Hiring people to develop APPS

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i have an unique idea for an app. very very unique.

My programming knowledge is limited o html5 and j query

The app is high tech.

how mush is it going to cost me to hire people to develop it here ion SA ?
 
skyhawk said:
HI

i have an unique idea for an app. very very unique.

My programming knowledge is limited o html5 and j query

The app is high tech.

how mush is it going to cost me to hire people to develop it here ion SA ?
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Whoever you get, ensure that you build a quality clause into your contract.

There are a number of apps written for South African sites (eg News 24) that are not a good advert for SA based app building skills.
 
skyhawk said:
how mush is it going to cost me to hire people to develop it here ion SA ?
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Depends how much work the app is.
It's like asking someone how much it will cost to dig a pool.... depends on how hard the soil is, and how big it must be :)
 
How much should i expect to pay ?

Found this article

Alex Ahlund, former CEO of AppVee and AndroidApps, and later an advisor to Appolicious, wrote a guest blog article about app sales on TechCrunch. According to that article, a survey of 96 mobile app developers showed the average cost to develop an app was $6,453. An article on OS X Daily about iPhone Development Costs reported that the development cost range for “small apps” is $3,000 to $8,000 and that “more complex or recognized brand apps” can cost $50,000 to $150,000. A well-written article on PadGadget.com explored The Cost of Building an iPad App and suggested the development costs (as compared to design and other costs) range from $12,000 to $150,000 or more.
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http://appmuse.com/appmusing/how-much-does-it-cost-to-develop-a-mobile-app/
 
the app i have in mind cant be developed using html5 and javascript alone ,and i can do jquery not javascript.
 
skyhawk said:
the app i have in mind cant be developed using html5 and javascript alone ,and i can do jquery not javascript.
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You clearly do not know jquery....
 
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skyhawk said:
HI

i have an unique idea for an app. very very unique.

My programming knowledge is limited o html5 and j query

The app is high tech.

how mush is it going to cost me to hire people to develop it here ion SA ?
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This can be a very costly endeavour, so unless you are a 100% sure that your idea will deliver; you'd be probably better off learning iOS or Android development (pick one initially).

Alternatively you could try to convince a developer to partner with you.
 
skyhawk said:
HI

i have an unique idea for an app. very very unique.

My programming knowledge is limited o html5 and j query

The app is high tech.

how mush is it going to cost me to hire people to develop it here ion SA ?
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I considered teaching myself to learn to do it. Do it yourself and save money.
 
Define what you want to do in as much detail as possible. Get companies to quote you on it after signing NDA.

It depends what you want to do and how complex it would be, but it's usually around 3-6 months and between R180-R800 per hour depending on who you get.

You're looking at at least R150k in my opinion, but it depends highly on the complexity/what you want/platforms etc

One tip I have is, don't work with a company that can only develop for one platform.
 
Skyhawk

I work as a product manager for a software development company. We are always looking for new and interesting products and product ideas. I would be happy to discuss various options with you under an NDA.

PM me if you are interested with your number and I will give you a call.
 
I started off as an HTML/CSS person, they were easy enough to learn. I could never get the hang of JavaScript. I probably tried to learn it 4 times with a fail. Then I got into jQuery, probably knew the amount that you know on jQuery, mainly being that 'I Google "how to make x do y in jquery", and I get an answer while learning'. I later got into PHP, and MySQL, they seemed easy enough.

5 years later, I needed to use JS beyond jQuery (cos you know, JS has really grown since). I picked up a book here and there, tried online tutorials and got myself to coding in JS. Today I've overcome my failure, and I'm working on Node.js (JavaScript everywhere), working on a very very unique app of my own (at least the website and REST APIs for now). When I'm done working on the initial version (about 90% complete) I am going to pick up a Java/Android book, and do my own coding to build an Android app for my project.

As AfricanTech mentioned, a lot of what we see in SA (I could venture to say all) from Android developers is a bit of a disgrace. Guidelines are barely followed, we get iOS ports on our devices, some good (potentially) apps are never updated, blah blah. I mean even Mxit looked a bit s*****y a few months ago, anyone remember Knott-Craig Junior going on about how "the only guys using Android are the guys trying to make a point".

If you have the money to pay devs for, get some quality assurance, as AfricanTech said again. Your best bet is likely to just learn and create yourself. Trust me, computer programming is not so difficult. If you have the time and patience to go beyond the "Hello World" rubbish, you'll be fine. Take the money that you were going to spend on someone to create an app and never update it, and use it on server costs (if needed), graphic design for a decent logo etc.
 
brick laying is also not super difficult.
building a house that doesnt fall over when too many people are inside, or you want to add another storey, is an entirely different kettle of fish
 
SuperNev said:
I started off as an HTML/CSS person, they were easy enough to learn. I could never get the hang of JavaScript. I probably tried to learn it 4 times with a fail. Then I got into jQuery, probably knew the amount that you know on jQuery, mainly being that 'I Google "how to make x do y in jquery", and I get an answer while learning'. I later got into PHP, and MySQL, they seemed easy enough.

5 years later, I needed to use JS beyond jQuery (cos you know, JS has really grown since). I picked up a book here and there, tried online tutorials and got myself to coding in JS. Today I've overcome my failure, and I'm working on Node.js (JavaScript everywhere), working on a very very unique app of my own (at least the website and REST APIs for now). When I'm done working on the initial version (about 90% complete) I am going to pick up a Java/Android book, and do my own coding to build an Android app for my project.

As AfricanTech mentioned, a lot of what we see in SA (I could venture to say all) from Android developers is a bit of a disgrace. Guidelines are barely followed, we get iOS ports on our devices, some good (potentially) apps are never updated, blah blah. I mean even Mxit looked a bit s*****y a few months ago, anyone remember Knott-Craig Junior going on about how "the only guys using Android are the guys trying to make a point".

If you have the money to pay devs for, get some quality assurance, as AfricanTech said again. Your best bet is likely to just learn and create yourself. Trust me, computer programming is not so difficult. If you have the time and patience to go beyond the "Hello World" rubbish, you'll be fine. Take the money that you were going to spend on someone to create an app and never update it, and use it on server costs (if needed), graphic design for a decent logo etc.
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Errm jQuery is javascript.
 
This is not my brilliant idea that i m talking about but how much would a developer charge to create a chess game app ? just curious
 
skyhawk said:
This is not my brilliant idea that i m talking about but how much would a developer charge to create a chess game app ? just curious
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So a working 2d/3d chess game with AI or player vs player? We did it at university.... it's a fair bit of time that it consumes... but based on time vs cost requirements, you'd be better off looking for an opensource/freeware version.
 
xumwun said:
Errm jQuery is javascript.
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You'd be surprised at how many people can do a $('#menu').hide() but can't do a document.getElementById('menu').style.display = "none". By saying that I 'knew' jQuery, I mean that I could use the API, but did not understand the magic behind the API.

To use Tony Stark as an example, let's assume that he was forced to make a website that relies on JS, instead of weapons, when he was locked up in a cage.
If he only knowledge of JS was through jQuery, he might have failed to create that website if he didn't have access to the internet to download a copy of jQuery. That means that Tony doesn't know JS, and the bad guys get to kill him :)
 
you'd be surprised how many people know javascript but don't understand how to code their own jvm in objective c.

you'd be surprised how many people coding jvms in objective c don't know what byte code gets created.

you'd be surprised how many assembler programmers don't understand the ins and outs of the voltages applied to a capacitor.

people at eskom are surprised how many people turn their PCs on and off without understanding....
 
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