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Seeking advice for finding freelance React.js coders

Hi!

I'm looking freelancers to help me with my React site. I've been looking for people on Upwork and asking around my network. How have you all found freelancers and how were your experiences?

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    As a freelancer, I frequently check r/forhire and Hacker News monthly freelancer/seeking freelancer threads.

    I find quality of clients and other freelancers much better there than on Upwork or Freelancer.com.

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    Upwork works fine. Pick wisely and pay attention to the reviews. PRO tip: it's better not to hire only 1 freelancer, because you'll bind yourself. Hire several part timers/full-timers, depends on the budget.

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    Asking around your network and finding recommendations is the best option.

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    I run the https://careermove.to. I can help you in finding React JS developers on a freelancing basis. Please reach out via email in my bio

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    I am an experienced full stack react engineer looking for contract based work. I'm also a founder and solo dev of https://zylitics.io. I created it entirely on my own after leaving full time job.

    Zylitics couldn't find paying customers, been long time I was living off savings. Currently looking to work with other cool startups to help them build the best quality products. I speak fluent english and can build complex apps from scratch. Please let me know.

    I had also worked full time on upwork during 2011-2013. You can check my feedback and earnings. Been a long time I took any work from upwork.

    https://www.upwork.com/o/profiles/users/~017cb43b86ecf6991a/

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      Praveen, I am just coming to the point where I need website testing. I have never done it and don't know what tools are available. Running Selenium doesn't appeal. Your service looks interesting.

      Who are your competitors and what is your differentiator?

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        Hi Max,

        Thanks for taking a look. There are some competitors such as https://www.katalon.com but most of them have very broad range of products, are not actually all-in-one and don't make it easy for users to write tests.

        Zylitics is a true all-in-one test platform. It allows anyone to jump straight into testing right from a web browser. It has built-in infrastructure to run tests (products like browserstack provide infrastructure) and provide very easy to use DSL that makes test writing really easy. Any complexity of application can easily be tested using built-in function. Waiting , error handling, selenium surprises all are internally covered. You get a clean, concise and readable test.

        Once tests are written, just choose the browser and OS where you want the test to run. A VM with same capabilities is turned on in the cloud, runs the tests and sends real time output/live preview of the test right to the browser where test is running.

        Any number of tests can be run at the same time. When test suite is large enough and one needs to finish builds quickly, tests can be run in parallel on multiple VMs.

        All this happens from a web browser. No installation or setup required. I've written an extensive documentation for writing tests for any use case.

        Zylitics is built for people who have never tested before or have little experience with it. There is small learning curve that comes at a point when you need to test complex parts of a web app.

        If you want to learn more and really interested, we can jump on a call to show you more.

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          I can definitely see a need for a service like yours. Mty stackmuncher.com is a huge static HTML site. I will be adding a VueJS front-end soon. Hence my testing worries :)

          I'm curious if there is a more lightweight way of running those tests other than in a VM?
          Do you know why you couldn't attract paying customers?

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            Thanks for the appreciation, it means a lot. Testing is really important for every business, large or small. Most ppl don't understand it's value and their biz suffer. I am glad you're not one of them :)

            Reasons behind using a VM:

            1. Zylitics supports multiple browsers and OS. Those tests can't run headless and require a desktop to be attached with the machine that runs it (virtual desktop)
            2. I wanted to give ppl ability to watch the test while they're running on remote VMs. It helps in debugging a lot. To be able to capture the test (the desktop of machine), VM must run only 1 test at a time.
            3. To cut the VM startup time while building tests, Zylitics first look for an already running VM, if available it connects to that which happens very quickly(under 10sec).
            4. User is charged only for the number of second VM was running, every plan has a fixed number of minutes.

            I feel the main reason behind that was 'code'. I learned that ppl prefer no-code tools and hate learning just anything. There are tools that build tests by reading clicks and keystrokes but those tests are not reliable enough and breaks whenever there are little changes to page. Writing own test is super safe and can be done in a way that small page changes don't affect the test, even if some changes affect, its very easy to change own written code rather than letting a tool identify change, open up the change location in page and ask user to do x thing again.

            Another reason was low marketing. I was new to communities, had almost no twitter following when I completed Zylitics and couldn't reach many people who might be interested in it. I didn't do enough validation of the concept as well.

            btw, stackmuncher could be a very useful tool.

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              Can i get it as an AMI on AWS, Azure or any other cloud?
              Not sure I'd want to watch the tests. I just want to know PASS/FAIL/WHY FAIL. I could be wrong on this one, though.

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                Zylitics is a browser based tool. Watching is optional, can be closed (when build are not run from IDE, preview doesn't auto start).

                I didn't understand that. The way it works, tests need to live within Zylitics, it contacts our own infrastructure and start a VM that runs test. Once test completed, you can go back and see results.

                Did you mean you want entire service as an AMI to run at your own cloud? That's not possible.

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                  What are your reasons behind getting it as an AMI? What problems you may find if you run it using Zylitics itself?

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              It's free for personal use if you want to give it a try

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    I run the agency that helps clients set up a remote tech team. I can help you in finding one React JS dev on a freelancing basis.

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