Matthew Ford

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Username: bitzesty
Location: United Kingdom

Summary

Bit Zesty Ltd builds bespoke web applications using Ruby on Rails. We are agile and this helps us ensure your project is launched on time and on budget.

We have helped companies build social networks, e-commerce sites, project management tools, collaboration platforms, and twitter applications.

We are UK based and are able to work between 9am to 10pm GMT - depending on your needs.

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Ruby on Rails
Twitter Developer
SQL
JavaScript 1.8
JavaScript 1.3
HTML 4.01
CSS 2.0

About Us

Profile Type: Business
Number of Employees: 9 or fewer
I have led and developed numerous Ruby on Rails applications for start-ups and large corporations. With a keen interest in emerging technologies, I have also contributed to many open source projects, including open source book.

Before founding Bit Zesty Ltd, I have worked for a leading Ruby on Rails consultancy in London for two years and hold a BSc in Computer Science from the University of York. I have also been commissioned to write Beginning Merb book for Apress.

Please see my portfolio for the projects that I have worked on through Bit Zesty as well as before it.

Payment Terms

We adhere to a flexible payment policy, meaning that payment terms can be agreed for each project individually. Below are our preferred payment terms:

For hourly projects:
A weekly payment provided the sum is above USD 100 (one hundred).

For fixed price projects:
We use agile methodology and work in iteration cycles (one week long), therefore we prefer to get paid after each iteration, provided the customer "signs off" features delivered.

All of our projects are backed with 3 months of free support for the features that we have built.

Detailed Service Description

RAPID WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
We can deliver quality without compromising on efficiency by practicing Agile and leveraging technology such as Ruby on Rails.

When you need to get your site launched fast, we can help! We work in one week cycles and deliver features that provide business value.

WEB SERVICES API INTEGRATION
With 'the next big thing' just around the corner, it's important for web applications to stay competitive. We can help you integrate web services into your application, enabling you to leverage their existing platform. We also build APIs, so you can offer your services to third party developers.

Just some of web services we can integrate are:
- Facebook for social networking
- Twitter for real time updates
- Amazon for e-commerce information
- Zoho for document editing
- Flickr for photo sharing
- YouTube for user-generated videos
- Google Maps for location based mash-ups
- ooyala for video publishing and distribution
- del.icio.us for bookmarks

BUG FIXING AND PERFORMANCE TUNING
Already have a Rails app that is in need of some help? We've assisted a number of companies to fix bugs in their existing applications and to add new features.

We can also help you scale your application across a number of servers as well as track-down and resolve performance issues.


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