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By having written code in a host of environments
and languages, from assembler to C and Visual Basic.net, we
have gained an understanding of the real issues behind code
writing. We have developed a set of best practices and development
standards that have been helping us in successfully delivering
applications to our clients over many years.
We believe that no matter how strong the management
process is or how much time has been spent on requirement
analysis and specification, the resulted software is only
as good as the developers who write it. Discipline, adherence
to standards and ability to put themselves in the user's shoes
are the most important skills a developer has to have.
Too many times we have seen software built
with very little consideration for the end user. Badly designed
user interfaces, clumsy processes, esoteric error messages,
lack of lateral thinking, bad spelling, improper use of newest
technologies, unnecessary technological gimmicks are only
a few attributes of bad software.
To avoid such pitfalls, we base our development
on:
- Careful selection of technologies (we don't just use it
because it's cool or because everybody talks about it. When
we decide to use a technology, it is probably the best fit
for the problem we need to solve)
- Adherence to development standards
- Efficiency
- Avoiding unnecessary complexity
- Strong version control
- Focus on maintainability
- Writing generic code (write once, use multiple time)
- Object orientation
- Understading of the user as a human being, not only the
user requirements
We don't write our software,
we craft it.
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