Remote Developers

Advice on How to Use Your Mobile Devices at Home

2011-03-22T21:41:00.000-07:00

Available Now: NEW Skype Version Updated for Multitasking

2010-07-28T13:45:00.000-07:00

Skype's iPhone application has received a much-anticipated update today, bringing support for multitasking in iOS 4.
- Run Skype in the background with multitasking in iOS4. Receive Skype calls and IM while other apps are running or when your iPhone is locked. You can also continue your call while you switch to another application. Multitasking is available only with iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS.
Skype's application was just updated in late May to bring support for voice calling over 3G networks.

In a blog post on the release, Skype also announced that it has dropped plans to charge for calls made over 3G networks. The company had previously stated that it was planning to institute charges after an introductory period of free calling.

NOTE: Thinking about developing an iPhone app? Learn more about our Custom iPhone development Services. Please contact us by visiting 2CODE Online Website.

Source: http://www.macrumors.com/2010/07/21/skype-for-iphone-updated-to-support-multitasking/

Microsoft debuts latest iPhone app: Windows Live Messenger

2010-07-09T17:55:00.000-07:00

Microsoft released a Windows Live Messenger app for iPhone, bringing its widely used instant-messaging program to Apple's popular mobile device.

The new app, available at iTunes, comes about six months after Microsoft's release of Bing search for the iPhone, and a couple weeks after Microsoft and Apple exchanged some surprising public compliments.

NOTE: Thinking about developing an iPhone app? Learn more about our Custom iPhone development Services. Please contact us by visiting 2CODE Online Website.

Remote developers - Offshore Outsourcing

2010-06-14T14:48:00.000-07:00

Why to outsource to Argentina?

We don't like to speak for the whole country, We do so on behalf of 2CODE Online. Our professionalism, know how and work mode is ours and it is not necesarily shared by our local competitors.

Ok, then... why to outsource with 2CODE Online?

Everytime you hire our services you are hiring at least a 3 people team. That is an account manager, a technical leader/architect and at least one senior developer. When you think about it, 3 people for 36% of the price of just ONE north american .NET freelance developer is a very competitive price.

In fact, our prices are SO competitive, that some of our clients are US based developers and entrepreneurs.

But price is not all that matters, the job needs to get done the right way, on time and on budget, and a constant flow of excellent communication is key to achieve these goals and overcome the challenges of telecommuting.

Our account manager is available for you at your business hours through Skype, phone or e-mail.

Unlike other offshore outsourcing providers, our time zone is very similar to US & Canada and our account managers are fluent English speakers and completely unaccented.

Your personal account manager has excellent english communication skills ( unlike some of our competitors) and we also share the occidental mindset and people skills of our north american customers.

Another advantage of hiring us as providers is that, we never ask for down payments.

Instead, our payment schedule includes advanced weekly payments. And so, the client pays for that next week's development hours.

If all the above still does not sound convincing enough, we are prepared to give a one time 5% trial discount on the first 20 development hours to encourage new clients to try out our services. Just e-mail / Skype us to info@2codeonline.com, with promotion code: 020C5O%DE.

Hope this helps you understand how we differentiate from all of our competitors.

Don't hesitate to contact us with all your questions. We will be happy to help you.

www.2codeonline.com

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2009-12-04T07:47:00.000-08:00

Looking for remote developers?

Visit www.2codeonline.com

REMOTE DEVELOPMENT WORKS: Make IT work for your business.

2009-12-04T07:43:00.000-08:00

REMOTE DEVELOPMENT WORKS: Make IT work for your business.

Remote development is a global phenomenon. One cannot deny the irreversible flow that it has created across the business world globally. And the main reason for its success can be summarized in one word: costs. Remote developers are estimated to save a medium or large company around U$D 27.900 a year per developer only between:

Benefits (medical, dental, 401(k) plan): $18,000;
Administrative costs: $8,500 and
Orientation/training: $1,400.

