The Startup Nation: 8 million people and over 6,000 startups
Do you remember ICQ? This instant messaging software used by over 100 million people worldwide was founded in Israel in 1996! Since then a lot has happened on the Israeli startup and innovation scene....
View ArticleCheck how your site looks on iPhone 6 (or any other mobile) without having to...
We all know how important it is for your website to look well on any device (our article on RWD here). So you may be wondering how to check the website on various devices without having to own them...
View ArticleDevHeroes – meetup for Ruby and JavaScript developers organized by Spark...
On April 12th, 2016 the historic, first DevHeroes meetup gathered a crowd of software engineers who decided to combine their superpowers for that one special evening. It was hosted by Campus Warsaw,...
View ArticleSpark Project Handbook, seriously!
This is work in progress. By no means over. First iteration. Enjoy! If you can… 1. Our goal is to deliver WORKING software in STAGES or iterations for which we have an agreed scope, timeline and budget...
View ArticleConfiguring Heroku, AWS S3 and Paperclip to work with a bucket outside of the...
A functionality of adding images to new or existing products is a must for any eCommerce application. This feature is also included in Spree and with a quick configuration works very well within the...
View ArticleWhy RWD is no longer an option but a must have for your e-commerce business?
You must have already heard about Responsive Web Design (RWD), which is basically about providing the user (customer) with a smooth experience through your website on any device. “Heading into 2016,...
View ArticleHow much should your MVP cost?
You want to build the Next Big Thing. And you have a pretty good idea how it should work, look & feel. Great, now it’s time to find a dev team to build your MVP. But how much should your MVP cost?...
View ArticleSpark Solutions leads Spree Commerce open source project development
Spark Solutions team leads Spree Commerce open-source development project. We’ve proposed the new Spree Commerce development roadmap for 2016 and we are coordinating community collaboration to make...
View ArticleThe Startup Nation: 8 million people and over 6,000 startups
Do you remember ICQ? This instant messaging software used by over 100 million people worldwide was founded in Israel in 1996! Since then a lot has happened on the Israeli startup and innovation scene....
View ArticleCheck how your site looks on iPhone 6 (or any other mobile) without having to...
We all know how important it is for your website to look well on any device (our article on RWD here). So you may be wondering how to check the website on various devices without having to own them...
View ArticleDevHeroes – meetup for Ruby and JavaScript developers organized by Spark...
On April 12th, 2016 the historic, first DevHeroes meetup gathered a crowd of software engineers who decided to combine their superpowers for that one special evening. It was hosted by Campus Warsaw,...
View ArticleSpark Project Handbook, seriously!
This is work in progress. By no means over. First iteration. Enjoy! If you can… 1. Our goal is to deliver WORKING software in STAGES or iterations for which we have an agreed scope, timeline and budget...
View ArticlePrepare your Ecommerce for Q4: Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Christmas
According to WSJ in 2016 Ecommerce accounted for 25% of all consumer spending over three days through Black Friday. That’s a huge deal, considering that Ecommerce share in all holiday retail sales in...
View ArticleApple Pay on the Web as of 2018
Ok, so you want to implement Apple Pay on your website? This article will uncover some pitfalls, tech-details, and gotchas of the implementation. There’s no end-to-end guide on how to implement it as...
View ArticleIntro to Flux from ReactJS Warsaw by Damian Legawiec Spark Solutions CEO
Our CEO Damian Legawiec has recently been invited to present at ReactJS Warsaw meetup attended by a few dozens front end developers. The presentation included the introduction to Flux as well as...
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Slack Integrations Guide: GitHub, Pivotal Tracker, Circle CI, Heroku, Rollbar
Slack is a great messenger app and a collaboration tool for teams that we at Spark Solutions are using on a daily basis for our internal and external communication purposes. It reduces email clutter...
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Spark Starter Kit: Rails, Spree, React, Webpack + Hot Reload and more
This week, thanks to the hard work of our CEO Damian Legawiec, we have open-sourced our very own kick-off bundle which we use as a starting point for all eCommerce and Rails related projects at Spark...
View ArticleHeroku cedar-14 end-of life? Use a Docker container!
If you’ve recently noticed a message “The cedar-14 stack end-of life window has begun as of May 1st, 2019” for your Heroku hosted apps you have two choices: upgrade your app or run it in a Docker...
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