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Mobile app ideas 2020: how to come up with a masterpiece

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Heart, lungs, liver, spleen, [gadget]. It seems the list of vital human organs has increased by that last one, as people are growing inseparable from their Internet connections. The legendary “average adult in the U.S.” now spends about 3 hours 45 minutes a day on a mobile device, and among other results, mobile apps are...

Software testing: The key approaches and methodologies

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Imagine you enter a clothes store and see every piece of clothing in the same color and size. That’s basically a description of software that never went into testing. Either it suits your needs (accidentally), or it’s completely useless. The purpose of developing a software product is to satisfy a wide range of needs —...

Top 11 classic successful outsourcing examples: software

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Edited on: 01.16.24 Outsourced software development and IT outsourcing, in general, are huge things now. As with all the huge things out there, this one is already wrapped in myth in some aspects and has its fair share of both glorious successful outsourcing examples in business and Halloween-ish urban legends. Meanwhile, the market is growing:...

IT Outsourcing vs Offshoring: are they the same thing?

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The time has come, hasn’t it? Once your enterprise is confidently and officially past the “cozy local business stage”, some things just can’t be done in-house anymore. At this point, a smart executive officer is bound to consider outsourcing (or offshoring?) some activities. Viable reasons to outsource are abundant to the point of overflow. Maybe...

What is lean software development and is it underrated?

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lean software development
A while ago in the 20th century, Toyota managed to climb out of serious problems using a special approach to manufacturing. The method involved, among others, defining and ruthlessly cutting away anything that didn’t bring value into the product – as well as empowering the professionals involved. The system gained acceptance, and has been used...

The difference between software development and software engineering

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engineer vs developer
Let’s talk about one of those things that even tech geeks get confused about. Is there any difference between software engineer vs software developer? In most cases, these are used interchangeably — everywhere, from tech articles to job descriptions. So even the companies that intend to hire a specialist are not sure whether they are...

What you, as an employer, will want to know about a Python developer salary

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It could safely be called an achievement day for Cathy, a recruiter at a middle-sized SaaS company located near a university town. As the newly employed Pythonist was heading home to start his job on Monday, she thought about the hunt. Not that there was a lack of specialists – what with the hype around...