View mode is similar to Head & Neck in the functions it offers; users can tap on any skull part to select it and get a summary of it, as well as select multiple skull parts to get a list of them.

It not only helps students grasp the challenging subject of anatomy, but it is also easily understood by individuals without a medical background.

It satisfies the highest standards of medical and scientific accuracy.

To implement this challenge, we used the following technologies and tools:

Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headset with Motion Controllers

The project is designed using a Unity3D engine.

For employers, it provides tools to brand their business, advertise their openings on the site, and source candidates from Stack Overflow’s database of programmers who are open to being contacted.

They can become extended discussion forums for issues highlighted within the link or for more peripheral issues.

The Code Project is a community for programmers with articles and tutorials on different topics and programming languages such as web development, software development, C++, Java, and other topics.

The service is dual tier, at $29 to $49 dollars per month.

Members can ask and answer questions, submit expert insights and follow and connect with other experts and professionals.

When you want to learn about new technologies but don’t want to feel like a newbie all over again, DaniWeb makes it painless to explore beyond your comfort zone without the intimidation of an entirely new community.

If you’re new to all this cryptocurrency stuff, including smart contracts, ICOs, and TGEs (token generation events), check out our Guide to Blockchain Development to dip your toe in the water. If you find yourself wanting to learn more, look at the Ethereum Whitepaper.

If you already know what Ethereum and smart contracts are, but still have some points to clarify, then read on.

How does one make smart contracts and avoid mistakes? VironIT has experience in writing, testing, and deploying Ethereum smart contracts and its web interface. Over time we have collected questions and answers about smart contract development, so let’s dive right in!

I need pre-ICO and ICO. Should I have 1 or 2 contracts?

If the period between pre-ICO and ICO is short, it is more convenient to create a single smart contract for both pre-ICO and ICO.

If it takes more than a few months, then chances are everything will change considerably, to the point where you will have to create a new smart contract for the ICO phase.

Then the security issue must be considered. Two simple contracts are likely to be more robust than a large and complex one.

For example, project Hackspace Capital raised 18 000 ETH in September using one smart contract, and it worked perfectly for them (here is a video of an Ethereum Wallet our company recently finished for them).

Ethereum’s smart contracts are not easy to develop and are even more difficult to run and test, and the cost of failure is high.

Hackspace Capital is a platform established for investing in and developing early-stage technology hardware. It connects hardware startups identified by its strategic partner

How to update a deployed smart contract

Please note, Ethereum contracts are immutable. Once deployed to the blockchain, they cannot be updated. The only way to change the code is by destroying it altogether by the SELFDESTRUCT opcode (selfdestruct) (in solidity) and deploy everything again. Imagine how painful this could be having hundreds of backers already. You would have to mint all the tokens again, which may have a devastating impact on your online reputation and the whole ICO’s success.

How to write upgradable contracts in Solidity

To write an upgradable smart contract, you have to connect third-party libraries. However, using such contracts compromises security. This can be seen in the case with Parity, when about $150 million was locked in smart contracts delivered before 20 June 2017.

Some valuable functions to include in your Smart Contract

pause/unpause – to put on hold or resume token operations

setRate – to change token cost

mint – to charge tokens to the right address manually (for example, if you receive payment via bank transfer or in some other way)

changeOwner – to replace a contract holder

changeWallet – to replace an active wallet to receive tokens from a fallback function

How much can I raise? What are HardCap and SoftCap limits?

ICO is a limited time fundraising campaign. There are several variables that describe limits and time frames; these terms are hard cap, soft cap, and total supply.

Soft Cap is the minimum amount of funds required for the ICO to be considered successful.

Hard Cap is the maximum amount of funds raised. For example, if terms haven’t yet been reached, but the hard cap is already assembled, the company stops fundraising and project development starts.

Total supply is the total number of coins or tokens that are in existence, including those circulating in the public market and those that are locked or reserved.

Please consider the following points:

• What will happen with the unsold tokens at the stages of pre-ICO and ICO?
• What will happen if the soft cap is not achieved? How will they be refunded?
• Is it possible to issue additional tokens and, if so, on what conditions?

Should I limit token transfer?

Yes, you should. Please consider the following points:

• What is the amount of issued and mined tokens?
• Is there a limit on the release, as determined by the initial price of the tokens?

