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“Next, we are going to add the ability of the user to …” promises the website.

What do you think? Is the promise of something new necessary?

Or a developer raves, “the next version will increase sales with this very smart new widget”.

Can you use something promised before it is released?

Or a client asks “Will you get this, and this … oh, and this … done by the deadline?” – the correct answer is “no”. A promise is not something that has much value when it is not followed by action. You hear it all the time, “we are going to…”, “the next version will…”

How do we do better?

We only talk about what we have done, what is included in a Sprint, and then only after we have tested it on an integration test on the staging server. If it fails, it fails. We want failure during testing because it means we have coverage. There is no point in releasing code to deliver on a “promise” if, in the end, it is not going to work. There is far more pain for releasing code that is not yet quite right.

RemoteDevelopment.co.uk does not make promises (except in Javascript code). We plan to deliver integrated functionality when it is ready and tested. We plan what is in our Sprint and then it is our own professional pride that delivers those results.

Okay, we do not know what the client will ask for during a Sprint, we add these new ideas to the next Sprint rather than delay planned and agreed to stages of a delivery.

Instead of raving about how it will look in the future, deliver results you have agreed to now. Stable, proven results. Then your client can rave about them for you.

Post to Linked In 25 October 2017

RemoteDevelopment.co.uk has launched its first ecommerce site co-production – a project for an artist who makes unique works for children – art4kids.gallery – see https://www.remotedevelopment.co.uk/cms/first-clients/ – implemented in WordPress with Woocommerce/Stripe hosted on an Nginx Cloud server. Just in time for unusual Xmas gift ideas, I was told.

Remote Development is a project I started on a train journey to a client site. The train was delayed. How much is this costing? Years of working in Agile teams and dealing with clients directly as well as contracting via agencies provided the motivation to provide a remote development vehicle. Remote Development is my contracting services delivered directly for clients more efficiently, for less expense. At this stage we are looking for seed clients to grow the business, as we slowly add qualified developers who are able to prove themselves.

Next I am looking for our first Full Stack Remote Development Project Client – if you want a project completed for less with Laravel/VueJS or Angular… remote contracting is proving less expensive than onsite contracting follow the links in the article and send us your enquiry.

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Remote Development is professional contracting services delivered directly for clients more efficiently, for less expense. At this stage, we are looking for seed clients to grow the business, as we slowly add qualified developers who are able to prove themselves. Instead of funding a startup with huge upfront investment to build a huge company, I believe this can grow organically. Instead of creating a software company that owns products, RemoteDevelopment.co.uk can schedule and implement CMS/E-commerce sites swiftly, using an Agile framework, to successfully deliver and host user-created content.

Clients who want to take things further with online applications, or corporate clients who normally hire experienced developers on contract can employ our skills. Onsite contracting is subject to IR35 scrutiny, and in fairness to employees who are committed to a company, there has to be a difference or separation between

There is a natural conflict – clients want to know what a contractor will cost, a contractor asks what the budget is. Negotiation is the path to a compromise. Neither approach necessarily results in the best match of skills to product. The daily rate is simply a cost for time. A budget is an invitation to limit scope.

Agile software development suggests a better way to charge. Development clients can be given a proposal – mapping features against planned sprints. Each sprint is effectively a delivery stage in a continuous integration. Software must work, test-driven development helps! Each sprint can result in an invoice and payment can signal acceptance.

Remote Development is proving less expensive than onsite contracting if you want a web software project (with Laravel/VueJS or Angular) follow the links in the article and send us your enquiry.

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Remote Development is professional contracting services delivered directly for clients more efficiently, for less expense. At this stage, we are looking for seed clients to grow the business, as we slowly add qualified developers who are able to prove themselves. Instead of funding a startup with huge upfront investment to build a huge company, I believe this can grow organically.

Instead of creating a software company that owns products, RemoteDevelopment.co.uk can schedule and implement CMS/E-commerce sites swiftly, using an Agile framework, to successfully deliver and host user-created content. Instead of funding a startup with huge upfront investment to build a huge company, I believe this can grow organically.

Instead of creating a software company that owns products, RemoteDevelopment.co.uk can schedule and implement CMS/E-commerce sites swiftly, using an Agile framework, to successfully deliver and host user-created content.

