Archive for the ‘Development’ Category

Advantages of using Visual Basic for Applications over Macros

Posted by admin on February 13th, 2010 under Development  •  No Comments

Microsoft Access allows users to easily create and manipulate databases. While it has many useful features, there are times when you have to customize certain tasks due to functionality requirements. Due to this, many users resort to using Macros.
Macros are a set of stored commands. Usually repetitive tasks can be locked down in macros and [...]

Top “rookie” Open Source Languages

Posted by admin on February 4th, 2010 under Development  •  No Comments

Black Duck, a software-license code analysis vendor constantly evaluates open source software. Recently their list of top “rookie” open source software was released.
The winner was Google’s Android OS and closely followed by a variety of gaming, cloud computing and healthcare based software. The list is mainly compiled to be a fun event rather than provide [...]

Go - Google’s own programming language

Posted by admin on February 4th, 2010 under Development  •  No Comments

When it comes to products from Google, users have come to expect groundbreaking innovative revelations. Go, a programming language designed by Google, has not made that mark quite yet.
At the very basic level, Go is a remake of object-oriented C, but it does have some interesting features. Designed primarily with Google programmers in mind, it [...]

Restrictions on the iPhone Application Development

Posted by admin on January 31st, 2010 under Development  •  No Comments

If you are interested in developing applications for the Apple iPhone there are few things you should keep in mind. The underlying theme is that Apple does things the way it does, because it works for them. This does not necessarily mean that the Apple’s processes are the best or that they are flexible enough [...]

Learn a Programming Language

Posted by admin on January 31st, 2010 under Development  •  No Comments

The view that most people have of programming is that code equals Greek. This assumption occurs because these languages cannot be understood by people. Even after studying it for some time, it still does not make sense. What is aggravating is that code written in English is extremely irritating for people who cannot make head [...]

The C Programming Language

Posted by admin on January 23rd, 2010 under Development  •  No Comments

Assembly languages were a popular choice amongst programmers sometime ago when writing code for Operating System or Processor related tasks. This is because high-level programming languages are not adept at handling such tasks in an efficient manner, and are designed to develop applications and thus are very good at “talking” to the OS but not [...]

Which is a Better Choice - Dreamweaver or Visual Studio?

Posted by admin on January 22nd, 2010 under Development  •  No Comments

When it comes to creating a website, the question of finding a suitable application to develop the site pops up almost at the outset. Inevitably, the choice always lies between Microsoft Visual Studio and Adobe Dreamweaver. While the latter is more popular, Visual Studio is no slouch when it comes to developing a site.
Always under [...]

SharePoint - The New Face of Your Enterprise Architecture

Posted by admin on January 14th, 2010 under Development  •  No Comments

The focus of software today has moved from a “one size fits all” philosophy to more a specialized one. This means that each piece of software does exactly what it is supposed to do and does it well. When it comes to collaborating work, this is both a great advantage and a great stumbling block [...]

How to Make Facebook Applications

Posted by admin on January 13th, 2010 under Development  •  No Comments

Facebook is now easily the world’s number one social networking application in the online world. Current estimates have the number of active users at 65 million, a number that is still growing. One way to harness this growth for yourself is to develop a Facebook application. The reasons for this can be anything ranging from [...]

Average E-Commerce Transaction Rates - Improving Tools

Posted by admin on January 8th, 2010 under Development  •  No Comments

When developing your E-commerce website it is easy to get lost in SEO, SEM, traffic and conversion rates. While all of these are of importance, you should also concentrate on the average e-commerce transaction rate as well. Not giving this any proper thought will have you going out of business because you do have a [...]