While a NetSuite consultant brings functional expertise to the table, a NetSuite developer does more of the behind-the-scenes work of building the actual NetSuite instance for your company through code customizations. NetSuite developers and NetSuite consultants work closely with each other, and many individuals will act both as a NetSuite developer and a NetSuite consultant. However, it is helpful to think of the developer role separately from the consultant role in order to better understand the value of a high-performing NetSuite developer.
You have probably heard that NetSuite ERP supports many modules that integrate seamlessly to create a unified business management system for your company. Sounds like a great way to manage a business, right?
A NetSuite developer's job is to take a client's objectives and turn those ideas into programs and extensions within a NetSuite environment. While NetSuite is highly customizable and can be tailored to meet your business's specific needs, you need a good NetSuite developer to get the job done right and ensure a high-performing system. We ensure you get the business management experience you are looking for by helping you connect different NetSuite Modules, make necessary customizations, and plug in NetSuite integrations when helpful.
Much of a NetSuite developer's job involves working in a developer account or sandbox account to make changes to SuiteScript with the help of NetSuite APIs. Using a base language called "JavaScript", NetSuite developers can introduce "SuiteScript 2.0" and create all the features to be introduced into their website and NetSuite ERP back office.
The best NetSuite developers have extensive experience and knowledge in all the different types of SuiteScripts to have a tool belt ready for any NetSuite customization. For instance, not all newer NetSuite developers have made a Suitelet, which can sometimes be a key ingredient for custom NetSuite tools. SuiteScript goes beyond minor automation; you can create web pages and maneuver data to meet your exact needs.
Many NetSuite Developers have Bachelor's degrees in one of the following:
However, NetSuite developers come from a variety of academic backgrounds. Developers can also pursue NetSuite certifications to demonstrate their knowledge and expertise across different areas of the platform. Visit our About page to learn about our NetSuite implementation team's diverse educational backgrounds and the NetSuite certifications our team holds. (Spoiler: We collectively hold all available NetSuite Certifications).
A good NetSuite developer can accept complex assignments, analyze problems, and provide effective solutions. NetSuite developers excel at translating customer business requirements and business goals into workable business solutions within NetSuite. This requires deep knowledge of NetSuite functionality and the coding that brings about this functionality. Great NetSuite developers are highly skilled at coding in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and SuiteScript and have experience working with SuiteCommerce Advanced source code. A good NetSuite developer is able to bring their clients peace of mind by offering effective solutions through customizations and apps that will meet business needs in a cost-effective manner.
A good NetSuite developer will work with consultants to discern how NetSuite can best fulfill a company's needs. Through the implementation process, the NetSuite developer builds and deploys automation, customizations, and integrations in NetSuite ERP to meet business needs, industry-specific processes, and regulatory requirements. Even after go-live, you can count on a good NetSuite developer to help you scale your NetSuite configuration through additional integrations and NetSuite Apps as your company grows. The goal of a NetSuite developer is to help NetSuite form around a business to automate daily tasks while retaining data integrity.
Working with a good NetSuite developer can make a world of difference in how a project goes. Here's what a few of our own clients had to say about working with our developers here at Anchor Group:
Anchor Group is an awesome company to use for NetSuite development. I had the pleasure to work with Grant Steele and his team on setting us some automation projects and they were great! Working with Grant made this process move smoothly, timely and wasn't a project that was dreaded.
Jamie Davison
Operations Manager / Altus Brands
Want to learn about our project with Altus Brands? Check out the case study we wrote on the project: How a B2C Ecommerce Retailer Saved $40k/yr with NetSuite Automation >
Anchor Group quickly came up with a solution for us and started working on discovery and development immediately after our first call. The solution they delivered has transformed the way we process these orders. What began as a process that could take up to 8 hours a day now is fully automated. We now receive orders and have them in NetSuite immediately.
Seth Rossi
Systems Coordinator / FireKing Baking Company
Want to learn about our project with FireKing Baking Company? Check out the case study we wrote on the project: Converting Customer Emails to Automated Orders >
A Certified NetSuite Developer brings technical NetSuite knowledge to projects involving customizations, automation, integrations, and SuiteScript. At Anchor Group, our NetSuite developers work alongside functional consultants and project managers to determine the best solution for each business need. Functional consultants identify native NetSuite features that can meet the requirement, project managers keep the work aligned with business objectives, and developers execute complex customizations through SuiteScript when development is needed.
To learn more about the different NetSuite certifications available and the expertise associated with each, check out our article on Understanding NetSuite Certifications.
With a NetSuite Developer account, NetSuite partners like Anchor Group can customize NetSuite without seeing your sensitive company data. NetSuite developer accounts have all the same features as your business' production account and do not contain any account customizations or production data. Instead, a developer account can be populated with only the data necessary for developing and testing. Developers also use sandbox accounts and multiple sandbox accounts, which are similar to NetSuite developers accounts but with added layers of tools for developing and testing customizations within NetSuite. Plus, it already has a carbon copy of your production data. Both a developer account and a sandbox account are heavily utilized while coding SuiteScript for your business.
At Anchor Group, our developers use NetSuite sandbox environments to build and test SuiteScript, customizations, workflows, and integrations without disrupting live business operations. We test changes against real business processes in sandbox, resolve issues there, and then move validated changes into production.
Though they can often be confused with each other, NetSuite Developers and NetSuite Administrators perform very different roles. The job of a NetSuite administrator is to manage the NetSuite ERP. This includes managing users, roles, permissions, and knowing how to use functions such as reports, saved searches, workflows, and other UI based tools built inside of NetSuite.
While NetSuite Administrators and NetSuite Developers both have some control over the website features, the extent and type of feature management these roles have are quite different. NetSuite Administrators can turn on and off certain features included within the code of their NetSuite instance. However, if they want more features added to the code of their NetSuite System, they will need to hire NetSuite developers to integrate new NetSuite Modules or third-party NetSuite Apps.
If you need help with SuiteScript, customizations, integrations, automation, or other NetSuite development work, our team can help. Contact us anytime anytime to discuss your project. Anchor Group is a certified Oracle NetSuite Alliance Partner & Commerce Partner providing NetSuite development services across the United States, so whether you are located in Indianapolis, Honolulu, or somewhere in between, we've got you covered.
Here's what a past customer says about working with our developers:
Here's what a past customer says about working with us:
Don’t second guess, don’t doubt, and just hire them. I’ve worked with a few development companies and web firms, for some of them the price decides how much they’re going to build and how much they’re going to bring in. The great thing is Anchor Group NetSuite Consultants and Developers don’t give me that feeling. Instead, they make me feel like I’m in safe hands. I’m more excited working with them than anybody else.
Omar Sader
Systems Administrator / Perfume Price
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