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Paracoders, Inc.
Hollis, NH, USA

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Paracoders for your Mac and iPhone software development:

If you have Mac and iPhone software projects that need to be developed, then you've come to the right place. At Paracoders, we can design and develop your Macintosh and iPhone software at a fraction of the cost of hiring or retraining in-house employees to do the work. Plus, we have a background in Apple software development that requires years to accumulate. You simply cannot become competent Mac and iPhone developers overnight, despite the number of iPhone software development "experts" that have recently surfaced.

If a software developer has not spent years of Mac software development prior to providing iPhone development services, you should be skeptical of their abilities. The iPhone is a hot new platform, and a lot of people are looking to cash in on the opportunities. Unfortunately, inexperienced developers are among those people.

Anyone who's providing iPhone software development should already be an expert in Mac OS X software development or they're missing some fundamental knowledge.

Why? Because inside every iPhone and iPod Touch is... Mac OS X.

iPhone software development is Mac OS X software development albeit with some platform differences.

If the developer you choose doesn't understand how to properly write code for Mac OS X, then they're going to struggle with your iPhone projects and likely cause expensive problems for you. Don't be fooled by the "5 minute demos" that you've seen at Apple Keynotes showing how easy it is to create Mac or iPhone software. Software development on these platforms is an artform that requires extensive knowledge and experience.

Understanding what Apple customers expect in your software is another important consideration. Windows and Mac / iPhone users have very different expectations when it comes to software. Without question, Apple users are very particular about how they expect your software to look and behave. If you don't deliver a solution that meets those expectations, there's very little point in delivering a solution at all. You need to be loyal, totally immersed Apple customers to understand these expectations and how they relate to software design decisions. We are, and we do.

A quick search of Google will turn up many iPhone software development "experts," but that's unfortunately a word that's being thrown around very loosely these days.

Case in point: We recently had to redesign and completely rewrite software that offshore "iPhone development experts" created because of their lack of experience and knowledge of Mac OS X. The software was written completely wrong, and the client had to hire us to rewrite it all. The client was thrilled with the results, but unfortunately learned an expensive lesson in the process.

Another client recently mentioned that he had requested a quote from another offshore "iPhone expert" and when he asked about the details of the quote was informed that it included purchasing Macintosh computers so their programmers could learn how to program the iPhone!

These problems are not limited to offshore developers, and there are absolutely other companies that do excellent Macintosh and iPhone software development. The important thing is not the number of employees they have--whether they have 5 or 500, you're probably only going to have 1 or 2 engineers working on your project anyway. What's important is understanding how long those engineers have been doing Macintosh development. If the engineers working on your project don't have years of Macintosh programming experience, then they are neither Macintosh nor iPhone software development "experts".

Paracoders has been in business since 2000, but our roots go all the way back to the first Macintosh, and for some of us, all the way back to the first Apple // computers.

The software engineers of Paracoders have years of experience developing software for Macintosh computers--we even wrote system software at Apple Computer, Inc!

We are Macintosh and iPhone software development experts, and we can get your work done quickly, professionally, and to specifications. Whether it's Mac OS X on a Mac, Mac OS X on an iPhone, Cocoa, Carbon, applications, drivers, ports from Windows... if you can dream it, chances are we can build it.

And, yes, our rates are very reasonable! In fact, our rates combined with our experience, means that we can complete your project faster and for less money than many other developers.

Want to see specific qualifications and software we've developed? Here's a brief backgrounder on our company and the Linked-In profile of our lead engineer. Depending on the size of your project and our current workload, we may assign other qualified engineers to your project as well. Rest assured that your work will be completed professionally regardless of the engineer or engineers performing it.

If you need your software written quickly and professionally, and are looking for the most bang for your buck, contact us today. You're under no obligation, and there's no charge for quotes. Please see the "Hire us!" page for more details and contact information.

Paracoders for the software programmer

If you're a software programmer or are interested in becoming one, then Paracoders has something for you too.  Our "Links" and "Tips & Tricks" sections contain information to broaden your knowledge and skill set. We continue to update these sections, so come back often.

Group software projects

In the future, Paracoders hopes to conduct ongoing "open source" software projects. These projects will be a great way for software developers to interact with each other.  The software developed during these projects will be freely available on the Paracoders web site.  Our group software projects are intended to get programmers around the world working together for the knowledge and intangible benefits that come out of the experience.

If you are interested in working on a group software project, please see the "Group Projects" page for more details.