Monday 23 January 2012

The Future of Web Applications


The future of software industry lies in web applications that are used to showcase business plans and procedures implemented on the Web. The medium through which these applications are used are user services, business services and data services.

Many business to business interactions are done through web applications over secure networks. There is an increasing popularity of web applications because many overseas companies intend outsourcing their projects which requires well defined web applications. Developers sitting seven seas away can deploy an application on the Internet and you may work from the other end. Huge applications can be uploaded from wherever you are and accesses from anywhere in the world.

Web applications are popular in all industry verticals like finance, software, hospitals, hotels, schools and many others. The basic web applications or web designs are created in HTML, DHTML and some sites use COM components and Java applets. These basic websites then move further using business logic and with a wide range of web scripting in Java/PHP/.NET. As the requirements become complex the website owners choose programming languages like PERL, CORBA etc to perform complex actions through web interface.

Web applications become even more sophisticated and complex when data needs to be saved, stored, retrieved and update information at higher levels. Databases are the most convenient way to organize the entire data in a systematic fashion.

Web design and development has taken a new turn over the last few years with more businesses choosing to use web applications. It is also useful to understand that these businesses also care for their web presence and optimize the web presence by using many methods in search engine optimization (SEO). Web design/application can succeed highly if we spend a few hours every day on optimizing the site.

Search engine optimization (SEO) yields high results in terms of an increase in number of visitors and revenue. More visitors to the site mean more traffic and this translates into more business and their revenue increases. A good design appeals to the visitors’ eye and good content to his senses. A well optimized site appeals to the crawlers and throws up in the search with relevant keywords. The present online business state of affairs demands an increasing need for today's businessmen to escalate business and its presence from existing phase to the next phase. Therefore web presence should be in existence to gain maximum customers’ reach.

Tuesday 17 January 2012

Outsourcing Software Development to India


In this world of ever changing technologies web design and web applications have stood the test of time in software development. Software development companies have mushroomed in India over the years but only some have withstood the times of recession, turmoil, growth and so on. This is so because of the fundamental organizational skills in the companies.

Web application development is a vast arena where design and development are the key words. What appeals to your immediate eye is the front end design with images, text, digital media and interactive elements. But to present this web designers use markup language, usually HTML for structure and CSS for presentation. Designers may use JavaScript for interactivity to develop pages that web browsers can read.

In a web application there can be many pages linked from a main home page. These links are known as hyperlinks commonly in blue color and underlined to catch the attention of a visitor. Images can also be linked with the help of hyperlinks. A dynamic website or otherwise known as a web application may be built using any or many technologies such as Ajax, Java, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET, CSS, Cold Fusion, JavaScript, Perl, Ruby or Ruby on Rails and so on. There is no dearth of technologies that could go into building of a web application. Software development companies per se have designers and developers who can cause applications effectively to enable a smooth functioning of your business. Each business has a specific requirement and one application may not suit all. It is imperative for a developer to understand the requirement and develop the application to meet the business needs.

Software development industry in India has thrived on the needs of the various industries. Countries from the west depend largely on the software industry in India. Hyderabad stands a good bet for software needs of the businesses of the west. Much of their requirements are outsourced to India in general and Hyderabad in particular as this works out cheaper compared to all other options.

A related and a supporting area to web applications is Search Engine Optimization (SEO) that has found a firm footing in the software industry in India. This effectively optimizes your web application and enhances your revenues in the form of frequent visitors to your site for business. This is a monthly activity that is carried out as a part of Internet Marketing to make your Internet presence felt.

Monday 9 January 2012

Web Application Development is a Boon to Users Worldwide


World-Wide Web was initially envisaged as a means for transporting documents. It is now being used as a platform for sophisticated interactive applications relocating the conventional methods. Web applications present abundant benefits like remote access, quick work, access too many people spread over huge platforms and so on. Work can be collaborated on a gigantic size seamlessly. Web application development is a special area of software development that has emerged as an arena of possibilities.

Building web based applications also has taken a turn over the last few years. The traditional desktop applications now have become limited and are built for a custom audience. Web based development has many different approaches involving many technologies that are growing at a very fast pace in the market. There are the open source technologies like PHP and Java and the Microsoft licensed technologies like ASP.NET that are among the most popular versions in web based applications today. The simplest form used to portray your business on the web is browser rendered markup language like HTML with a combination of browser supported language like JavaScript.

Since a Web application is accessed over the Internet it is worthwhile to understand the many advantages this application would have, given the fact that it can be accessed worldwide at the same time. These applications can be updated and maintained worldwide without distributing or installing any additional software to myriad users. This has made the applications very popular.

Web design is a form of web application which may or may not have a dynamic functionality. The recent trend in web designs is to optimize the design and other aspects of the website to suit the crawler. This means that the site is search friendly and is made visible by the search platforms due to its optimization. Search friendly sites are much sought after these days as search engine optimization (SEO) has become a branch requiring much knowledge and study. There are companies that master in building search friendly sites and optimize using various techniques to make the site suitable to the latest algorithm to the most popular search engines.

Software development companies have altered the ways businesses performed and have grown in numerous ways over the last two decades. Software and specially web based applications have created a whole new landscape of choices that directly affect our business growth.