PhoneGap is a framework for cross-platform development on HTML/JavaScript, for seven mobile platforms. Today one can read a considerable number of articles dedicated to PhoneGap, written by either native developers, who tried out cross-platform programming, or front-end developers, who tried out mobile development. Their assessment of how good or bad PhoneGap is, is influenced by their original field of activities;...

There might be even more ways to fail a project, than to make it succeed; and this can be achieved with less effort. First we have to define a failure: it's either if the project is never finished (including the cancellation); or it fails a critical deadline; or the software is of remarkably bad quality; or the spent budget is beyond reason. Of course, there may be various combinations of these. Failures have a huge rate;...

Who would you choose as a contractor for your software project: a company or a freelancer? Let's say that both variants offer you skilled professionals, who value reputation and know their job. You'll most probably say that the final choice hugely depends on the project: it can be design, development, can be testing services or support; but more often it's everything in one, and then people usually turn...

The practice of outsourcing is widely discussed today; it's used in many industries and branches of business. And if you know the time has come to start or enhance business with mobile software, outsourcing may be the most obvious choice in terms of quality and costs. But this choice must be deliberate; just like any other business, outsourcing bears inevitable risks, which can be ignored, prevented, delegated, or subdued (after an undesirable scenario occurs). Let's outline five such scenarios...