Be aware that a big player can derail the rate of your tokens on the stock exchange, buy them for next to nothing, and then resell them when the rate rebounds, so, it’s necessary to restrict the transfer of tokens in the pre-ICO / ICO and after the ICO period. But this will not resolve all the problems if you don’t make a right KYC, the process in which a business identifies and verifies the identity of its clients.

Token distribution

You should come up with a clear plan for the distribution of tokens, such as:

• 20% reserved for founders
• 15% for the purchase of data from data providers
• 60% goes on sale
• 2% for the Advisory Board
• 3% for the Bounty Program

Consider whether the distribution should be automatic or manual.

How to determine the start and end dates of pre-ICO/ICO

We advise you to avoid a fixed date for the start/finish in the smart contract. *hit happens and schedules shift.

That is why it is better to have manual control over the start and end of these events:

• Start pre-ICO / Stop pre-ICO
• Start ICO / Stop ICO

What’s the difference between utility and security tokens?

There are two types of tokens, utility tokens and security tokens.

Utility tokens drive the entire system. They allow one to develop features for the distributed ledger, access, and interaction with the system. They offer a vote in a meaningful way for free information and the possibility of exchanging opinions among token holders.

Security tokens represent a monetary investment in a startup, a share of profits, losses, assets, or liabilities. They offer status as an equity holder, creditor, or lender.  Security tokens involve an expectation of profits consisting of dividends, periodic payments, and investment value. Profits are to be derived from the entrepreneurial or managerial efforts of others. Voting rights of the token holders don’t offer meaningful control over the startup.

For example, ICO Head Start uses utility token with a buyback program.

To summarize

Before working on contracts, you should consider their structure and regulation.

During contract development, you need to remember not only the typical techniques and programming issues, but also about the specifics of the blockchain. A thorough automated testing, auditing of contracts, as well as their code verification are all helpful and necessary to prevent errors from creeping into the contracts. Finish the development stage no later than 7 days before launch to give yourself enough time to ensure the code is faultless.

Whether you are a start-up or business seeking the help of an expert ICO advisor, VironIT will provide you with the means you need to take advantage of the crypto market.

Let us know if this article helped you or if you have any doubts. Please leave comments below if you have any questions.

Retail, IT, Marketing and Banking businesses are currently in the middle of a wave of Big Data which is quickly becoming harder to not only manage, but also make sense of. These businesses will often have more data than they need to solve a problem, and parsing it into an easy-to-understand and digestible formats have become difficult. This is where data visualization comes in.

Contents

• 1 What is Data Visualization
• 2 Why Visualize
• 3 Data Visualization Examples Made by Vironit

  • 3.1 Interactive online 3D Map
  • 3.2 Data Analysis Software
  • 3.3 Car related crime statistics in Latvia
  • 3.4 New Zealand: How Expensive is your School Zone?
  • 3.5 The Flow of International Trade

• 4 Free and Open Source Data Visualization Tools
• 5 How do we make a good data visualization?
• 6 How to Build Stronger Customer Relationships Using Data Visualization
• 7 The Future of Data Visualization
• 8 Why Outsource Data Visualization to VironIT

What is Data Visualization

Data visualization is the presentation of quantitative information in a graphical form. In other words, data visualizations turn large and small datasets into visuals that are easier for the human brain to understand and process.

The concept of using pictures to understand data has been around for centuries, from maps and graphs in the 17th century to the invention of the pie chart in the early 1800s. Several decades later, one of the most cited examples of statistical graphics occurred when Charles Minard mapped Napoleon’s invasion of Russia. The map depicted the size of the army as well as the path of Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow – and tied that information to temperature and time scales for a more in-depth understanding of the event.

It’s technology, however, that truly lit the fire under data visualization. Computers made it possible to process large amounts of data at lightning-fast speeds. Today, data visualization has become a rapidly evolving blend of science and art that is certain to change the corporate landscape over the next few years.

Why Visualize

How long do you think your attention span is? According to a recent Microsoft study, we now have an average attention span of 8 seconds – that’s one second less than the average attention span of a goldfish, by the way.

This Goldfish Effect affects all business decisions ever made and those yet to be made. Think of the amount of time you need to concentrate and focus on enough information to gain insight to make the best possible decision.

