Tuesday 24 September 2013

Tips for Facebook application development

Facebook, world’s most popular and heavily used social networking website, is a platform for people around the world to exhibit their views and opinions. On line since 2004, it needs no introduction. With over 955 million users globally and still counting, imagining the world without it is impossible. Facebook is used by people in more than 190 countries regularly and is vastly operated, not only from computers and laptops but from mobile devices as well. It has been termed as the most amazing invention of today’s times by the global media.

Taking advantage from the huge user base of the site, other organizations have also started integrating their sites with Facebook to connect to the world. Spreading information about an individual’s work and proficiencies has become a lot easier with it. Despite of being an awesome platform to meet friends, it is also a great destination for business oriented people. An amazing advertising space, invites advertisers to approach and take part to increase their customer database. Organizations through fan pages remain intact with their customers and in order to keep them informed about various offers and plans. Facebook application development is a boon for those organizations, which are looking for ways to boost their global presence. There is a plethora of applications available on the Facebook and one has liberty to choose the application of his choice.


There are innumerable applications available on Facebook, which are developed to serve various purposes, from health and information to entertainment. Facebook provides facility to build applications, which are further accessed by users, thereby promoting the particular brand. From games to personal questions and quizzes to horoscope and so forth, the companies these days are building very tempting applications to increase their popularity and to make a mark in the market. Using this free mode to popularize business and make your global presence dominant, you can opt for designing an application matching your domain. However, there are a few things that are pre requisite to develop a good application. Read the guidelines on Facebook’s policy text cautiously, to know the kind of applications you are allowed to create. Understand and value the fact that with the Facebook applications you are sure to earn more than expected, provided you create applications that appeal to the masses.

Facebook app developer as a prime step is to gauge the work of your competitors. By analyzing their strengths and weaknesses, you can definitely make your applications more effective. Design and theme are integral part of any app. “A picture is worth one thousand words” therefore; get an app which speaks volumes about your business. Create an app targeting every user group – young and old, newbie and professionals. Refrain from over development, as the users like lively and simpler concepts.

Saturday 21 September 2013

Friday 20 September 2013

How Web Designing And Web Development Services Can Help To Boost sales

In this competitive world, it is vital for any business to have a web presence. For the purpose of having a good business online, it is imperative to build a website that not only allows the business owners to dispense their business information but also enables them to promote their products and services. Here comes the need to hire services of professional web designer.

Website development plays a major role in gathering patrons. In fact, an ingenious website can convert visitors into potential customers. On the other hand, if a website lacks a professional touch, no matter whether it addresses the best products and services, and comes in the first page of search engines, most visitors will surf away and move to new search results.

Whether there is need for modification in the business website when launching a new product or service, or extension of the target market; to connect with the audience and protect their interests, a website is vital. Thus, is becomes necessary to hire services of website development companies that can help to design and make professionally designed website.

This can be the best possible means to reach out to the target audience. As there are innumerable companies that provide web designing and development services, most people might get confused as to which one to select and deal with. If there are those who have faced such a situation, the first step is to analyze the needs, which include business objectives, target audience, estimated budgets and so on. Then website owners can request for a quote from the best web development company. They should start enquiring about the fees charged, check their client portfolio, go through the testimonials, and verify their authentications and achievements, awards and certifications.

A professional web development company would be keen to display the required documents to ensure that their clients have no doubts in their minds. A reputed company employs skilled and proficient web designers who are dedicated to fully satisfy their clients and ensure that they give attention to every minute detail of the products and services offered by the business. Most of these professional agencies have project managers to supervise the web designing and web development tasks. The account managers maintain a direct link with respective clients and ensure that the website is developed in manner that brings more clients and eventually more business.

Another trait of finding the best website development company India is to check whether the agency offers various web designing and development packages that are customized to suit the needs and wants of every client. A professional web development company would offer comprehensive packages that include mobile web design, email design services, FBML page design, and twitter page customization. Many web development companies may not provide such kind of packages, so individuals need to review the offerings provided by their chosen website designing company. Before hiring a professional web designing agency, individuals need to review testimonials of the present clients and of those for whom they have already worked.

Tuesday 17 September 2013

Industry Watch: For mobile app development, don't forget the back en

In the world of the World Wide Web, developers—or even “power users” who aren’t heavy-duty developers—can create amazing things using HTML, a pinch of Python or PHP, and a dash of CSS.

In the mobile world, though, you have to know what you’re doing with JavaScript. “It’s getting to be a little much for people who also have to think about table design and data schema. People using Access, for instance, have had nowhere to go. The Web world is not well-provided for them, and the mobile world REALLY isn’t.”

Those are the thoughts of Dan Bricklin, the CTO at Alpha Software, which in June rolled out its Alpha Anywhere development platform. Bricklin knows what he’s talking about. He’s created an app called Note Taker HD for iOS: “I still support my app and watch nervously about iOS7 to see if I have to re-release it or not. There have been glitches but Apple seems to fix them.” He cofounded the company that created VisiCalc, the first computer spreadsheet program that helped Apple move from a hobby computer to something businesses could use. His latest spreadsheet, SocialCalc, is used in the “One Laptop Per Child” education program.

As the world has seen, tablets are taking over in business, and are important for data capture. So, Bricklin said, “I wanted to move into that area with an enterprise app. Connecting SQL back ends and port generation to work with data capture. I joined Alpha because they’re doing that, and they wanted to move into mobile arena and needed my expertise.”

There is a growing disconnect, now, between what businesses want and the people they employ. Bricklin put it this way: “Many opportunities exist for people who want to code a lot. But that’s not what businesses have. You have to run with the people you’ve got. They can whip up incredible things with Excel macros, and with the systems that they’re used to building with, like Access. Aiming at Access developers today who want to produce mobile apps and Web apps that have real things like, you tap on something and things slide in and slide out. Those are things you expect.”


Read full original article here - http://www.sdtimes.com/INDUSTRY_WATCH_FOR_MOBILE_APP_DEVELOPMENT_DON_T_FORGET_THE_BACK_END/By_David_Rubinstein/About_HTML_and_JAVASCRIPT_and_MOBILEDEVELOPMENT/64107