I'm looking for a web development agency to help finish building a node.js/angular web app. I'm having a tough time sorting through the noise and finding a promising company. Any ideas or review sites that help with this?
Anytime you are dealing with newer architectures, constructs or languages it gets a little tougher to weed through the noise as many agencies will make it appear they have the experience but you wind up paying for their learning process. We have seen this with node, GO and other relatively younger tech. But sometimes with node.js I think it is tougher because so many people think to themselves, oh I know javascript so I can write node.js. While technically true to a point, what I have seen is they fail to take the time to learn the ins and outs of node to understand their choices well enough to call their code good. Which usually leads to a nightmare of a project to fix later, ask me how I know.<p>Also, aside from raw skills you need to find an agency that you mesh with and feel comfortable with. Get a real contract with them holding both parties accountable, don't work off a verbal agreement etc. I am not sure about any sites in specific to help you with reviews.<p>I run a product consultancy where we help people build and get their product to market, digital marketing etc. Our core competency is node.js and we have spent the past couple of years building our own products and products for many clients almost exclusively in node. We have been in business for 8 years now and if you have any interest or just want to ask me questions you can find my email in my profile. Shoot me an email and if nothing else I'll answer questions for you. We also do code reviews and can provide you with an outside opinion about where you really sit, if you are unsure. We are proficient in a number of technologies, but like I said node is our core.<p>I wish you the best finding a good fit for your project/product, and if I can answer anything or help let me know.
Are you open to a freelancer? I'd be happy to chat with you about what you've been working on and what sort of help you need. My contact info is in my profile.