We’re once again hiring at Barefoot. If you or someone you know is a black belt Rails developer, then please drop us a line.

Barefoot has an immediate opening for a Senior Web Application Developer. We’d like you to have 5 years experience developing database-driven, dynamic web sites. We’re strong in a number of technologies, the primary ones being Ruby on Rails, PHP and .NET. You need to be very strong in Rails, and if you’ve got substantial experience in a second language, bonus points. You’ll need to be able to point us to multiple Rails sites in production. Strong SQL application development experience is also a must. You’ve also got to be at least comfortable with client-side Web development (JavaScript, CSS, XHTML), although that won’t be the main part of your job. You’ll receive excellent benefits and a salary commensurate with your experience. To apply, send your resume, and URLs to recruiting@thinkbarefoot.com.

Emil Stenström recently wrote about his experiences with Microsoft Sharepoint 2007 (MOSS) entitled, Sharepoint 2007 from an interface developer’s view. This is a task that I am currently undertaking at work, and I couldn’t agree more with his point of view that if you really want a CMS with a custom UI, then you should avoid Sharepoint if at all possible.

I order to progress within this project, I have been forced to revert to the HTML methodologies of yore (table-based layouts in particular), and to write messy code that I am not proud to call my own. I have however manged to produce a somewhat clean Masterpage, and have been able to keep the majority of the presentation coding within the CSS files. Working on this intranet site however, does make me VERY appreciative that the majority of the projects that I’m working on these days are built in Rails.