The mobile app market keeps growing at a fast pace. Thus, the market is competitive, and it’s hard for mobile application startups to succeed these days. Forbes Councils Member Salman Lakhani says roughly 99% of mobile startups fail. Moreover, according ... more
When you create a website for your business, it’s crucial to make a flawless design so as to attract and retain customers. That’s why you need to either hire a web designer or outsource this task. Basically, you have three options for who can design your ... more
As a CTO, you're responsible for considering the optimal technology stack. The architecture you select determines the time needed for product development as well as the cost of development. Usually, these factors are connected. The technology stack also ... more
Apps account for 90% of all mobile internet traffic. That means 9 in 10 customers from your mobile target audience prefer apps over websites. To engage these users and generate revenue for your business, you need to create a mobile app. There are many ... more
With 62.5 percent of the world’s population being active internet users, a powerful online presence is a must for any business. Companies need informative, easy-to-navigate, and error-free web applications that offer a great user experience to attract ... more
The question of reducing software development costs has always been crucial for startups. Among all cost reduction strategies, launching a minimum viable product (MVP) instead of a full-fledged product is one of the most useful. Building an MVP allows ... more
ReactJS has a reputation for being a powerful tool for creating user interfaces. A user interface (UI) is one of the essential parts of a web application, and it’s the thing a user sees and interacts with on a website. If you’re considering using ReactJS ... more
When starting a software development project, it’s essential to choose the most effective approach to save time, meet the budget, and get a product that works perfectly. Test-driven development (TDD) is one approach you can choose for React app development. ... more
React Native is a robust technology that allows you to create versatile, budget-friendly solutions that are easy to update, maintain, and support. If you’re considering React Native as the core technology for your app and want to find a suitable React ... more
There are plenty of programming languages, frameworks, and libraries nowadays. This makes it hard to choose a technical stack for your project. The easiest way to decide is to follow companies that have already succeeded. In this article, we review websites ... more
Google gets about 90 percent of all search requests. And the first five links that appear in search results always get the most traffic. That’s how vital search engine optimization is in terms of your web app’s success. No wonder startups think about ... more
Currently, ReactJS developers are in high demand due to the rising popularity of this programming technology. Many world-famous websites such as Facebook, Dropbox, Tesla, Netflix, and the BBC are built with ReactJS. Let’s take a look at the latest statistics ... more
The blockchain is a proven technology that can be used anywhere. Interest in blockchain-based apps is increasing in all spheres. No matter the sphere you’re building software for — finance, commerce, healthcare, government, agriculture — you need to learn ... more
This guide is for developers who want to make a web application that looks and behaves like a native app. To accomplish this, we opted for React and Apollo Client to build a progressive web app (PWA). In this article, we’ll create a PWA that launches ... more
Broken deadlines, maxed out budgets, faulty software, huge technical debt, issues with scalability and maintainability ‒ these are just a few of the problems a technology startup can face if its chief technical officer (CTO) doesn’t do their job well. ... more
The number of mobile consumers has been growing steadily. According to Statista, the number of smartphone users worldwide will reach 2.87 billion by 2020. To meet modern customers’ demands, ecommerce entrepreneurs have to provide a fast, easy, and seamless ... more
Building a successful technology startup is difficult. Startuppers need to not only come up with a viable startup idea but also secure funding and, naturally, implement a market-ready software product. To minimize risk, business owners don’t rush into ... more
This year is going to be a year of better cybersecurity, great potential for SEO ranking, and improved user experiences. If you’re looking for web development solutions to improve your product’s usability, performance, and ranking, check out our list ... more
This year is going to be a year of better cybersecurity, great potential for SEO ranking, and improved user experiences. If you’re looking for web development solutions to improve your product’s usability, performance, and ranking, check out our list ... more
PHP has long been among the top programming languages in popularity rankings. It has lots of advantages, from a low barrier to entry to a huge and well-developed ecosystem. For this reason, lots of newcomers to the world of programming opt for PHP, and ... more
Winter is almost over, which means it’s time to check out what great Ruby events are out there to make your spring entertaining and busy. We’ve gathered only the hippest conferences where you can meet real Ruby gurus, see your colleagues, and make new ... more
Modern times demand modern solutions. That’s why as a developer you need to know how to build one the most in-demand types of projects nowadays ‒ a single-page web app, or SPA. Their popularity among product owners can be explained by the fact that such ... more
Cross-platform development has become a great alternative to fully native mobile app development. Following the native mobile development approach, you create separate apps for Android and iOS. The cross-platform development allows you to cut expenses ... more
React Native is a fantastic framework that gives developers a unique opportunity to build one mobile app instead of two. The framework has a long list of third-party libraries that make it even more convenient and accelerate development. In this article, ... more
Today, there are two principal ways of building websites: as multi-page applications (MPAs) or as single-page applications (SPAs). SPAs are considered more modern. When deciding between single-page and multi-page, it’s vital to bear in mind your business ... more
Since Ruby is our language of choice, the RubyGarage team actively promotes, supports, and contributes to the Ruby community. We started this hot season by visiting RubyC. Find out how it went and why RubyC is worth visiting yourself. What is RubyC all ... more
Smart contracts can literally revolutionize the way people and businesses interact. However, this technology is in its early days, so many software developers don’t have a clear understanding of how to create and execute smart contracts. No matter what ... more
This article ends a series of posts we wrote about configuring Rails apps with the Chef automation platform and Amazon EC2. Gained knowledge in previous parts, we’ll finish writing cookbooks and secure our server. We’ll also go through the whole process ... more
This is the second part of our in-depth guide devoted to configuring Rails app on Amazon EC2 with Chef. In the previous part, you’ve learned the basic concepts of Infrastructure as Code and main components of the Chef repository. You’ve also started to ... more
If you’ve configured a server with an approach that involves manual text editing, transitions between GUI screens, and periodic use of the command-line interface, then you may have encountered difficulties with the following: Reproducible builds (snowflake ... more