Web Developer - Bryanston - >R40 000 per month

[WhiteRaven]

A software company based in Bryanston is currently sourcing a Web Developer to join their team, ideally they are looking for someone who would be prepared to learn their in-house programming language.

Role will include:

• Development of new tools and features to grow their product
• Delivering fixes for clients
• Write code specifications against project timelines
• Conduct unit testing, document test plans and fix errors

Technologies desired:

• .Net Web Development skills
• asp.net
• C#
• Webform
• sql server
• t-sql
• javascript
• jquery
• html
• css
• xml
• previous experience in
• c++
• Active-X/Com
• Webservices
• stl
• unix
• linux

applicants to have a good understanding of e commerce websites.

for more information please contact angie@recruitmintlink.co.za

 

[Ancalagon]

Are you sure you have that correct? Their own programming language?

 

[WhiteRaven]

Are you sure you have that correct? Their own programming language?

Yes they are wanting someone with the web development experience but also to train on the companies own inhouse programming language.

 

[skimread]

Yes they are wanting someone with the web development experience but also to train on the companies own inhouse programming language.

A DSL?

 

[Ancalagon]

Yes they are wanting someone with the web development experience but also to train on the companies own inhouse programming language.

Did they really create their own grammar, syntax and compiler? For web development?

Sorry I find this hard to believe. In house programming languages are sometimes created for scripting, but even then it is rare.

 

[Necropolis]

The inhouse programming language seems odd to me, as does the fact that a Web Developer is required to know c++...

 

[WhiteRaven]

If you are interested in the role I will be happy to discuss the finer details of the position with you directly.

 

[biometrics]

unix vs linux, mmm

 

[MeroD]

Did they really create their own grammar, syntax and compiler? For web development?

Sorry I find this hard to believe. In house programming languages are sometimes created for scripting, but even then it is rare.

Agreed.

Working in a custom environment can mean limited tools/support which can be infuriating when you get stuck on a problem. The language they use may be poorly designed, leading to you picking up bad habits early on and write hacky code to create workarounds.

 

[Ancalagon]

Agreed.

Working in a custom environment can mean limited tools/support which can be infuriating when you get stuck on a problem. The language they use may be poorly designed, leading to you picking up bad habits early on and write hacky code to create workarounds.

I just can't believe someone would create their own language - I mean especially for web development. I think WhiteRaven got it wrong, and it should be technology stack.

The other problem is that your skills are not really transferrable - either in or out. If they really have made their own language, I for one would probably not work for them.

No thanks, I start my new job in April and thankfully it is pretty far removed from web development.

 

[Rocket-Boy]

I just can't believe someone would create their own language - I mean especially for web development. I think WhiteRaven got it wrong, and it should be technology stack.

The other problem is that your skills are not really transferrable - either in or out. If they really have made their own language, I for one would probably not work for them.

No thanks, I start my new job in April and thankfully it is pretty far removed from web development.

The "language" might just be a code generator for a more commonly known language.
I have seen this before with a "language" that used its own commands and syntax but then created vb code which was then compiled.
Its clunky and less efficient, kind of like saving a word document as HTML, you get tons of code that could have been a few lines.

 

[Baxteen]

its either something like rocket boy said or its a language so obscure they call it the in house language.

either way, joining a team like this is MOST LIKELY a bad career move. you are not getting exposure to something that will help your career, so if you are a bad fit in the company you have simply wasted time. take it from someone who did ColdFusion for 5 years, wasting time on an obscure language is terrible career plan.

 

[Ancalagon]

The "language" might just be a code generator for a more commonly known language.
I have seen this before with a "language" that used its own commands and syntax but then created vb code which was then compiled.
Its clunky and less efficient, kind of like saving a word document as HTML, you get tons of code that could have been a few lines.

Definitely a possibility. I just can't see why anyone would bother with that, so I hope that is not the case.

 

[^^vampire^^]

I went for an interview once where they were looking for software developers to work on what is essentially a drag and drop visual type system (think Visio layout) which auto generates most of the logical links itself. While I could see the value and how it could potentially pick up system errors etc and make life "easier" I was rather skeptical. Apparently it's some big Visual Studio plugin and according to the hiring manager all the big companies like Discovery etc are now using it.

Either way I enjoy my coding with code and not a fan of gimmicks equivalent to Dreamweaver. Like someone else said then it auto generates code that is not optimised etc.

 

[FarligOpptreden]

I went for an interview once where they were looking for software developers to work on what is essentially a drag and drop visual type system (think Visio layout) which auto generates most of the logical links itself. While I could see the value and how it could potentially pick up system errors etc and make life "easier" I was rather skeptical. Apparently it's some big Visual Studio plugin and according to the hiring manager all the big companies like Discovery etc are now using it.

Either way I enjoy my coding with code and not a fan of gimmicks equivalent to Dreamweaver. Like someone else said then it auto generates code that is not optimised etc.

Possibly K2? Went for an interview at their (back then) head office in Roodepoort when I started my career. They made an offer, but I got a better offer elsewhere... I remember working with 2 of their devs at a client later years.