Clients who want to take things further with online applications, or corporate clients who normally hire experienced developers on contract can employ our skills. Onsite contracting is subject to IR35 scrutiny, and in fairness to employees who are committed to a company, there has to be a difference or separation. Contractors are independent entities who must be prepared to operate independently setup with their own equipment and resources. Remote Development is a natural fit for contractors.

How do we charge for services? Daily rates have to cover costs for on-site work. There is a natural conflict – clients want to know what a contractor will cost, a contractor asks what the budget is. Negotiation is the path to a compromise. Neither approach necessarily results in the best match of skills to product. The daily rate is simply a cost for time. A budget is an invitation to limit scope.

Agile software development suggests a better way to charge. Development clients can be given a proposal – mapping features against planned sprints. Each sprint is effectively a delivery stage in a continuous integration. Software must work, test-driven development certainly helps! Each sprint can result in an invoice. Customers expect delivery of integrated features rather than the time spent on the journey.

Remote Development is proving less expensive than onsite contracting. More can be achieved. It is progress.

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Remote Development is professional contracting services delivered directly for clients more efficiently, for less expense. At this stage, we are looking for seed clients to grow the business, as we slowly add qualified developers who are able to prove themselves. Instead of funding a startup with huge upfront investment to build a huge company, I believe this can grow organically.

Instead of creating a software company that owns products, we can schedule and implement CMS/E-commerce sites swiftly, using an Agile framework, to successfully deliver and host user-created content. Instead of funding a startup with huge upfront investment to build a huge company, I believe this can grow organically.

Instead of creating a software company that owns products, Remote Development can schedule and implement CMS/E-commerce sites swiftly, using an Agile framework, to successfully deliver and host user-created content.

Clients who want to take things further with online applications, or corporate clients who normally hire experienced developers on contract can employ the skills of seasoned contractors. Onsite contracting is subject to IR35 scrutiny, and in fairness to employees who are committed to a company, there has to be a difference or separation. Contractors are independent entities who must be prepared to operate independently setup with their own corporate entity, equipment, and resources. Remote Development is a natural fit for contractors.

How do we charge for services? Daily rates have to cover costs for on-site work. There is a natural conflict – clients want to know what a contractor will cost, a contractor asks what the budget is. Negotiation is the path to a compromise. Neither approach necessarily results in the best match of skills to product. The daily rate is simply a cost for time. A budget is an invitation to limit scope.

Agile software development suggests a better way to charge. Development clients can be given a proposal – mapping features against planned sprints. Each sprint is effectively a delivery stage in a continuous integration. Software must work, test-driven development certainly helps! Each sprint can result in an invoice. Customers expect delivery of integrated features rather than the time spent on the journey.

Remote Development is proving less expensive than onsite contracting. More can be achieved. It is progress.

For more information see www.RemoteDevelopment.co.uk

First clients

Remote Development has created new websites for two new clients.  One of these is in collaboration with artist Fiona Scott-Wilson – and the website is an innovative idea.  Art4Kids.gallery offers her cut-paper “paintings” as posters and prints designed with young children in mind.

Instead of plastic war toys or collecting baseball cards, why not introduce children, from an early age to images that help develop art appreciation as well as stimulating storytelling?   I also see an extension of that logic:  why not invest in collectible art when a child is young, so they can benefit from long-term appreciation?

The entire project took one Sprint to implement using our Remote Development’s Ecommerce package. This may be a good starting point for clients wanting a new website or to extend their sales online.

We also deliver online Full Stack Remote Development Projects. Inquire now to get your project requirement considered – first register at https://live.remotedevelopment.co.uk/register, introduce your business, then select CMS/Ecommerce or a Cloud hosted Development project with some basic details and we will respond with a proposal. It is quick and easy and no obligation to purchase.

Product Guide

Making Youtube video responsive

This solution was pioneered by Thierry Koblentz and presented on A List Apart in 2009: Creating Intrinsic Ratios for Video. With this technique, you wrap the video in another element which has an intrinsic aspect ratio, then absolute position the video within that. That gives us fluid width with a reasonable height we can count on.

.videoWrapper {
	position: relative;
	padding-bottom: 56.25%; /* 16:9 */
	padding-top: 25px;
	height: 0;
}
.videoWrapper iframe {
	position: absolute;
	top: 0;
	left: 0;
	width: 100%;
	height: 100%;
}