Many web designers and software engineers get hung up (and waste countless hours) in pointless philosophical debates about the advantages of one great thing over another. They talk knowledgeably on a range of subjects, and leave the uninitiated confused about all of them.
What Excites Us
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At Egghead we have one driving factor in what we choose to use: what is going to enable us to provide the best service to our clients? That means we value:
- Productivity - anything which saves us time saves you money
- Reliability - your website has to work for you 24/7
- Security - both in terms of keeping the hackers out, and in terms of working with products we know that are supported by stable manufacturers
- Speed - what can we do to make your visitor experience slick?
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Our Choices
In order to tick all those boxes, we use Microsoft development products (as these currently seem to have the highest level of developer productivity), Adobe web design products and graphics software. Our servers (see: how we host websites) use Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server database products. Under the hood, we use:
- ASP.NET 1.1, 2.0 & 3.5
- IIS 6.0 / 7.0
- MS SQL 2005 / 2008
- CSS
- AJAX
- Silverlight