The other studies show that humans respond to visuals better than any other type of stimulations. The human brain processes visual information 60,000 times faster than text. In fact, visual data accounts for 90 percent of the information transmitted to the brain.

Other reasons to use data visualization include:

According to SAS, data visualization allows also to:

• Identify areas that need attention or improvement
• Clarify which factors influence customer behaviour
• Help you understand which products to place where.
• Predict sales volumes

Data visualization have been used by people for decades to understand and communicate gathered information clearly, quickly, efficiently and easily. Today data collection is exploding due to internet activity and an expanding number of sensors in the smartphones, satellites, cameras, etc., which increases the need for better data using.

However, data visualization has become more than infographics. Data is no longer just something we can view, it is something we can interact with experience.

Data Visualization Examples Made by VironIT

Could data visualization influence the customer’s final decision?

Wrapping your brain around data can be challenging, especially when dealing with huge volumes of information. But data visualizations can make all of that much easier, allowing you to see the concepts that you’re learning about in a more interesting, and often more useful manner.

This in mind, effective visuals can be impactful for other purposes than sales. Below are great data visualizations that could reveal you the answer.

Interactive online 3D Map

This map, created by VironIT, an IT software development company, allows you to edit the basic information about world countries.

Data Analysis Software

Microarray analysis is a high-throughput method that has been widely used to profile gene expression. DNA microarrays are assays for quantifying amounts of mRNA transcripts present in a sample from which RNA is extracted and the mRNA is isolated. The mRNA transcripts quantified and the number of mRNA molecules derived from transcription of a given gene is an approximate estimate of the level of expression of that gene. This platform , designed by VironIT, aims at performing the complete analysis of gene expression microarray data.

Car related crime statistics in Latvia

This following map, created by AutoNams, allows you to see and explore various crime-related data and thus to better understand the risks of having a particular type of a car and to boost sales of anti-theft solutions.The solution combines the map with other charts, enabling search and filtering by different properties.

New Zealand: How Expensive is your School Zone?

How expensive are houses within different school-zones in New Zealand? Explore this viz to find out. The visualization was made with the Tableau.

The Flow of International Trade

This world map is created with tool Blueshift to visualize the trade of global goods, such as food and clothing. The dots stem from one country and flow to others, showing which goods the country specializes in and what other countries buy from them. Clicking on individual countries shows their exports and imports.

Free and Open Source Data Visualization Tools

Data visualization tools can help you turn data into something both powerful and beautiful. Here are the 8 best data viz tools:

• Augl
• Candela
• Chartblocks
• Datawrapper
• Google Data Studio
• Palladio
• Raw
• Google Charts

How do we make a good data visualization?

While data analysts find the data visualization ideas, and information designers visualise those ideas, Vironit’s development team do the hard work of building an accurate, interactive and flexible digital product.

Where infographics, charts and pics are static, more sophisticated data visualizations allow the audience to interact with the data, manipulating and exploring it in their own way. They’re more likely to stay engaged and more likely to remember what they’ve learned, which is really what makes data visualization so powerful.

To make it all possible our seasoned developers write the high-quality code behind accurate charts, maps and graphs that offer the audience opportunities to play with the data, and, crucially, the possibility for the data set to be modified.

How to Build Stronger Customer Relationships Using Data Visualization

Data visualization can be applied to dozens of situations and industries. Marketing is one of the businesses that strongly depend on interactive data visualization. In order to understand their targets, marketers go through tremendous amounts of consumer data, ranging from psychographic to demographic traits. But this unwieldy data means nothing without insights, context and proper presentation. Data visualizations allow marketers to transform Big Data into convincing and memorable stories that sell concepts and strategies to clients and consumers.

Modern businesses have access to vast amounts of data generated from both inside and outside the organization. Data visualization helps you make sense of it all. It enables you to look at data from a different perspective to discover new answers and insights to:

Tell a Visual Data Story

Go beyond simply presenting numbers and facts. Capture insights as visual stories. Build narratives around your data so that its relevance is clearly communicated and easy to understand.

Here’s a great example that illustrates the growth and expansion of Walmart in the U.S. from 1960 to 2006:

Recognize the Signals from the Noise

A picture really is worth a thousand words. A single graph conveys complex issues far more clearly—and enables users to identify outliers and anomalies much faster.

