What is the usual rate for CodeIgniter developers?
Portrayed below is a comparative illustration of the average annual and hourly local rates of CodeIgniter developers from four different countries. All information about annual and hourly rates are based on the Neuvoo website.
| |
Average CodeIgniter Developer's Annual Salary |
Average CodeIgniter Developer’s Hourly Rate |
| United Kingdom |
GBP 40,000 |
GBP 20.51 |
| United States |
USD 54, 987 |
USD 28.20 |
| Canada |
CAD 37,050 |
CAD 19.00 |
| Australia |
AUD 66,961 |
AUD 29.48 |
To be more efficient in operation costs and the recruitment process, a lot of new start-ups and established tech firms are using the services by IT outsourcing providers.
Here at Cloud Employee, we understand the need for businesses to find alternative solutions that effectively reduce costs and time without sacrificing their expanding operations. To make IT outsourcing in the United Kingdom and throughout the globe more accessible, we offer competitive industry rates for hiring the best offshore CodeIgniter developers in the fastest amount of time possible.
For more information about outsourcing developers for your next software project, here’s a helpful blog about offshore developer rates.
What interview techniques should you use to hire the best CodeIgniter developers?
When employing the best CodeIgniter developers, it’s essential to keep in mind the goal of the interview is to evaluate your potential candidate’s skills and understanding within the time of the interview.
Here are some helpful tips for interview questions and techniques that you can apply to determine the best CodeIgniter developer for you and your tech project.
Design questions aimed at effective evaluation
It’s important to ask the interviewee inquiries that help you evaluate them with fixed criteria in mind. Your questions should help you assess if the candidate meets and hopefully exceed, said criteria. For example, based on their answers, do they present beliefs and culture that aligns with your company’s values and goals and, of course, do they meet the competencies and expectations of the role as a CodeIgniter developer for your project.
You can easily determine other important points by asking questions. The first is knowing the depth of their knowledge and understanding. It’s encouraged to ask about their previous projects as it’s a surefire way to know their technical skills in practical applications. Another thing to note is how they talk about their recent tech project and how well do the CodeIgniter candidates explain concepts that aren’t within the wheelhouse of a non-technical person’s perspective.
The second thing to also note is their communication skills. As developers, they are often relegated to the front of the screen, and some work way into the odd hours of the day. This essentially impedes their social skills and are often stereotyped as shy and very quiet. Regardless of these common stereotypes about developers, the level of their communication skills are still important. It’s encouraged to pay close attention to the non-verbal cues exhibited by the CodeIgniter candidate throughout the interview. A few things to note would be their tone of voice, body language, their posture, frequency in eye contact and their use of hand gestures. It’s indicative of how comfortable they are interacting and how they handle being the centre of attention. Their soft skills are still equally important as this helps avoid any foreseeable miscommunication if they are adept with conversing with you and possibly bring up problems that might arise throughout the duration of your tech project.
Conduct technical tests
For any highly technical position, such as a CodeIgniter developer, it’s strongly encouraged to hold online programming tests for them as these further assess their depth of knowledge, experience, and critical thinking skills through real-time practical application.
By the end of these tests and interviews, choosing your CodeIgniter candidate who is more qualified than at face value will always be the wisest choice as they should be able to assess any problem that arises, effectively troubleshoot and be communicable when the problem is more complex and requires help.
Here are some sample questions that you can ask your candidates.
Q: How can you remove index.php from URL in CodeIgniter?
A: Follow below steps to index.php from URL in Codeigniter
Step 1: Open config.php and replaces
$config['index_page'] = "index.php" to $config['index_page'] = ""
and
$config['uri_protocol'] ="AUTO" to $config['uri_protocol'] = "REQUEST_URI"
Step 2: Change your .htaccess file to
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|[Javascript / CSS / Image root Folder name(s)]|robots\.txt)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]
Q: How will you add or load a model in CodeIgniter?
A: In Codeigniter, models will typically be loaded and called from within your controller methods. To load a model you will use the following method:
$this->load->model('model_name');
If your model is located in a sub-directory, include the relative path from your model’s directory. For example, if you have a model located at application/models/blog/Posts.php you’ll load it using:
$this->load->model('blog/Posts');
Once your Model loaded, you will access its methods using an object with the same name as your controller:
Example
class Blog_controller extends CI_Controller {
public function blog()
{
$this->load->model('blog');
$data['query'] = $this->blog->get_last_ten_entries();
$this->load->view('blog', $data);
}
}
Q: What are the Sessions in CodeIgniter? How to read, write or remove session in CodeIgniter?
A: Sessions in CodeIgniter
In CodeIgniter Session class allows you to maintain a user’s “state” and track their activity while they are browsing your website.
In order to use session, you need to load Session class in your controller.
