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I have been disappointed quite a number of times while outsourcing to Naija programmers. Aside from knowing how to write one statement at a time(whc is all some ppl do), we need to have a standard too. Most people don''t use a pen and paper b4 they start coding. Some programmers dont even have a database schema before they start a web application project talk less of a plan. 99% of programmers i have interviewed are just bugs waiting to manifest. Most don't even know what SQL injection is.

The funny thing is that if your work speaks very well of you, your clients will raise your price. But here, we want to raise our prices without stepping up our game.
Its all about self development joor.

Try this in Naija and u will fry in Kirikiri maximum prison.

You need to connect to an API (HTTP or SMPP). Sending SMS requires you connect to a gateway or provider and create your web app according to their API specification.
If you are using PHP and with API like what you have here: http://www.estoresms.com/api
then you can use any of the following php commands to call up their http api:
file_get_contents
fsockopen
CURL

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"Broaden my mind"?
I have been using windows sing late 90's, i am not using it for games. My use is driven by productivity and so far, wine + playonlinux runs the few software that i cant get a linux equivalent for.

You also need to use Ubuntu 11.04 and its unity (Unity+compiz=outstanding) interface on a tablet pc or slate to see how poorly designed for the future windows 7 is.
As for me, there's nothing else windows can offer me for my work that i have not found on linux right now.

Best of all, its free + its virus free + its fine (compiz+unity) + its free + its touch friendly + its free + its fast + its free (did i mention that its free?)

I run Linux on my Laptop (Only Ubuntu linux no windows at all). I have also changed the official laptops of all my staff to Linux only. I couldn't continue with virus infested windows.
There's really not much difference because i run my windows exe files in linux.
I am typing this post on Firefox 5 on my Ubuntu Linux.
My entire company is now running on Open-source Ubuntu Linux 11.04 (Natty) and we are happy about it.

I dont like piracy so i am better off with Opensource.
In my own capacity, Linux is indispensable.

@sly, Its time we talk.
Are you up for consultancy? Contact me pls.

I meet an [b]o[/b]ld [b]f[/b]riend and he says he's a programmer now.

Me: Really? And what projects have you worked on? Languages? Technologies?
O.F: I'm more into web development

Me: Good. Whc technology or serverside do u do? Architecture? Frameworks?
O.F: Actually, I'm into Joomla. I develop websites with joomla. Do you know Joomla?

Me: Then you are not a programmer.
O.F: Yes i am, i have built a lot of sites and my works speak for me. Do you even know Joomla? ^{(Guy truns red)}

Me: Ok. No offense taken. Its just that i'm a professional programmer and i don't agree that a Joomla installer is a programmer.
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There are too many people who have never written a functional class or used a two/three dimensional array and yet call themselves programmers. There are junk certificate holder every where wasting my time by applying when there is vacancy.
After searching for competent support programmers for months, i gave up and decided to start training the programmers i will use tomorrow today. I now train my own programmers from scratch since all the good ones are overpriced (DHTML, Sly, Dual e.t.c).

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At last!

Afrisoft Interactive has finally concluded and sealed the months old negotiations with Gracesoft Nigeria over the part ownership of estoresms.com.
Afrisoft Interactive who developed estoresms.com for Gracesoft Nigeria, and has been providing technical support as a limited partner on estoresms.com since its inception is now a 50% owner of the giant bulk sms website which boasts of over 200 reseller websites, hundreds of sub-reseller websites and thousands of direct members.

The deal was sealed over the weekend at the meeting between Mr Femi Shoyebo (C.E.O of Gracesoft Nigeria), Mr Leke Ojikutu (MD/CEO of Afrisoft Interactive) and other relevant stakeholders.

The 8 month old estoresms.com has become a major sms provider in Nigeria. Estoresms.com is ranked #65,890 in the world according to the three-month Alexa traffic rankings. The site is relatively popular among users in the city of Lagos (where it is ranked #294) and 97.9% of its traffic come from Nigeria. estoresms.com is worth $36,201 USD according to siteworthchecker.com.
estoresms.com processes a minimum of 6 million sms messages monthly through her website, API, facebook APP and her text2group feature.

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Gracesoft Nigeria, an IT Firm and a subsidiary of McAdolph Technologies Limited has been in existence for over 5 years and has been involved in elearning projects and learning management systems. Gracesoft Nigeria is managed By Mr Femi Shoyebo and has deployed learning solutions to universities, polytechnics and other schools within Nigeria.

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Step 3. Choose a SMS provider and link to their API

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I think seun should create his own advert framework for Nairaland. He would be making more money than the percentage google adsense is paying him.
Come to think of it, all ads shown on NL are naija ads and google only pays a percentage of what they get.
I would rather advertise directly on Nairaland than do it through google who may be showing my ads on smaller Nigerian websites instead of Nairaland. or better still, i can advertise on the two with NL having higher priority.

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http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/11/joomla-quietly-crosses-23-million-downloads-now-powering-over-2600-government-sites/

So what is this “Joomla”, and why should you care about it? Joomla is a free, open source CMS, written in PHP that uses object-oriented programming, storing data in a MySQL database, and does page caching, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, search — things that every CMS should do.

And there are these impressive statistics: Joomla has now passed 23 million downloads, and currently stands at just over 23.5 million, to be precise. It owns 10.3 percent of the CMS market share, and BuiltWith shows it’s powering over 1.4 million websites. Joomla, for one, says that it’s impossible to know for sure, but estimates last year by FinishJoomla put that number between 1.5 and 2 million. Which admittedly seems small compared to the 23 million downloads.

Pure statistics are fine and dandy, but what’s led Joomla to become the second largest CMS on the Interwebs? This is an especially interesting question considering that, as an open source system, there is no figurehead or CEO pulling the strings, or making product decisions. Joomla is updated and expanded on, like WordPress(.org) and Drupal, by its community of developers. But unlike Matt Mullenweg of WordPress (who, incidentally, was named one of the 50 most important people on the Web by PC Magazine) there is no “face” of Joomla; instead, it has been collectively run by the nearly 250K developers that use Joomlacode.org, the resource in which developers can build open source software projects, tools and extensions, for Joomla users. (And there are currently nearly 8K extensions available for the Joomla platform.)

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In my opinion, the thread is targeted at CEOs and Investors who don't know anything and will be swayed by "10 years" worth of techologies to grow their business. Sadly those kinda people hardly come here.

I have to agree with that.

@sly

Off-Topic: Where have you been bro?

Got tired of one-time contracts and custom app dev. so i decided to build a self sustaining company and start developing commercial applications with international appeal. This took so much of my time initially but i got developers now and i have some viable commercial products too so i'm kinda getting my freedom back gradually.

I hold dhtml and slyrox in such high esteem and i find it difficult to reason with their method of approach to this thread. I believe they must have reacted because of the poster's topic.
We all started from somewhere b4 we got to where we can stand our grounds in web development 2day. I think the experienced programmers owe it a responsibility to correct upcoming developers in encouragement and not making jests and attacking their mistakes all because of our belief in our professional superiority.

How do we plan to encourage and mentor upcoming developers if all we do is make jest of their English anytime they try to sell their solution?

@poster
U need to be careful in selecting your topics lest u trample on people's ego because u may trigger an attack on your adverts and posts. Some people have spent years in developing their profile and take it personally if u talk down on them (developers).

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Dat one complex sotey i decide say i no go look.

Have you tried www.estoresms.com ? You can send sms for as low as N1 per sms.