Traditional product development is generally conducted in one "right" way, making it easy when it comes to predictability and reproduction. However, the process of software development isn’t an exact science, where there is just one right way to do things. The software development process is a lot like art,
Read MoreWe’re spoilt for choice and drowning in tools. Merely sorting through all of it feels like a job in itself. It’s overwhelming. We get it. We all understand how each platform comes with its unique capabilities, features, and behavior. However, everybody is dabbling in multi-platform apps today, so
Read MoreWe all understand how hard it is to build a product. Creating something people want to buy is the act of walking a tightrope, balancing the bulk of the work while avoiding technological dead ends and keeping an eye on the new trends adopted by your fickle minded users. And
Read MoreWe address just about any engineer or designer who writes code as a software developer. It encompasses a junior-level developer working on low-level code to experienced developers who have experience in engineering an entire solution for their clients. So you see how the prices attached to a junior software developer
Read MoreMilking out profits merely from products isn’t how it used to be. Today, consumers have access to enough choices, thanks to the Internet and global distribution. Good for them, but not so great for the rest of us, selling those products. Companies are beginning to see that products only
Read MoreToday, jQuery is the most popular JavaScript library both within and outside the Rails community. It's small, fast, cross-platform and rich in feature JavaScript library, designed to uncomplicate the client-side scripting of HTML. Making things like the document traversal and manipulation, animation, AJAX and event handling in HTML straightforward with
Read MoreWith every aspect of business going digital today, business owners and entrepreneurs must focus on reaching out to more customers through this medium. While several professionals have focused on creating websites, some have overlooked the value of increased smartphone usage. Mobile Users Rise Dramatically Globally New figures from eMarketer predict
Read MoreIt seems like every other startup has added a Docker angle to their pitch. Many developers choose Rails because it allows them to be productive very quickly, but this can come with the tradeoff of dependency, frustration with version management and databases, and file size bloat. Docker helps alleviate a
Read MoreWith so many mobile apps out there, you may wonder how exactly your business is going to manage standing out from the crowd. Between the cost, the technical know-how and the number of choices available, it becomes confusing with all the noise. Here's what you need to know about mobile
Read MoreWhile the average phone in America is quite powerful, in emerging markets devices are still, in many ways, limited. Even so, the same software runs across it all. Now IoT devices, which are about five to seven years behind smartphones, have a similar trajectory, but their diversity in CPUs and
Read MoreDevelopers are more than aware that the path from an idea scribbled on a napkin to a functional, scalable product let alone a prototype isn’t exactly a question of well-mapped steps. They’re journeys. Complex ones. Prototypes and deployments can tank even while employing straightforward technologies and support from
Read MoreElasticsearch is a powerful and flexible open source, distributed, real-time search, and analytics engine. It’s the gold standard in search technologies. It’s built on top of the Apache Lucene library and provides a robust, RESTful HTTP interface for querying and indexing massive amounts of structured data. Right out
Read MoreLet me introduce you to the loop. It starts with an internal trigger (you were bored and while browsing, came across this blog) or an external trigger (an app notification). This is followed by an action in response to the trigger (you click the link or the app) and a
Read MoreMany impossibilities of yesterday are possible today. Today’s impossibilities, centered around Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) will soon become possible. You see, the impossibility isn’t whether they work, rather it's about taking them mainstream. So the real question is, how good does it have to be
Read MoreDon’t expect people to buy your product unless it is truly revolutionary. Not at first, anyway. When you start your SaaS business, you’ll soon discover that you’re just another product in the universe of fast-paced tech and innovative ideas. Starting out, not many might recognize your company’
Read MoreWe understand the effort and time that goes into building a product, but do you understand the effort and time it takes to get people to care enough about your product to buy it? It is a long trek many aspiring entrepreneurs don’t fully consider or understand. In fact,
Read MoreWhen designing for multiple platforms, the most significant challenge is balancing the consistency of functionality and branding with the conventions of individual platforms. iOS, Android, Web, and others all contain their own unique guidelines, users, and devices. Without the right balance, your app may end up hard to use or
Read MoreIn theory, the Product Manager’s job is a one person job. But in practice, overseeing the development of a larger, complex product is a shared effort. The role of each product manager varies according to many dynamics. The type of company, the size of the company, the type of
Read MoreThe argument around SQL vs. NoSQL is nothing but the comparison of relational vs. non-relational databases. The difference lies in how they’re built, the kind of information they store, and how they store it. Relational databases are structured, while non-relational databases are document-oriented and distributed. For more than four
Read MoreThe success of your company is a reflection of the total value of your team. This was never an individual journey. However, hiring the right people is easier said than done and hasty hires who don’t fit the role impacts your ability to scale. Small businesses especially understand how
Read MoreThere is a growing pressure for every app to be available on both Android and iOS devices. The issue we are faced with now is how to gracefully port an app from one to the other. Though attempts like Google's J2ObjC have been made, there has never been a straightforward
Read MoreExecutives are increasingly facing the task of balancing the advantages of productivity gains against significant concerns about security and compliance as enterprises move their applications and data to the cloud. Security in the cloud is nothing like the security in your corporate data center. When you have no real physical
Read MoreToday, our phones are smarter, the internet is a lot more accessible, and even our pets have connected accessories. These devices aren’t all built by prominent organizations. Most are associated with young engineers, programmers and up until now, obscurely funded start-ups. With a decent grasp of programming and equipped
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