This example illustrates the varied success of films released between June 2007 and February 2008:

Master a Growing Volume of Data

The digital universe is expected to double in size every two years. But you don’t have to be overwhelmed. By transforming data into simple visuals, it becomes more meaningful to decision-makers. Visual interaction with large datasets simplifies the analytic process, revealing new business insights that can be turned into a competitive advantage.

The Future of Data Visualization

Winter is coming and the future looks dark in the Game of Thrones. In VironIT, a software development company, the future’s so bright you gotta wear shades.

There is no doubt that data visualization has changed the way we present and understand data. Though it is difficult to predict exactly how data visualization will change in the future, experts agree that it will become more prominent, enhance real-time data, and become more interactive – allowing consumers to play around and adapt the data to their situation and needs.

Why Outsource Data Visualization to VironIT

Our company operates 13 years since 2004, with 500+ project behind.

Now we know how to save time and money for our customers. This is true.

If you have a data visualization software project in mind, just drop us a line at [email protected]

Connection with existing social media

Using existing login information from a social network provider like Facebook, Twitter, or Google, the user can sign in to your app instead of creating a new account.

Users look for features that help them to edit the design and styling of the public profile.

The app should include some tools and features like customization of profile pictures, cover photo, nicknames, etc.

Newsfeed involves different types of updates, content delivery network, ways to interact with the content, means to report inappropriate postings etc.

Or you can use complex algorithms to customize the feed and arrange the news based on its importance to a specific user.

According to W3Techs, PHP is used by 83.4% of all websites whose server-side programming language we know.

Some features of Laravel are:

a modular packaging system with a dedicated dependency manager

different ways to access relational databases

utilities that aid in application deployment and maintenance

Laravel is used not only for big projects but also works well for small projects.

At first glance, the Chinese app WeChat seems similar to its Western counterparts like WhatsApp and Viber. It allows users to text people over an internet connection, share photos, videos, and other files.

If we dig deep, though, we will find a full-featured app that does so much more than just messaging, especially for residents of China. It is more akin to a blend of messaging, social gaming, and social media.

What is Wechat and how did it Start?

WeChat, known as China’s “App For Everything,” is a social media mobile application software developed by Tencent. It was first released in 2011, and by 2017, it was one of the largest standalone messaging apps with more than 963 million monthly active users.

According to Techinasia, in 2017, WeChat started to develop an AR platform for its ever-expanding services. WeChat’s AI team is working on their own 3D rendering engine to create realistic appearance on detailed objects, in smartphone-based AR apps. They’re also developing a simultaneous localization and mapping technology, which helps calculate the position of virtual objects relative to their environment, enabling AR interactions without the need for markers, such as QR code or a special image.

Essential Features For a WeChat App

Live Chat

WeChat allows users to send free texts, pictures, voice and video messages, as well as to make free voice and video calls. This feature also provides group chat functionality, broadcast messages, and walkie-talkie mode.

WeChat can exchange contacts with nearby people via Bluetooth and provides various features to contact people at random if desired. It can also integrate with other social networking services such as Facebook and QQ.

Official accounts

If you want to use WeChat for business, you must have a solid grasp of WeChat official accounts and how they work. Official accounts provide a formal way to interact with your followers and customers through WeChat.

There are several types of WeChat official accounts:

• WeChat Subscription accounts
• WeChat Service accounts
• Enterprise accounts
• WeChat mini-programs

Once you specify a type of account, it cannot be changed. By the middle of 2017, the number of WeChat official accounts had reached 10 million. Official accounts of organizations can apply for verified, official, public accounts. Official accounts can be used as a platform for services such as hospital pre-registration, visa renewal, or credit card service.

Moments

What is a WeChat moment? Moments is an essential part of WeChat that allows users to post images, texts, and comments, share music and articles, and “like” stuff. Moments can also be linked to Facebook and Twitter accounts, which can automatically post Moments content directly to these two platforms.

WeChat Pay

WeChat Pay is a payment feature that allows users to complete payments quickly and easily with their smartphones. You can increase your balance by linking your WeChat account to a debit card or by receiving money from other users. WeChat Pay can be used for digital payments, as well as payments to participating vendors. As of March 2016, WeChat Pay has more than 300 million users worldwide. In 2017, Tencent reported that WeChat had overtaken Alibaba with 600 million active WeChat mobile payment users versus 450 million users of Alibaba’s Alipay. 

WeChat Mini Programs

Mini Programs is a WeChat feature that essentially allows you to access light apps within WeChat without having to download or install brand new apps.

City Services

WeChat has launched the City Services feature in more than 27 cities across China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. City Services include booking doctor appointments, paying electricity fees or traffic fines, and booking transportation.

The City Services section also includes traffic camera feeds, the option to pay your home electricity bill, book long-distance transportation, monitor air quality, pay traffic fines, report incidents to police, and more.

Heat Map

In certain major cities—including Beijing, Shanghai, and Chengdu—users can input their location to see a heat map, which measures foot traffic in a particular location. The app also provides data about crowd density in the area throughout the day and the prior week.

Enterprise WeChat

For the purposes of work and communication within companies and businesses, a special version of WeChat called Enterprise WeChat was launched in 2016. The app allows employees to separate work and private life. In addition to the usual chat features, the program lets companies and their employees keep track of annual leave days and expenses that need to be reimbursed. Employees can ask for time off or even clock in to show they are at work. Security has been upgraded and companies must register before their employees can use the service.

Finding Friends

WeChat allows people to add friends in a variety of ways, including searching by username or phone number, adding from phone or email contacts, playing a “message in a bottle” game, or viewing nearby people who are also using the same service. In 2017 WeChat added a “Shake” function.

Shake is a feature that allows you to meet random people not too far from you. You can choose to chat with the person or “shake” again to get another random person. All you have to do is go to the Discover tab, tap the Shake button and start shaking your phone.

WeChat Index

In March 2017, Tencent released a new feature of WeChat: WeChat Index. WeChat Index is a tool that tracks trending keywords in 7, 30, and 90-day segments, which is useful for those interested in knowing what 898 million users are talking about. It is worthy of note that WeChat articles are not currently indexed by Baidu or Google and can only be searched on Sogou.com.

News Feed and Search

In May 2017, WeChat has acquired a news feed and search functions. The Financial Times defined it as a “direct challenge to Chinese search engine Baidu,”. In May 2017, WeChat acquired a news feed and search function. The Financial Times defined it as a “direct challenge to Chinese search engine Baidu,”

WeChat Out

WeChat Out is a VOIP feature that allows users to make low-rate calls to mobile phones and landlines around the globe. The feature involves purchasing credit within the app using a credit card.

What is the WeChat technology stack?

So how is a chat app like WeChat created? Start by understanding the tech stack, which goes into it first. Here’s what the WeChat team has used:

WeChat uses Ejabberd, IceWarp, iChat, Openfire, and Prosody servers to process hundreds of thousands of messages instantly with little to no delays. This application server pairs perfectly with the Erlang programming language, which powers the entire app. It may not be the standard choice, but this language is rather flexible and allows quick and instant fixes to be made without much refactoring. However, you are not obliged to use the same language for chat app development. For instance, the Telegram instant messaging app uses Node.js for all backend coding.

Originally WeChat used HTTPS to transfer all of the users’ messages.

The databases are powered by EnMicroMsg DB and SQLCipher. The WeChat app is available for Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, and Symbian phones. Web-based OS X and Windows clients also exist. This, however, requires the user to have the app installed on a supported mobile phone for authentication, and neither message roaming nor “Moments” are provided.

So this should have satisfied your curiosity. If you want to receive a full tech stack for an app like Wechat, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected]. Now let’s take a closer look at app monetization, development time, and cost.

How do WeChat-like apps make money?

How do free apps like WeChat make money? In recent times, we have been getting many questions about the hottest topic on the app market. Well, it’s time to reveal the truth behind app monetization magic.

Advertising

Advertising is a core money-spinner. WeChat makes more than $1.3 in advertising revenue from each user, according to Arete Research analyst Muzhi Li. 

Value-added services

Many WeChat services are free. Tencent Company launched a sticker shop and game center in WeChat to provide value-added services, which are a key revenue source for Tencent’s other popular platform QQ. These services normally charge $0.99 for each purchase.

Other

Since March 2016, WeChat began charging users 0.01% to withdraw funds from their WeChat wallet but not to transfer within the ecosystem. This fee is now levied on digital transfers to bank accounts where the sum exceeds 1,000 yuan (US $153), the company said. The minimum fee per transfer will be 0.1 yuan. Tencent CEO Pony Ma said the fees of 0.1% of each transaction totaled more than RMB 300 million in January 2016.

How much does it cost to build WeChat?

At this point, you should have a somewhat well-rounded understanding of what features you would like to develop and whether you plan to hire a development team locally or outsource the entire project.

To build a chat app with the essential features outlined above, you will need a team of the following professionals:

• UX/UI Expert
• iOS developers/ Android developers
• Front-end developer
• Back-end developer
• Project manager
• QA Ninja

The total project timeline, depending on the scope of your requirements, can vary from 600 to 2500 hours. In money equivalent, that transfers to $18k and higher depending on the team’s hourly rates.

VironIT’s team would be happy to provide more accurate cost estimates based on your project specifications and outline the different content production options available!

Whether you need to mobilize a million iOS users, create an award-winning Android app, or cross-platform experiences from the ground up, VironIT software development company has the team and experience to develop your vision.

Our team has expertise in:

• iOS applications
• Android applications
• Chatbots
• Web applications

Contact us today for an intuitive and fast messaging app solution for your business or enterprise as well as for commercial chatting app solution.

The app contains the following features:

Exchange rates of HAC and ETH relative to BTC and USD

A QR code to receive incoming transactions

Ability to send tokens to another address either manually or through a QR scanning operation.

If you are starting from scratch and don’t know what Ethereum is, how it works, or what an ICO is, you will be best served reading the following articles first:

If you already know about Ethereum, we recommend you follow along.

Music streaming apps seem simple and available to anyone until you begin to consider how to make a Spotify app clone for your own business needs.

Should you copy an existing model or create your own?

The idea behind it belongs to two friends, Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon, who came up with it while sitting in a barren apartment in Stockholm.

Coverage is limited by licensing issues.

How to recreate Spotify: Steps to think through

If you want to develop a streaming app, you need to think about the following issues, which may present challenges.

Nine months have passed since the President’s visit to IT companies in March to the signing of the Law. The Decree introduces a framework to liberalize the business environment for the innovative and high-tech sector, including the elaboration of the legal status of HTP residents.

Belarusian IT community participated in the development of this legislation as a whole, with people sending a huge number of suggestions on how to improve it. Leading lawyers and economic analysts of Belarus worked on this project. The drafting of the Decree was managed by the HTP administration and Vsevolod Yanvevsky personally. The work was performed in close contact with state authorities – the National Bank, the Council of Ministers, and other state authorities and agencies. Though people represented different spheres, the work was well-coordinated and efficient. Preparing such a complex piece of legislation within such a tight deadline is unprecedented.

Which benefits has the Blockchain community just received?

• The Decree adopts best practices from international regulation in this area.
• It creates conditions for the use of cryptocurrencies in civil circulation.
• It establishes conditions to protect investors from unfair market participants.
• All operations with cryptocurrencies will be carried out by HTP residents, which are trusted and respectable companies.
• It will be safer to make cryptocurrency transaction in Belarus than in any other country. Investors will be provided with additional guarantees, which are not currently there elsewhere.
• Blockchain development companies like VironIT have got the opportunity to help individuals engage in mining activity in Belarus. When exchanging tokens and cryptocurrency for money, verification procedures will be conducted in order to prevent money laundering and to counter the financing of terrorist activities.

 As an HTP resident, VironIT is offering non-HTP companies the opportunity to create their own legitimate tokens without joining the HTP and other Blockchain-related services.

What is HTP?

Belarus Hi-Tech Park is a virtual hi-tech park that ensures favourable business conditions for tech companies, facilitates their growth and offers economic incentives for investors. 91.5% of the software produced in the Park account for exports with 40.2% being sold to USA and Canada, 46.7% — to the European countries and 10.7% — to Russia and the CIS countries.

Today the cluster involves 180 tech resident companies. Every year a new success story takes place in HTP: World of Tanks, Viber, Apalon and MSQRD.

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But for various reasons, existing cryptocurrency apps may not suit you.

