develop web app
Until today, they work with simple php, a little CSS and no version control. So, the code ...
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1answer
776 views
What does IE mean by saying “'console' is undefined”? [closed]
I like IE's persnicketiness (the debugging tools that take you right to your code is even more user-friendly than what I've found in F12 Chrome Dev Tools), but why does it say, "'console' is ...
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1answer
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Best way to develop a php open source application [closed]
I started to create a php application I'd like to make open source in the near future. However I do not know, if it's needed to follow any kind of code/documentation convention, to make it more usable ...