$this->load->library(‘session’); method is used to sessions in CodeIgniter
$this->load->library('session');
Once loaded, the Sessions library object will be available using:
$this->session
Reading session data in CodeIgniter
Use $this->session->userdata(); method of session class to read session data in CodeIgniter.
Usage
$this->session->userdata('your_key');
You can also read a session data by using the magic getter of CodeIgniter Session Class
Usage
$this->Session->item
Where an item is the name of the key you want to retrieve.
Creating a session in CodeIgniter
Session’s Class set_userdata() method is used to create a session in CodeIgniter. This method takes an associative array containing your data that you want to add in session.
Example
$newdata = array(
'username' => 'johndoe',
'email' => '[email protected]',
'logged_in' => TRUE
);
$this->session->set_userdata($newdata);
If you want to add userdata one value at a time, set_userdata() also supports this syntax:
$this->session->set_userdata('some_name', 'some_value');
Removing Session Data
Session’s Class unset_userdata() method is used to remove a session data in CodeIgniter. Below are example usages of same.
Unset particular key
$this->session->unset_userdata('some_key');
Unset an array of item keys
$array_items = array('username', 'email');
$this->session->unset_userdata($array_items);
How can Cloud Employee help you?
Cloud Employee is an IT outsourcing company that links startups, tech companies and SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) to the wide pool of tech talents here in the Philippines. We help businesses hire offshore CodeIgniter developers without the risks, and it is a fast and simple process.
It’s easy to assemble your offshore development team. Simply contact us and send your tech talent requirements, and our team will scout for the CodeIgniter developer who best fits your requirements. Afterwards, we send a shortlist of suggested candidates and you personally handpick whom to interview. We also offer free technical tests, you simply need to request for one and Cloud Employee will do the rest. After evaluating the candidates, you choose which CodeIgniter developer will be a part of your offshore development team.
Here at Cloud Employee, your offshore CodeIgniter developer works exclusively for you and your project. They report directly to you and work at mirrored hours as if they are a part of your in-house developer team.
As your reliable outsourcing partner, our services do not just stop at the recruitment process. We provide your offshore CodeIgniter developer with a clean and comfortable designated workspace, with full daily IT support, and fast internet connection. We also handle matters such as HR, general administrative functions, and back-office tasks so you can prioritise on your tech project.
Your skilled offshore CodeIgniter developer can help you build your web application project. With Cloud Employee you can hire CodeIgniter developers with a broad range of skill sets including PHP, MySQL, SQL, PHPUnit Testing framework, web frameworks such as Laravel, Yii, and Zend, CMS and e-commerce platforms such as WordPress, Drupal, Magento, WooCommerce, Shopify.
What is the dedicated hiring model?
The Dedicated Hiring Model integrates the dedicated offshore team you choose with your existing in-house development team, basically reducing the chances of any project’s design and architecture. This gives clients close control over all aspects of the outsourcing partnership; from the hiring process up to the team management, all standards set by clients are to be implemented.
Because of its flexible nature, it’s considered as one of the best engagement models. You can request for tech talents, resources, and types of equipment at any given time corresponding to the requirements of the project. The Dedicated Hiring Model allows the in-house team to scale up or down with ease.
Another thing to remember is the payment method. It’s now more convenient for you, you would only have to pay once which already includes the offshore team member’s monthly salary and the outsourcing provider’s service fee.
Pros
- Perfect for a long-term project with undefined project scope; can also work with short-term projects with a defined project scope.
- Predictable budget despite an indefinite project scope.
- You will have full access and control over the whole recruitment process, selection of candidates, and management of the offshore team.
- Product quality can be monitored, assessed and guaranteed.
- The offshore team gains more in-depth knowledge and understanding of the client’s objectives, goals, standards, and expectations.
- The offshore team exclusively works for you throughout the project scope.
The Dedicated Hiring Model is perfect for businesses that:
- Prefer to work with dedicated Drupal developers for their current and upcoming future projects.
- Prefer to reduce expenses in terms of searching for specific talents, and the recruitment process.
- Require flexibility in a team’s workload and scalability especially during the project’s development.
At Cloud Employee, your dedicated team of Drupal developers is dedicated to you and mirrors your preferred working hours. This means that both you and the offshore development team can work together at the same time, and ultimately reduce any miscommunication issues and foreseeable inconveniences. Your offshore Drupal team can also use your preferred software, tools, and standards, making them a more effective part of your team.
Combining the Dedicated Hiring Model and Cloud Employee’s extensive experience in the IT outsourcing industry, we came up with a business model that is truly unique and effective. This business model has simplified the recruitment process, made working practices more flexible, and bridged the gap between in-house and offshore teams, all for a competitive industry rate. We believe that our business model works better than any of its IT outsourcing competition.