27.900 dollars a year and we haven't even started discussing the convenient hourly rates offshore remote developers offer!
Nevertheless, the greater benefit of remote development is the migration from a fixed-cost IT environment to a variable pricing model that allows firms to gain better control over operating costs. If you are thinking about hiring a team of remote developers, you may have certain concerns regarding this new business model and how to make it work for you. Here are 5 tips for remote development success from the experts:

Identify and understand your needs and how these align towards your personal or organizational goals, before you even start asking for a quote. Remember a good software is the one that simplifies everyday processes. Therefore, get all users involved before deciding the functionality requests. Work towards a shared vision of the project not only between you and the remote development team but also within your own organization. The clearer your needs are for you the easier it would be for you to communicate them your offshore partner and obtain both an accurate time and costs estimation on your project and the final results you were looking for.

Choose your offshore remote development team carefully for they will be your strategic partners during the project. In particular, offshoring requires to make sure your developers are fluent english speakers and writers and highly experienced in remote consulting.

Remember technology is just a tool to achieve organizational goals. This is why, you should always try to look for the right balance between IT and business points of view. Therefore, make sure you remote developers team is made up of both: IT experts and business analysts.

Don´t rush during the planning stage. This could save you a lot of time and money in the end.

Communicate, communicate, communicate on EVERY stage of the development process! Nowadays technology has made LOCATION irrelevant in the business world. E-mails, SKYPE calls or chat sessions have narrowed geographical distances for good. But this has been achieved by facilitating communication. So don't try "saving time" by avoiding or minimizing it. Plus, e-mails and chat sessions will also help you document your requirements and questions and, thus, set the project´s goals straight.

To learn more about what we can do for you, visit: www.2codeonline.com
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2CODE Online - remote developers - IT Outsourcing

2009-12-04T07:40:00.000-08:00

We are an ITstartup born in 2008 and based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Our founders have 12 years of experience in the software industry.

We can offer you remote online applications development for both web and desktop applications in the following technologies:
• HTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT
• ASP .NET 11, ASP .NET 2.0, ASP .NET 3.0, ASP .NET 3.5, C#, VB .Net., AJAX .NET.,
• WCF
• SQL Server 7/2000/2005/ 2008.

All our developers are Senior (Bachelor Degree in Computer and Information Systems or Microsoft Certified Developers) with background experience in many multinational Consultancy firms.
Being based in the city of Buenos Aires, in Argentina, our hourly rates are competitive for a small developing startup. Ofcourse, we are always open to negotiate on a project basis.
Plus, we have excellent English communication skills and our time zone is similar to most of US & Canada Locations.

To see some samples of our work, please e-mail us and we will send you our portfolio.
To learn more about us, please visit: www.2codeonline.com

We are available through SKYPE / MSN (info@2codeonline.com ) if you’re interested in discussing this possibility further.

Thanks in advance,

2CODE Online Team
Skype/MSN: info@2codeonline.com
5411 4704-9546

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What is C# all about?

2009-10-19T11:59:00.000-07:00

C# was developed at Microsoft. It is an object-oriented programming language and provides excellent features such as strong type checking, array bounds checking and automatic garbage collection. We will explore these and several other features in this article.

C# has features that make it an excellent choice for developing robust distributed n-tier Enterprise applications, web applications, windows applications and embedded systems. It is used for building applications ranging from the very large that use sophisticated operating systems, down to the very small having specialist functions

Getting Started:

Here is a very simple “Hello World” program written using C#. The code for C# program is written in text files with an extension “.cs”
Example:
1) Create a text file “First.cs”
2) Type the following code and ‘save’

using System;
class myClass
{
static void Main()
{
Console.WriteLine("Hello World");
}
}

3) From the command line compile the above code by typing the following
csc First.cs
4) This creates First.exe
5) Run this exe from the command line and you see an output –
Hello World

I hope this tutorial was useful for you! Remember that here at 2CODE Online ® Developer's Blog, we build a spot to share our knowledge with other IT professionals or students. So, please, feel free to leave your inputs. Until next time!

