September 7, 201214 yr Hi All. I am a pro web designer with an idea that will require the services of a fantastic, cutting edge developer. Problem is I am not that used to working with developers, so I need your advice... Rather than beat around the bush, I am looking for someone who can work with me (as the front end designer) on a project similar to this... http://letterboxd.com/ Nice site huh! - So I have a few questions... Can anybody tell how scary / advanced / big job this is for a programmer / developer All the movie info here (including the images etc) is being pulled via API's - is working / using API's to this level a very hard thing to do etc? Also as you can see there is all sorts of other social based stuff going on and other clever bits and bobs etc etc - would the developer need a broad range of skillsets? Any help on this, so that I may have some basic understanding (before I look to posting a job) on this would be of great help guys. Thanks so much for your time in advance.... Dave.
September 11, 201214 yr Author Hi Rallport. Apologies for the delay in my response, I have been away. Wow - Thanks for your insights they are greatly appreciated...there is some truly helpful advice here. If I may ask a few more questions, delve a bit deeper...? How does one guage a developers skill - I mean as a designer I just look at at a portfolio of work and I can pretty much guage how good they are in a heartbeat. It seems so much harder to do with developers! - Should they be pointing me to sites / apps etc (that have the sort of functionality that I am after) in their portfolios?? What should I be looking to pay per hour for a guy of this calibre? Are developers interested in collaborations with good designers to achieve something like letterboxd as a personal project/achievement that can be added to CV's etc - or is it all about cash Do you know of any good developers that can handle a challenge like this? Can you recommend some cutting edge guys that you believe would do a good job? Is it something you would like to have a crack at? :-) If not, do you know a good place to post a job like this (I know of quite a few places, but thought you may have a better insight). And finally, roughly (I know they are ongoing projects) to get to a beta stage - estimate of cost? Thank you so much for your time once again in advance. Dave. Edited September 11, 201214 yr by DRK
September 11, 201214 yr Hi Rallport. Apologies for the delay in my response, I have been away. Wow - Thanks for your insights they are greatly appreciated...there is some truly helpful advice here. If I may ask a few more questions, delve a bit deeper...? How does one guage a developers skill - I mean as a designer I just look at at a portfolio of work and I can pretty much guage how good they are in a heartbeat. It seems so much harder to do with developers! - Should they be pointing me to sites / apps etc (that have the sort of functionality that I am after) in their portfolios?? What should I be looking to pay per hour for a guy of this calibre? Are developers interested in collaborations with good designers to achieve something like letterboxd as a personal project/achievement that can be added to CV's etc - or is it all about cash Do you know of any good developers that can handle a challenge like this? Can you recommend some cutting edge guys that you believe would do a good job? Is it something you would like to have a crack at? :-) If not, do you know a good place to post a job like this (I know of quite a few places, but thought you may have a better insight). And finally, roughly (I know they are ongoing projects) to get to a beta stage - estimate of cost? Thank you so much for your time once again in advance. Dave. Id say if the developer has no clue as how to use a framework like codeignighter then hes probally not 100% what your looking for. Ill be the first to say i have over 5 years programming with php and other languages but just now am learning the ropes with well known frameworks, but if anything id probally build my own lightweight framework to handle your project if i did not know much about using the bigger ones. Long story short i think they should atleast have a clue about MVC patterns
September 12, 201214 yr Author @ webdesigner93 - Thank you for your insights... This again really helps... Ill be the first to say i have over 5 years programming with php and other languages but just now am learning the ropes with well known frameworks, Wow - just like front end I can imagine, you can never stop learning!! Can you (or anyone) give me a ballpark/rough estimate on the amount of time/work/cost on a project mentioned in my original post? Also, do you know of a good tool / mac app / or a way to communicate with developers that would ease their workflow? Thanks guys...
September 12, 201214 yr @ webdesigner93 - Thank you for your insights... This again really helps... Wow - just like front end I can imagine, you can never stop learning!! Can you (or anyone) give me a ballpark/rough estimate on the amount of time/work/cost on a project mentioned in my original post? Also, do you know of a good tool / mac app / or a way to communicate with developers that would ease their workflow? Thanks guys... Personally i cant take on no more projects at the moment cause im full, but if i was to id charge somewhere between $600-$1000 idk how much people would charge in the UK but over here if you got a regular company thats not freelance it probally would be over $1000 reason i know this is my mom called a company and got a quote on a website they quoted a figure like $5000 dollars Edited September 12, 201214 yr by webdesigner93
September 12, 201214 yr Ignore this post accidently posted twice Edited September 12, 201214 yr by webdesigner93
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