“How is it you guys are able to build an app so fast?” We get this question a lot. It happens frequently that our clients are surprised by just how fast a mobile app can be built, and a natural first reaction is to be a little incredulous. If everyone else is quoting three to…
Looking for a software developer to build your app? If you are planning to hire a software development company like ours, there are some important things to know, and a few important questions to ask. As you work together to bring concepts from idea to reality, a good culture fit and working relationship will be…
SmartCEO Magazine has named Seth Jaslow, CTO of Northgate Digital, a 2017 winner of their Executive Management Awards honoring managers with a proven history of success and innovation within their organizations. The award is given by an independent committee of local business leaders who review the nominations, and recognizes executive managers who demonstrate the highest…
NEWTOWN, Pa., Nov. 30, 2016 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — Software engineering firm Northgate Digital proudly announces its certification for ISO 9001:2008, after an independent audit of the company’s systems development and quality assurance procedures. “With independent confirmation of our firm’s commitment to structured, rigorous quality assurance, you can be certain that we are committed to the highest standards in…
NEWTOWN, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Software engineering firm Northgate Digital has been named one of Greater Philadelphia’s “2016 Best Places to Work” presented by the Philadelphia Business Journal. “At Northgate, we work hard to create a supportive company where employees and clients alike are free to innovate, think differently, and create truly ground-breaking technology.” In a survey co-administered…
These days if you are building mobile apps, security is a critical design component that many developers are overlooking. That was the conclusion of a 2016 study by Hewlett Packard Enterprise which found that out of 36,000 mobile apps, a whopping 96% of them failed at least one of 10 privacy checks. So when you…
Northgate Digital is pleased to announce the addition of twelve new client partnerships in the past year. “So many great things are happening, and we are excited at the opportunity to help our new client partners accomplish their vision,” said Cindy Weick, Chief Executive Officer. “We are honored and delighted that these businesses chose to…
Planning a Data Center Migration? At Northgate Digital we do a number of data center migrations each year, and there are a number of things that need to be taken into account to ensure a smooth and successful deployment. To help you plan your next migration, below is a list of some of the steps…
Northgate Digital is pleased to announce that we have appointed Rob Laschiver as our Director of Data Services. With over twelve years of experience in high-performance database design and architecture, Rob will be working form our Newtown office to design and launch a host of new database services for 2016, expanding upon our existing software…
We’re finally catching up to 2007… Yes, it’s true. We caved and created a facebook page, so you can now get all the latest news and updates from Northgate Digital on Facebook Also, follow us on Github for the latest updates on our software projects, including Morphize, a transforming HTTP proxy using JQuery for screen scraping, mobile websites…
With the upcoming release of AngularJS 2.0, I hear the question frequently: Should I start a new project with AngularJS or wait for the 2.0 release? Despite past rumors, recent updates from the Angular team have indicated that there will in fact be an incremental upgrade option, so the decision on which AngularJS version to…
With the recent release of Java 8, already people are asking: should we be doing new development with the new version? Should we upgrade our existing application? While it makes sense to begin planning for future development in Java 8 and bringing your developers up to speed on the new features such as functional interfaces…
If I ever get carpal tunnel, I’m going to blame it on choosing Java as my weapon of choice. What was once a beautiful and enjoyable language has become nothing short of a nightmare. Java programmers should be protesting loudly at this point, I have no idea why we aren’t. Until we get our acts…
File this one under the “facepalm” category… If you ever get this confusing error from CakePHP 2, it almost certainly means you forgot to extend the AppModel class. Undefined property: MyModel::$primaryKey [CORE/Cake/Controller/Scaffold.php, line 131] Undefined property: MyModel::$displayField [CORE/Cake/Controller/Scaffold.php, line 132] Fatal Error Error: Call to undefined method Question::schema() File: lib/Cake/Controller/Scaffold.php Line: 137 The solution is…
Recently I was having an interesting problem mounting a samba share on OS X 10.8.2. I used to be able to mount a particular samba volume, but after the last update suddenly that was not the case any more. Nothing was changed on the samba server and I was still able to mount the rest…
Edit: Update 13 is now out and is not blocked by Apple. For newer versions of Mac OS, simply installing the latest version of Java will get you up and running again. Due to a recent security vulnerability in Java, Apple blacklisted certain versions of the Java 7 plugin for Mac rather than downgrade to a secure version.…
Sometimes, the answer you’re looking for has been right there in front of you all along. That was my story recently, looking for additional developers to join our team here at Northgate. We would interview candidate after candidate who all seemed great on paper and did well answering questions over the phone, only to bomb…
After CentOS 4 hit EOL in February, you may have noticed the following error coming from the “yum” installer: not using ftp, http[s], or file for repos, skipping – 4 is not a valid release or hasnt been released yet For those of us that don’t have the time or ability at this moment to…
Northgate Digital is pleased to announce the version 1.0 release of our flagship product, Celerity CMS. All customer data from public beta has been migrated and customers are welcome to continue using the production system to manage your websites. Celerity CMS is a web content management system designed to administer the Internet’s highest-volume web properties.…
“Best Practice” has got to be one of the top-ten worst phrases used in our industry. Maybe even top-three. Besides being the buzzword-bingo center square freebie, the very phrase itself is intrinsically misleading. If anything, these words serve to stop any further discussion, innovation, or thought. Imagine if Apple followed best practices for mp3 players…