Copyright © 2009 All rights reserved. 2CODE Online, IT Outsourcing, remote developers.

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Source: http://www.exforsys.com/tutorials/csharp/csharp-language-basics.html

C# .Net Overview

2009-08-06T21:39:00.000-07:00

Back for more? Great! This time, a video will take you to the first steps of C# .Net.
Enjoy!

Hope you drop by soon! Remember that here at 2CODE Online ® Developer's Blog, we build a spot to share our knowledge with other IT professionals or students. So, please, feel free to leave your inputs. Until next time!

Copyright © 2009 2CODE Online. All rights reserved.

More information about us and how contact us in our website: www.2codeonline.com.

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OFFSHORING WORKS!

2009-07-29T19:43:00.000-07:00

OFFSHORING WORKS!

Offshoring is a global phenomenon. One cannot deny the irreversible flow that it has created across the business world globally. And the main reason for its success can be summarized in one word: costs. An offShoring strategy is estimated to save a medium or large company around U$D 27.900 a year per developer only between:

* Benefits (medical, dental, 401(k) plan): $18,000;
* Administrative costs: $8,500 and
* Orientation/training: $1,400.

Nevertheless, the greater benefit of outsourcing is the migration from a fixed-cost IT environment to a variable pricing model that allows firms to gain better control over operating costs. If you are thinking about offshoring, you may have certain concerns regarding this new business model and how to make it work for you. Here are 5 tips for success from the experts:

1. Choose your offshoring provider carefully for they will be your strategic partners during the project. In particular, offshoring requires to make sure your developers are fluent english speakers and writers and highly experienced in remote consulting.

2. Remember technology is just a tool to achieve organizational goals. This is why, you should always try to look for the right balance between IT and business points of view. Therefore, make sure the offshoring team is made up of both: IT experts and business analysts.

3. Work towards a shared vision of the project not only between you and the development team but also within your own organization.

4. Don´t rush during the planning stage. This could save you a lot of time and money in the end.

5. Remember a good software is the one that simplifies everyday processes. Therefore, get all users involved before deciding the functionality requests.

Now, tell us your own experience, it might help us improve our service. Please, contact 2CODE Online ©. If you're a freelance IT professional, we invite you to visit www.2codeonline.com and submit your resume!

IT Startup Partner Wanted

2009-07-29T15:39:00.000-07:00

IT Start Up Partner Wanted!

Can your IT startup be our Client-Manager abroad?

Overview

2CODE Online is an IT startup company from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
We provide remote custom software development and web design services.
We are looking for a commercial partner located in US, Europe or Canada.
An IT startup software company such as ours, with the need to share or outsource .Net development projects while enjoying low and flexible hourly rates.

Let's get to know each other and see if we can build something that benefits us both!

Responsibilities

You will be selling our services and sharing the profits on a project basis.

You would be responsible for client-management and a link to our Project Manager in Argentina.

Experience

The ideal startup, should have strong commercial background and a proactive attitude.

You should also be dreamers and believers!

Skills

.Net Framework development skills. Special understanding of C# web development business.

Compensation

Profits will be shared on a project basis.

For more information please don't hesitate to contact us.
MSN/SKYPE/E-mail: info@2codeonline.com
All your questions are welcomed!

Or visit our webpage www.2codeonline.com

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Getting Started: Downloading & Installing Visual C# Express

2009-07-29T12:55:00.000-07:00

Hello! Today I'll show you how to get ready for some coding!
Follow the next steps to download Visual C# Express from the Microsoft web site:

By the time you are reading this , this procedure may be a bit different, but it will be similar
enough that you’ll be able to find and download the IDE package.
1. Go to http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/.

