Better Together
External Development Teams Can Strengthen Your Internal Development As we discussed in our previous blogs, there are plenty of situations where a company with an existing development team may turn to an external development partner. One might expect this to cause tension within an organization, and sometimes it does, but there is no reason for […]
Calavista Turns 21
My company, Calavista Software, recently turned 21 years old. Turning 21 is a milestone in most people’s lives, involving liberation, celebration, and sometimes even some self-reflection.
The Advantages of Ionic for Mobile App Development
When it comes to cross-platform mobile app development, Ionic is another powerful framework. There is not one singular best development platform, rather they each have specific strengths.
Problems For a New Development Team
Signs You Should Hire an External Team The benefits of an external team are clear, but how do you know if it is time to hire one? Typically, bringing in an external development team is the solution to a problem that crops up in your development process. Whether you have your own development team in-house, […]
Advantages of Flutter
In one of our recent blogs, we discussed native and cross-platform mobile app development. As we said, it’s not that one approach is inherently better than the other, it just depends on what you are trying to accomplish. The same can be said about different development platforms. Taking a closer look at development frameworks, we […]
How to Hire an Effective External Development Team
So, you’ve decided that hiring an external development team is the best option for your business: You could benefit from the scalability, value, and peace of mind that an external team can offer, but now you face the headache of hiring one. In order to get the value you’re searching for in a development partner, […]
Native or Cross-Platform Development?
When it comes to mobile app development, everyone faces the same question: native or cross-platform? The choice was not always difficult, since, in the early days of mobile app development, native was the only way to go. Developers typically had to write their app for both iOS and Android separately (if they wanted it available […]
Why Your Organization Should Include an External Development Team
In a market where technical expertise has never been more important, yet never harder to find, spinning up an internal development team is a daunting task. You may consider it a “necessary evil” if you recognize the value that new technology and programming can bring to your company, though. After all, cutting-edge software development is […]
The Latest and Greatest in DevSecOps
At Calavista, we were interested in DevSecOps before there was an overall term for these best practices in software development. We were founded on concepts such as Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery, pioneering Agile development. Since the early 2000s, the software development and DevSecOps scene has changed dramatically, exploding with new technology to help streamline […]
Embracing DevSecOps
At Calavista, we were doing DevOps before it had a buzz-word title. Likewise, we’ve been doing DevSecOps for quite some time, and it’s about time we start calling it what it is.