The app contains the following features:

Access to frequently used addresses

Conversion rates to track bitcoin price

Merchant services, which allow you to see the seller and act as a seller on your own

Security settings to protect the application with a password and PIN

It doesn’t matter whether you started your first software development company when you were 16 or you still think Java is only coffee. At some point, most founders need to hire an app developer. But when that time comes, how do you hire an app developer?

Fortunately, you don’t need to be fluent in a laundry list of programming languages. We’ve collected tips on how to hire a mobile app developer and where to find app developers. We also discuss the differences in choosing between software companies and freelancers and common mistakes in hiring. Let’s dive right in!

How to find an app developer: General guidelines

Someday you’ll have an idea to create a great app that will make your name known or make you rich, but you’ll have to find someone to create the app. First, you can Google “who can I hire to build an app?” or “who can develop my app idea?” On Google, you can find anyone. Or, if you have a similar experience, can search “iOS developers for hire.“

Nowadays, there are plenty of app developers for hire, but this has some downsides. Before you begin your search, here are 3 main principles to keep in mind.

Outsourcing is a strategy that can really boost your business. In this article, you will learn what outsourcing is, some of its pros and cons, as well as look at a “How-to-start” guide.

What is outsourcing in software development?

What is outsourcing? Outsourcing is a business practice in which certain company functions are assigned to outside service providers rather than performed in-house. In other words, a company seeks external help or support to performs some of its business activities so it can stay focused on core business goals and save time and money.  

What is meant by offshore, onshore and nearshore development process?

There is a good chance you have heard the terms offshore, onshore, and nearshore software development. But what does it really mean? Basically, the “shore” term in the phrase relates to outsourcing software developers from abroad. Knowing that there are markets with skilled and affordable talent, many venture capitalists, small business owners, and startups choose this path and outsource their developers from abroad.

However, when the terms offshore, onshore, and nearshore are brought up, they usually start Googling them and their meanings.

To save you some clicks, we will explain the difference between nearshore, offshore, and onshore software development using one picture below.

ONSHORE means you are outsourcing to a third party in the same country in which you are located.

NEARSHORE outsourcing is an under-utilized option, in which the third party is located in a neighbouring country.

OFFSHORE, therefore, simply means outsourcing to a third party in another country.

The Pros and Cons of Outsourcing?

Why outsource your software development: Advantages of Outsourcing

1. Cost Savings

You may add up the cost of hiring, training, and housing staff. Whether you require a team of 5 or 1000 workers, it is much cheaper to outsource an entire project than to hire each developer individually and place the developers on internal teams. Outsourced labor in Eastern Europe may cost 80% less than the same labor performed in-house in Western Europe or North America, specifically for low-level tasks.

Additionally, you don’t need to purchase equipment or other supplies required for software development. The main objective of offshore companies is to provide customers with the best possible material handling solution at a reasonable price.

2. Time Savings

Software development takes less time when people work 24/7 to deliver your product within the deadlines you set. Also, you don’t have to spend time looking for new developers and then hiring and training them to suit your project needs.

3. Lack of in-house experience

When the internal team does not have the right experience to deliver the required solution, then outsourcing software development will bring additional knowledge and power to accomplish the task.

4. Flexibility

Hiring a full-time in-house developer for short-term projects isn’t really practical. Either you will have to keep him or her busy through the year with new projects or you will have to provide them with salary and other benefits even when they aren’t actually working. However, software development outsourcing gives you the option to choose developers for a single project. You can retain them for future projects or choose another developer if you want.

5. Focused Strategy

Your in-house software development team may have to deal with more than one project at a time. As a result, you will have to compromise on the quality and sometimes delay some projects. If you think of hiring new employees, you will have to spend time and money to recruit and train them. However, when you outsource software development, those you hire will focus entirely on the project you provide them and deliver high-quality outputs within the deadline.

6. Improved Compliance

Outsourcing software development allows you to create an automated compliance system that will reduce human follow-ups in business processes.

7. Reduced time to market

In fast-paced business environments, it is crucial to innovate quickly, and being first in the market can be a critical factor for success. For those reasons, an outsourcing company is a great solution to gain control over the speed of your software development. Rather than letting your available resources dictate the timelines, you can quickly scale a remote team to move forward much faster.