2. Select the Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions link.
3. Select Windows Development (because for the scope of this book, that is what you’ll be
doing).
4. Click the Visual Studio Express Download link.
5. You’ll see a list of Visual Studio Express editions, as shown in Figure 1-1. Click Visual C#
2008 Express Edition.
6. A dialog box appears, asking where you want to store the downloaded file. The file that
you are downloading is a small bootstrap file, which you’ll use to begin the actual
installation of the Visual C# Express IDE. Choose to save the file on the desktop.

These steps can be carried out very quickly, probably within a few minutes. Do not mistake
this procedure for downloading the complete Visual C# Express application, because that’s not
what happened. The installation procedure will download the vast majority of the IDE.

Installing Visual C# Express
After you’ve downloaded the setup file, you can start the Visual C# Express installation. During
this process, all the pieces of the IDE—about 300MB—are downloaded and installed. Follow
these steps:
1. On your desktop, double-click the vcssetup.exe file. Wait while the setup program
loads all the required components.
2. Click Next on the initial setup screen.
3. A series of dialog boxes will appear. Select the defaults and click Next to continue
through the setup program. In the final dialog box, click Install.
4. After all the elements have been downloaded and installed, you may need to restart
your computer.

There you go! You're all set now! Soon we'll be writing some code together! Hope you come back for more! Remember that here at 2CODE Online ® .NET Developer's Blog, we build a spot to share our knowledge with other IT professionals or students. So, please, feel free to leave your inputs.

If you are interested on our remote development services, please contact us MSN/SKYPE/E-Mail: info@2codeonline.com or visit our webpage: www.2codeonline.com

Until next time!

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Software Development Stages

2009-07-20T15:48:00.000-07:00

Back for more? Great! Today we will discuss the 6 Stages of Software Development.

These stages are also known as software life cycle and as a process they can be represented through different models.

As you will learn in detail, the stages of the software life cycle are:

Planning
Design
Specification
Architechture
Implementation, testing and documenting
Deployment and Maintenance

1. Planning (gathering requirements):
The important task in creating a software product is extracting the requirements or requirements analysis. In systems engineering, a requirement can be a description of what a system must do, referred to as a Functional Requirement. This type of requirement specifies something that the delivered system must be able to do. Another type of requirement specifies something about the system itself, and how well it performs its functions. Such requirements are often called Non-functional requirements, or 'performance requirements' or 'quality of service requirements.' Customers typically have an abstract idea of what they want as an end result, but not what software should do. Incomplete, ambiguous, or even contradictory requirements are recognized by skilled and experienced software engineers at this point.

Once the general requirements are gleaned from the client, an analysis of the scope of the development should be determined and clearly stated. This is often called a scope document. Certain functionality may be out of scope of the project as a function of cost or as a result of unclear requirements at the start of development. If the development is done externally, this document can be considered a legal document so that if there are ever disputes, any ambiguity of what was promised to the client can be clarified.

2. Design:
Assuming that the developers (including the analysts) are not sufficiently knowledgeable in the subject area of the new software, the first task is to investigate the so-called "domain" of the software. The more knowledgeable they are about the domain already, the less work required. Another objective of this work is to make the analysts, who will later try to elicit and gather the requirements from the area experts, speak with them in the domain's own terminology, facilitating a better understanding of what is being said by these experts. If the analyst does not use the proper terminology it is likely that they will not be taken seriously, thus this phase is an important prelude to extracting and gathering the requirements.

3. Specification:
Specification is the task of precisely describing the software to be written, possibly in a rigorous way. In practice, most successful specifications are written to understand and fine-tune applications that were already well-developed, although safety-critical software systems are often carefully specified prior to application development. Specifications are most important for external interfaces that must remain stable. A good way to determine whether the specifications are sufficiently precise is to have a third party review the documents making sure that the requirements and Use Cases are logically sound.

4. Architecture:
The architecture of a software system or software architecture refers to an abstract representation of that system. Architecture is concerned with making sure the software system will meet the requirements of the product, as well as ensuring that future requirements can be addressed. The architecture step also addresses interfaces between the software system and other software products, as well as the underlying hardware or the host operating system.

