With websites, and especially web apps, it is often important to provide a level of functionality that goes beyond the simple operation of the open page. You now have more websites that require running a number of background tasks in order to provide a more complete experience. One of the newest and most effective ways to achieve this is through the use of service workers. What...
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In our last article, we covered a number of ways that you can Design Your Minimum Viable Product (MVP) by leveraging existing products and services. This can be a simple and cost effective way of getting an early version of your product into the hands of some customers, with the ultimate goal of validate the assumptions you've made about your business model. You may however find that there...
Read More As internet use continually shifts toward mobile, the importance of offering a good mobile experience increases. In an effort to do so as a developer, you have the option of developing native apps, web apps, and hybrid apps. Many companies have a hard time deciding which approach to take. In this article, we are going to take a closer look at these three approaches and talk...
Read More The last article in our Startup Series, Validating the Market & Product, covered various methods which are great in helping you to confirm that the assumptions you've made in your new product and business model are indeed correct. In case you missed that article, you can read it here. At this point, we've validated with a considerable degree of confidence that a market exists for our idea...
Read More As a programmer, you have different options when it comes to database management. As the most common database language, SQL is what you will find used in many systems. However, NoSQL can be good for certain applications. This article is going to discuss the differences, and the times when it is more advantageous to use one over the other. What is SQL? SQL stands for Structured Language Query....
Read More In part one we walked through a practical method for clearly and concisely defining your idea using the Lean Canvas approach. In case you missed it, read part one here. Now that your idea is clearly defined, the next step is to validate that the assumptions we made in our Lean Canvas, are in fact correct. This is a very important step and may end up...
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