Tagged Questions

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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 ...
12
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5answers
611 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
499 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 ...
8
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7answers
545 views

How can I complete a project as a single web developer?

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
391 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 ...
5
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2answers
394 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 ...
5
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2answers
106 views

Formal term to web-ify a piece of existing software or program or a module?

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 ...
4
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4answers
678 views

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 ...
4
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6answers
289 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 ...
4
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2answers
75 views

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, ...
4
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2answers
443 views

Freelance Web Developer tools

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 ...
3
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6answers
377 views

How to decide : Phone App or Web App

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 ...
2
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4answers
389 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
181 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 ...
1
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1answer
48 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 ...
1
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2answers
320 views

Mac Web Development

Finding that I'm doing more and more web development on my Mac, I'm looking to increase my efficiency in the process. Once you know the development languages (PHP, Ruby, HTML, CSS, JavaScript), ...
0
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3answers
250 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 ...
0
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2answers
107 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 ...
0
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1answer
117 views

Choose the Right Software Method for the Job [closed]

What software methodology would you use if the following: It is a single-man project It is a small project but could grow fast potentially Other developers can pick the project up in a later stage ...
0
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1answer
157 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 ...