What to Consider While Hiring .Net Software Developers
Finding a truly skilled developer can be difficult as there is a lack of tech talent, and this fact makes it even more difficult to find a developer who will match your requirements perfectly. In this article, we will cover how skills are needed to be an experienced and indeed talented developer and where to find the best freelancers for your projects.
What Is .Net Technology?
.Net Technology is an open-source software development framework that was created and maintained by Microsoft. One of the functions of .Net is to provide a controlled environment to build applications with different ranges of complicity for Windows, web, and phone.
Skills You Need to Look For in .Net Developers
Here we have managed a checklist with the .Net framework’s features that have to be considered while hiring the .Net Developer.
- .Net supports many different languages, which means the developer you want to hire should not only know but also have some experience in working with libraries and frameworks, such as Entity Framework, MVC, and ASP.NET Web API. Those frameworks are the most popular in commercial app building.
- As .Net is quite vast, it won’t be a big problem if the developer isn’t familiar with one of the frameworks you have mentioned in your description. If the developer is not familiar with this framework, .Net frameworks have many similar features (functional and structural), and migrating between these frameworks will not be a big problem if the developer is experienced in it as basic things are similar.
- If you need to find a senior-level developer, it is important to pay closer attention to their work experience. Commonly, senior developers have a lot more experience compared to junior-level developers and can tell more of what they have worked with.
To hire a skilled front-end .Net developer, you need to know if they have experience in such common frameworks as:
- Angular JS
- CSS
- HTML
- JavaScript
- Bootstrap.
Talking about back-end .Net developers, pay attention whether they know the following:
- .NET MVC
- .NET MVC
- Signal R.
Another thing to consider if the candidates have great experience in the next things:
- Object-oriented programming concepts
- .NET programming concepts
- Windows controls
- Windows workflow foundation.
Where to Look For .Net Developers
Finding an exceptional .Net developer may seem difficult at first, but it is not like that if knowing where to search. You can post job offers on the local sites or search through the CVs but finding the talented ones won’t be a useful step. To find exceptional developers you can reach them through different channels.
- GitHub. It is the largest global developers’ community where you can find skilled .Net developers.
- Stack Overflow. Another large developer’s community.
- Reddit. Searching through different groups and conversations there, it is possible to find those connected with development and .Net development particularly.
- Forums and groups. A good way of searching for developers is by looking through social media groups with programming topics.
The channels above are great options to look for a candidate to hire in-house. When you need a part-time engineer or a developer for a short-term project, you can consider hiring a freelancer on such platforms as Upwork. However, you may face a problem such as a lack of interest in the project. That’s why hiring a freelancer is not a good choice for long-term projects and core development.
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