development blog

 For the most part, the language you write websites in isn't as important as what features you require, and what existing components you can use. 

Bob Cody, Gate6’s resident Director of Technology Consulting, is a funny guy. Don’t be deceived by his sometimes serious countenance – he’s really just concentrating on delivering the BEST results for our clients as is humanly possible. Here’s a snapshot of Bob’s daily grind. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. 

As if the acronym avalanche isn’t bad enough as it is, now acronyms have invaded the cloud. It's not their fault; it’s so overcrowded down here they really had no place else to go.   

You love your Google email account, in part because it's extremely functional in so many ways. But are you aware of these nifty features that tech-savvy users take advantage of?  

I'm going to start this blog post with a little '90s music trivia... "Don't go chasing waterfalls..."  Little did TLC know back in the day that this lyrical hook would also ring true in software development? 

 The social media train is leaving the station – are you coming along for the ride?

The question today is not should your business have a mobile presence but rather, what kind of mobile presence should your business have.

A legacy application or legacy system is an application or technology that was built on old or obsolete technology.  Back in the day, legacy application automatically meant “green screen” application or MS DOS application, but today that’s far from the case. 

Ask any project manager (PM) what he hates the most about running projects and he’ll probably say “Surprises.”  So, for PMs, few things are more feared than the Change Request.  

Accurately defining a client’s Acceptance Criteria is one of the most important elements of a successful development project.