5. Implementation, testing and documenting

Implementation is the part of the process where software engineers actually program the code for the project.

Software testing is an integral and important part of the software development process. This part of the process ensures that bugs (programming errors) are recognized as early as possible.

Documenting the internal design of software for the purpose of future maintenance and enhancement is done throughout development. This may also include the authoring of an API, be it external or internal.

6. Deployment and maintenance

Deployment starts after the code is appropriately tested, is approved for release and sold or otherwise distributed into a production environment.

Software Training and Support is important because a large percentage of software projects fail because the developers fail to realize that it doesn't matter how much time and planning a development team puts into creating software if nobody in an organization ends up using it. People are often resistant to change and avoid venturing into an unfamiliar area, so as a part of the deployment phase, it is very important to have training classes for new clients of your software.

Maintenance and enhancing software to cope with newly discovered problems or new requirements can take far more time than the initial development of the software. It may be necessary to add code that does not fit the original design to correct an unforeseen problem or it may be that a customer is requesting more functionality and code can be added to accommodate their requests. It is during this phase that customer calls come in and you see whether your testing was extensive enough to uncover the problems before customers do. If the labor cost of the maintenance phase exceeds 25% of the prior-phases' labor cost, then it is likely that the overall quality, of at least one prior phase, is poor. In that case, management should consider the option of rebuilding the system (or portions) before maintenance cost is out of control.

Bug Tracking System tools are often deployed at this stage of the process to allow development teams to interface with customer/field teams testing the software to identify any real or perceived issues. These software tools, both open source and commercially licensed, provide a customizable process to acquire, review, acknowledge, and respond to reported issues.

That's all for today's topic. Hope you drop by soon! Remember that here at 2CODE Online ® Developer's Blog, we build a spot to share our knowledge with other IT professionals or students. So, please, feel free to leave your inputs. Until next time!

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Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_development_process

Low and High Level Programming Languages

2009-06-15T18:08:00.000-07:00

Hi! In today's lesson we will explore the concepts of Low and High Level Programming Languages. If you're here, it's probable that you've heard of these terms but are not quite sure what their meaning is. Let me guide you through a brief explanation of this concepts.

A low-level programming language is a language that provides little or no abstraction from a computer's instruction set architecture. The word "low" refers to the small or nonexistent amount of abstraction between the language and machine language. Machine code or machine language is a system of instructions and data executed directly by a computer's central processing unit. Machine code may be regarded as a primitive (and cumbersome) programming language or as the lowest-level representation of a compiled and/or assembled computer program. This is why, low-level languages are sometimes described as being "close to the hardware."

A low-level language does not need a compiler or interpreter to run; the processor for which the language was written is able to run the code without using either of these.

By comparison, a high-level programming language isolates the execution semantics of a computer architecture from the specification of the program, making the process of developing a program simpler and more understandable.

A high-level programming language is a programming language that is more user-friendly, to some extent platform-independent, and abstract from low-level computer processor operations such as memory accesses. The word "high" does not imply that the language is superior to low-level programming languages but rather refers to the higher level of abstraction from machine language.

That's all for today. Please, come back soon for more! Remember that here at 2CODE Online ® Developer's Blog, we build a spot to share our knowledge with other IT professionals or students. So, please, feel free to leave your inputs. Until next time!

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Object Oriented Programming, Object, Class, Method, Instance

2009-06-11T11:54:00.000-07:00

Hi! In today's lesson we will continue to define some of the basic concepts for our blog: What does object oriented programming mean?

So far, we've defined a program as a set of instructions that indicate the computer which tasks it should perform. This concept has changed since Object Oriented Programming (OOP) appeared in the IT world in the 1960s.
Objects, classes and methods are key to understanding object-oriented technology.

Let's start by understanding objects. Look around right now and you'll find many examples of real-world objects: a dog, a desk, a person, etc.