8. Technological Advances

Technology has emerged in countries around the world. For this reason, businesses trying to gain a competitive advantage start looking for external providers when their projects require complex skillsets or know-how that they do not have readily available and developing these capabilities in-house is simply not feasible. By teaming up with an external partner who has a proven track record of excellence, companies can build cutting-edge solutions in the latest technologies without having to master them themselves.

9. Bring in a fresh perspective

Writing great software frequently requires trying new approaches and thinking out-of-the-box. By adding external members to your team, you will almost certainly profit from hearing new perspectives. Remote team members might surprise you with unexpected feedback and fresh ideas about how to improve your project.

10. Less Risk

You can reduce risks by choosing an outsourcing company that has a top-grade project management team with a tried-and-true process for software delivery and maintenance.

11. Talented IT Professionals

You’ll have instant access to seasoned IT professionals by outsourcing and bypassing the gaps in hiring pools you may face in your country.

12. Improved Precision

Offshore development will improve work accuracy in terms of given deadlines on a project. Defined software will deliver accurate results in less turnaround time.

13. Forceful Strategic Planning

Outsourcing software development helps to streamline the business development processes. It will provide an intensive strategy to have an advantage in the technical race.

14. Focus on Your Core Business

Let the experts handle your product development so that you can focus on the core value of your business. In the long-run, this will help your company grow and expand much more efficiently and rapidly.

15. Reach a Broader Market

Look at outsourcing as an opportunity to grow your business in new directions from a global perspective. It allows you to work with talented developers who will take your business to new levels with their performance.

Disadvantages of Outsourcing

Are there any disadvantages of outsourcing? If you are outsourcing a project, this could create problems with standards and performance. Simply do what you do best, outsource the rest, and this will help you greatly to get the best software and provide a better user experience for your customers.

1. Lack of Control

When you sign a contract with an outsourced provider, you are effectively giving the management of your task to another company. Your vendor will not be driven by the same missions and goals as your company; they will most likely only be driven by profit.

2. Hidden costs

You will sign a contract with the outsourcing company that you hired regarding the service the company is going to provide. Take note that any details not covered in the contract will cost extra. If the outsourced company sets up the contract, you will most likely be at a disadvantage when negotiations start.

3. Risk of exposing confidential data

Every relationship between a company and an outsourced provider is built on trust. However, be careful not to expose confidential data to the software development company, as this could cause problems for your company.

Why do companies outsource?

Why do we outsource? There is a simple reason why software development outsourcing has become a trend. This modern business strategy combines low-cost software development and seasoned professionals. The success of any outsourcing project is important to both the customer, who hires a remote team, as well as the outsourcing company itself.

Here are some large companies that have succeeded using this strategy to launch their highly-valued businesses:

Skype, AppSumo, Github,AlertBoot, MYSQL, SeatGeek, Opera, etc.

How to Pick the Right Outsourcing Software Development Company?

Define Your Goals

This is a primary step for all future outsourcing activities. Describe in detail the process, product or service that you need to be outsourced. You need to bring together a core team to evaluate the outsourcing provider and start negotiations.

Check Their Experience, References and Work Samples

One more thing you need to consider is verifying an outsourcing company’s experience. Their past projects illustrate their expertise. A company’s projects show the technologies and skills that can be applied to your project as well.

Cross-Cultural Features to Consider

The country and culture of the outsourcing company are important to consider when choosing your outsourcing provider. This will tell you about the economic and social conditions of the region.

Do you think of India or China when you hear about outsourcing?

However, there are better alternatives. Whether you are a small or big business looking to hire a full-stack development team, Eastern Europe and places like Belarus may be the best option. The world’s most influential media like Reuters or The Wall Street Journal refer to Belarus as “the Silicon Valley of Eastern Europe.” From another perspective,  Ernst & Young, one of the Big Four audit firms, has released a report titled “The IT industry in Belarus: 2017 and Beyond.”. Ernst & Young concludes that Belarus deserves more attention from investors and businesses that are looking for technological partners.

Why outsource to VironIT?

Our company has operated for 13 years since 2004 and completed 500+ projects.

We know how to save time and money for our customers.

If you have a project in mind, just send us an email at  [email protected]

FAQ

Are you afraid to send money somewhere out of your country?

Use escrow or Upwork.

Can we make your project?

Yes. We employ developers who take part in international programming contests.

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