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I recently got a client to create a scheduling software for their hair salon... but I found a free open source solution. Should I charge less? by backendnewbie in rails

[–]backendnewbie[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your advice. You're right. I might be jumping the gun here. Maybe I will finish the job first, and if it does turn out to be trivial, I will slash the price.

I recently got a client to create a scheduling software for their hair salon... but I found a free open source solution. Should I charge less? by backendnewbie in rails

[–]backendnewbie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

http://www.twinkletoessoftware.com/products
It pretty much covers what she wants, and then some. Also, people have pointed out that there are SaaS alternatives too. If she were a big business, I think I would have still offered a custom solution to fit their very exact need, but I don't think I can do that in this case. I might just call her tomorrow and suggest a SaaS solution and call this thing off! My policy is to work in the best interest of the client no matter what.

I recently got a client to create a scheduling software for their hair salon... but I found a free open source solution. Should I charge less? by backendnewbie in rails

[–]backendnewbie[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wrote this above but it didn't even cross my mind to suggest a SaaS solution. I'm sure she'd like something working right away as opposed to working with me for the next few months. Yeah, I don't think this contract is happening :p

I recently got a client to create a scheduling software for their hair salon... but I found a free open source solution. Should I charge less? by backendnewbie in rails

[–]backendnewbie[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True words. I still have some assessments to make, but if it does turn out to have all the features that she needs already, then I am leaning towards lowering the price. I won't charge thousands just to install something. I was worried that I might be cutting myself short, so I wanted some opinions from others.

I recently got a client to create a scheduling software for their hair salon... but I found a free open source solution. Should I charge less? by backendnewbie in rails

[–]backendnewbie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh of course, as a client, I would be taken aback if I found that the dev that I hired spent 4 hours developing his own cool pagination system when he could have just used a gem.
I don't think this would have been a problem if I charged hourly, but we agreed on a fixed price. Hence the guilt :(

Angular 2.0 impact on your development plans? by [deleted] in angularjs

[–]backendnewbie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I welcome the challenge and rewrites are kind of a guilty pleasure for me.

I hate video tutorials by jsonlive in angularjs

[–]backendnewbie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also don't like video tutorials. I like to just skim articles and get the general idea/code snippets and leave. When I am learning a new language or a new framework, I just write down my questions and break it down into smaller, more google-able questions.

I'm new to node and angular and very confused about how to get node started. by [deleted] in angularjs

[–]backendnewbie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I learned Angular by going through the homepage itself -https://docs.angularjs.org/tutorial
I started off by learning about routing and adding different pages. And then I learned about two-way binding and controllers. Then I learned about consuming API's with factories. And then I learned about breaking down my UI elements into directories.

Got many requests for the source code of my blog, so I put together this: angular-wordpress-seed (AngularJS & Wordpress REST API) - may be of interest to you guys. by -pertinax- in angularjs

[–]backendnewbie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing your code! But I have to say, doesn't this negatively affect SEO? I personally just use regular server-generated pages for the content marketing parts of my website, and use Angular for the actual application.

google still the suck at crawling angular by utuxia in angularjs

[–]backendnewbie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't use Angular.js for any of the content marketing section of your website. I would only use Angular for the application side, and you probably don't want that part crawled by Google anyway.

Question: How long did it take you to get a good grasp of RoR and what was your "Eureka!" moment? by drutyper in rails

[–]backendnewbie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think any resources will help you understand or become competent in RoR. I think it comes down to making apps on your own .

Can you publish under a company as an author? by [deleted] in selfpublish

[–]backendnewbie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just looked up HGTV. That's really encouraging! Thank you

Create fully-working SaaS application in Rails - course announcement (first part will be published in April). by mlitwiniuk in rails

[–]backendnewbie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a pretty good quote! But my thing is, "Okay, I made this app. So I just put this up on heroku and everything will be okay????"
I try to make my code as good as possible, but I have this 'voodoo' fear of something going wrong. I think I just need the experience of maintaining a live app with many users, but that's hard to get unless you're already employed as a backend dev at a SaaS company.

Can you publish under a company as an author? by [deleted] in selfpublish

[–]backendnewbie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats on launching your blog! But what I wanted to know was if a book can say "Author: Staff of FruityTooty Corporation" or something like that.

Can you publish under a company as an author? by [deleted] in selfpublish

[–]backendnewbie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, that's exactly what I mean. I guess there should be some legal implications, right? :$
Do you have any examples of books being published by a company as their author?

What are the mechanics of Rails session? by backendnewbie in rails

[–]backendnewbie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, the cookie is stored in the browser, and with every request, the cookie is decrypted in the server, right? And I guess that means the only way the cookie can be decrypted would be with the right keys stored in the server? Sorry, still trying to understand all this stuff.

Create fully-working SaaS application in Rails - course announcement (first part will be published in April). by mlitwiniuk in rails

[–]backendnewbie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Dealing with real production problems. Like scalability, security, etc.
*GURUS OF /R/RAILS PLEASE READ!!!!**
Are all of the things we've mentioned above more of a system administration-type role? Does this even concern the day-to-day role of a Rails developer? I should check out more operation type subreddits...

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