When you think about it, all real-world objects share two characteristics: They all have state and behavior. Dogs have state (name, color, breed, hungry) and behavior (barking, fetching, wagging tail). Identifying the state and behavior for real-world objects is a great way to begin thinking in terms of object-oriented programming. For example, the object Peter is one particular person, with particular versions of the characteristics. The object 's state and the behavior (walking, talking, tall, etc) are defined in the object's class. The class of person defines all possible people by listing the characteristics and behaviors they can have. One can have an instance of a class or a particular object. The instance is the actual object created at runtime. In programmer jargon, the Peter object is an instance of the person class. The set of values of the attributes of a particular object is called its state.

An object-oriented program may thus be viewed as a collection of cooperating objects, as opposed to the conventional model, in which a program is seen as a list of tasks to perform. In OOP, each object is capable of receiving messages, processing data, and sending messages to other objects and can be viewed as an independent 'machine' with a distinct role or responsibility. The actions on these objects are closely associated with the object.

Now, let's talk about methods. A method can be defined as object's abilities. We can make a helpful analogy by saying that, in language, methods are verbs. Peter, being a Person, has the ability to talk. Following the example we mentioned before, talk() is one of Peter's methods. He may have other methods as well, for example sit() or type() or eat(). Within the program, using a method usually affects only one particular object; all people can talk, but you may need only one particular person to do it.

That's all for today. Remember that here at 2 CODE Online ® Developer's Blog, we build a spot to share our knowledge with other IT professionals or students. So, please, feel free to leave your inputs. To learn more about us, visit our Oficial Website al http://www.2codeonline.com. Until next time!
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Definition of programming, programming language and program.

2009-06-01T11:04:00.000-07:00

Welcome back! Today we will continue to define some of the basic concepts for our blog: What does programming mean? We can define the action of programming or developing as an IT branch which is in charge of the design and writing of instructions for a computer to execute in order to complete an operation or solve a given problem.

A process is a set of instructions that the computer will execute in order to provide a certain result or outcome. A set of processes to perform several related tasks as one single entity is known as a program.

For example, a process could be the one designed to collect the information needed in order to create a new client to whom an invoice should be sent to. A second process, could be the calculation of the VAT for the invoice and a third could be the detailed information needed for each product purchased. As a whole, these processes would make up an invoice program.

Now let's jump to our next definition: What's a programming language?

A programming language is the main tool that a developer has to create a program. A programming language is made up of keywords and symbols that make up a language syntax and a set of rules for the correct use of these. For example, for our blog, we will be discussing C# which is an excellent example of a programming language.

So, a C# program, or application, will be composed by source code with the instructions for the program to perform.

That's all for this section. Remember that here at 2 CODE Online ® Developer's Blog, we build a spot to share our knowledge with other IT professionals or students. So, please, feel free to leave your inputs. Until next time!
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What's the .NET FrameWork?

2009-05-21T10:57:00.000-07:00

First things first. Since it'll be the center of our blog, let's start by defining the .NET framework in case any beginners drop by in search of some basics. Let's go to the expert's sources for this. According to the official Microsoft Website (which you can visit at: http://msdn.microsoft.com):

"The Microsoft .NET Framework is a platform for building, deploying, and running Web Services and applications.

It provides a highly productive, standards-based, multi-language environment for integrating existing investments with next-generation applications and services as well as the agility to solve the challenges of deployment and operation of Internet-scale applications. The .NET Framework consists of three main parts: the common language runtime, a hierarchical set of unified class libraries, and a componentized version of Active Server Pages called ASP.NET".

This is the logo of the first release of the .NET Framework, released on 13 February 2002 and available for Windows 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, and XP. Mainstream support by Microsoft for this version ended 10 July 2007 (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET_Framework).

That's all for today. Please, come back for more basics next week! Remember that here at 2 CODE Online ® Developer's Blog, we build a spot to share our knowledge with other IT professionals or students. So, please, feel free to leave your inputs. Until next time!
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Welcome

2009-05-21T10:26:00.000-07:00

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