Mach 9 Consulting, Inc.

Is it really a question? Not for us, its simple, we just do not do it. Have we done it? Sure, we have. We have experienced the trials and tribulations around outsourcing. There were too many issues around outsourcing and product development so we sat down and really analyzed what we were getting for what we were paying, and what we could do better. I am really talking about outsourcing your web development overseas. We have all heard of India, or China, or Romania, even Russia. So here is what we found out. (more…)

Please note that this article is intended for audiences that already have a decent understanding of the cakePHP frame work and essentially know where to look to make the necessary changes to the web application that you have already coded for the 1.1 framework. (more…)

Ah, the age old debate of looking good or working well.  Is it more important to attract attention or sustain usability? To appease our inner artist or satisfy our utilitarian instincts?  The debate of design vs development, frontend vs backend, form vs function. (more…)

Please note that this article is intended for audiences that already have a decent understanding of the cakePHP frame work and essentially know where to look to make the necessary changes to the web application that you have already coded for the 1.1 framework. (more…)

CakePHP is an Open Source development framework, built largely on PHP, but also utilizing tools like Ajax for some visual flair. Primarily, though, it’s a Model-View-Controller (MVC) Framework, modeled after Ruby on Rails. (more…)