Hire or Learn Javascript

I haven’t had much luck with programmers. I have been looking for a Javascript programmer for a few months now. I know I could go the scriptlance route but I need to find someone who I can work with on a consistent basis and I am not sure that scriptlance is the right place for that.

Right now our focus is on developing Browser Addons for Firefox. I understand Javascript a little and can usually modify it to fit my needs but starting something from scratch is daunting.

I thought I had hired a programmer a week or so ago only to check in with him and find that he had refunded my money due to personal reasons. While I appreciate the refund there was no email or anything. Just a note he sent with his refund via paypal.

I had a previous experience where the programmer just took the money and never delivered one line of code. That was a few years ago, and after this recent experience I am a little put off. I have tried to find a local programmer but with no luck.

Any advice?

Try the Sitepoint Marketplace. Be clear about what you want this person to do, what you’re expecting to pay and what sort of timeframe they’re looking at. You must make their responsibilities super-clear (e.g. whether they are to maintain/update code after the product is released).

By the way, one of the sub-forums under Manage Your Site would probably have been more appropriate for this, as this forum is more for questions about JavaScript itself.

Good advice. I have tried to be as clear as possible. I have always described the project as well as possible while also having it in writing in a Development Contract.

If this topic is more appropriate somewhere else hopefully someone will move it. :slight_smile: