You need a web project built…and you need to select a platform on which to base your new development project, and a partner to build it. So how do you do it? What are the key factors in the selection of the right platform? Is there a “right” platform? What are PHP, .NET, XML and all of these other acronyms anyway? These are all good questions and ones that need to be considered before making that all important decision.

We’ve always taken the stance that we should treat every project as a new challenge and base the decision on a number of factors including the timeline, budget, available resources, likely future direction and others. In some cases, clients rely on us to select the platform, in others, they choose the direction. In either case, the factors to decide are not always the same for both the developer and for the client.

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