IMHO i'd say the list needs to be organized using the criteria, which developer (or programmer or fly-by-night copy-paster) has made the most money of non-hardware IT projects.

Because I got to meet one IT guy (Software, webmaster/designer/developer/architect) when i offered some insight and pitched a solution i was working on that was way beyond what he had, he simply stopped me in my tracks by saying he has had international experience and from that he knows that I think i think i am good but when he shows me what he has done, i'd be humbled. he gave me a glimpse and I almost puked at his hottest selling VB6 Investment Software, believe me, it goes against every best practice you can pull out of the book when it comes to development/design.

and yet, this guy rakes in nothing less than 3 million in retainership fees from different stockbrokers in Lagos alone. my heart literally refused to waste its time pumping blood to my brains since i could not pull that amount in yearly on selling my work. and I am far better than him when it comes to the nuts and bolts, so what is the problem here.

He still makes more money than i do selling utimo crap. and still the money keeps coming and clients keep complaining but say he is the best there is for now.

So if you are on that list, you had better be making more money than this guy (who i refuse to mention cos i am sure some of his staff are on nairaland)

I have had similar experiences too. . . so all this, i am better than you, i have done this and that. . . does not really count at all, it is making the bucks that really matter. . .

Can we step back a little and look at software development as a whole and not just website development.

Who are those developing software from the ground up in the country.
What biz problem do these software solve? How robust is the software? How effective is there release and maintanance cycles? What kind of project management methodology are they adopting to ensure effective software delivery? etc . . .

It is the people behind things like these that we should be celebrating

website coding can be complex too, cos i have worked on standalone softwares and most times, i find it less challenging compared to web apps

you just write classes and methods with little or no logic, very boring same set of procedures.
apart from web application programming, you get to decide how the site will look and how beautiful u can make the site is just endless.

in no particular other,and based on the WEBMASTER section I name:

- yawa-ti-de
- DHTML
- nitation
- webdezzi
- Seun osewa (I know him in person, though he doesn't know me)
- kobojunkies
- diltony
- abidemi
- my2cents
- dani1luv
- and my humble self quadrillio

if u have any comment on this list please voice out !!!

i think u named 2 ppl twice

hey dezzi, that was supposed to be my line. . . how dare you say it before me? lol

So quadrillo only mentioned 7 ppl in total. . .

Erhm, out of curiosity, quadrillo why did you nominate diltony?

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmh good nominations they 4 this section oh abeg make i joine

@nitation,

Why do u have to include your username on every post you make here?



Whats the need?

Errm, i use to think it was part of his signature, until you mentioned it now. Aaaand yes,
it really is except that this one is automanual. . .but i lyke it sha, maybe i will adopt one
myself too one of these days

- nitation DHTML

thats how it's done in SA, 

really, am addicted to it, u dont have to move ur eyelid to the left to know who posted it, but it that not what the profile signature is meant for?

The guys at startupsnigeria.com need to be commended for making that list, since it seems to be drawing all types of Nigerian developers out of the woodwork

From Sam Milla -> all involved

Why have we suddenly decided to move from the topic to "NITATION'S writing his username on every post". I thought DHTML was supposed to correct every off-pointers?? Wetin come happen!

- nitation

nitation:

From Sam Milla -> all involved

Why have we suddenly decided to move from the topic to "NITATION'S writing his username on every post". I thought DHTML was supposed to correct every off-pointers?? Wetin come happen!

- nitation

Happens. . .everything, besides you are one of my nominees for best developer - so you are an important nominee on this thread as it is. . .

i should be on that list, do messaging applications count cos i have a client making a whooper from my sms-based application

I have not really seem your work though, but of course you can nominate yourself, afterall i did nominated myself twice already. . .
the audience will decide if you deserve to be there or not. . .

Weew this discussion is still on, so did you guys finalise on who are the top 100 best developers yet?

i think kazey and lagerwhenindoubt should be on my list

sorry for my error, I mark poeple by there contributions, so don't blame me if I  have a JEW on my list 

Nothing do you jare quadrillo, just that you nominated me twice - mistakenly i suppose. . .

Does it mean that if someone gets a forum like smf or vbulletin or chipmunk and just add the topics(without even changing any functionality), he/she becomes one of the top 100 developers?

Am curious. The gurus in the house please enlighten me

Well. . . .let the gurus in the house say there own. . .by the way, you can please forward your own list of nominees here. . .

The developer of this site should be on the list.

http://www.properties.adten.net

I remembered adding him to the list, if you are sure, then take a second look at my nominees list.

its funny how nigerians run their mouth !! How will DHTML nominate people, the list here is all about names, nothing else, all the people in the list are just empty vessels,

How will people be nominated without a worth-looking-at portfolio?

There are millions of web developers/designers out there, unnoticed for their hard work, u sit there and nominate template users, under-achieving students, nairaland freaks, , hmmmm, lets say less !! 

@DHTML, i just visited your website, and i was shocked ! Untidy codes, fixed until u get a W3C pass, you funny you know?
You guys should get a break, you still have a long long long way to go !

Visit  the CEOs of this wonderful fast growing companies for lectures

        Antigravity: http://www.antigravityinc.com/
        Gobbleabba: http://www.gobbleabba.com/
        Tobbbie: http://www.tobbbie.com/v2/?p=226
2Digits : http://2digitsweb.com/

That Tobbie guy definately has some very good graphic design skills.

@tiger: Interesting, calling oop valid some untidy codes how naive, it seems you cannot read my codes. . .and you call yourself an expert eh?
So you can design good graphics [clap for yourself], but can you cant obviously read my codes, as you have indirectly just said, sorry o.

And did i just hear you say that my website is not w3c valid [or you did not check out of your ignorance or blindness, please [url=http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://www.mwebng.net/;accept=text/xml,application/xml,application/xhtml%2Bxml,text/html;q%3D0.9,text/plain;q%3D0.8,image/png,*/*;q%3D0.5;accept-language=en-US,en;accept-charset=ISO-8859-1,*,utf-8]click here[/url] so your eyes will open?]

And lastly, it seems you are the empty vessel thunder fire your head, oloshi, i have not seen any positive contributions from you yet in this forum!

Buuuuut, i must admit you are correct about something, i still have a long way to go 'cos i am still a newbie. . .how many websites did you see
on my portfolio? maybe 3 or 4. . .

Even as you do this nomination, no vulgar words are allowed please. Just nominate without insulting others.

Abeg tell them, fear no let me nominate!

Sorry about that omnipotens, not my style, but the guy was yarning dust, and worse lying. . .which is a very shameless thing (amateur that cannot read simple oop codes), i had no choice but to take him out.

Hi guys,

@yawa, another fantastic post from you, you sure have depth, you are deeply appreciated again.

Now to the topic, I must confess I find it hard understanding what some names are doing on that list, for crying out loud, gbenga sesan is NOT a developer neither is Seun known for his development skill I respect seun's intellectual ability and innovative ideas but he is NOT a developer still.

Its also important we clarify that developing a website is FAR different from designing a website, one can be very good in graphic and be a dead head in writing codes.

I have worked with a guy who is a wizard in writing codes, he is just a crazy programmer but VERY poor at front end design, should we then crucify this guy because he lack a simple ability? should we crucify him for building on his strength and been the best in it?

In UK, people submit there best work in a contest and the submitted work is used in the voting process, not just names ,  Nigeria has got thousandsss of creative developers, and its absolute nonsense to just name names,  lets see there works ,

Remain creative my naija people.