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Parse is indeed one of the best for user accounts, IAP tracking, custom push, analytics and user data sets. You can watch this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_0llIdtYNA on Youtube for some basic understanding of the Parse platform.
The only 2 companies I have heard of that could do something like this are: 1-Airship: they have automated all the processes of dispatching, logistics, customer support, credit analyses, order fulfillment, etc on the backend. In the front end you just built your own e commerce website. It is plu...
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Answers vary based on... Time/Budget/Will/Expertise you possess. Projects with $0 budget verses $10M budget have very different answers. Also, Time comes into effect, as money always has a time value. Say you have $1M LOC to draw on + you'd like the shortest path to a selling your company for...
It depends on how similar the businesses are. For example if you are moving from selling shoes to selling hats versus you are moving from selling shoes to creating web apps – they are very different situations. Since you said that the marketplace model is the same, then it is probable that you ca...
HI! Sounds like you have a lot of work ahead of you. I would say write it in the language you are most familiar with. If you feel comfortable in Java, then it's a great choice. NodeJS is also a very popular choice for API servers, and Python has two great, slim tools in Flask and Eve: http://fla...
You will probably get more or better responses posting this type of question on a forum for software developers like stackexchange because the people who actually know the answer to your question are most likely people who work at this company or used to work here, who might have signed an NDA th...
Hi It is great that you have a business idea. The question you asked is very real to any business especially when it's a startup. You really don't want to put something out there when there is no niche for it or when it is moving slowly. so here is what I would suggest. a) Do a thorough feasibili...
Planning software projects — especially estimating timelines — is a consistent challenge for developers. When I ran an agency, I constantly struggled with my team's ability to hit deadlines until I figured out how to plan more effectively. I've written up my approach here: http://lengstorf.com...