December 30, 2006
· Filed under Uncategorized
The most interesting part of firebug 1.0 Beta (the single most essential Firefox extension for web developers) is that this essential tool is free. However each version has always been twice as smarter and feature rich from its earlier version, this version has definitely something extra that can enhance your developing project to its next level.
My favorite enhancements of this version are as below;
It enable you to undock into its own window—multi-monitor users! The DOM inspector now offers full in-place editing of your document structure more than the attribute values.
You can visualize CSS metrics and tweak CSS to perfection, the new features includes a powerful JavaScript debugger that lets you pause execution at any time. You can also monitor network activities.
You may find few more enhancements if you look on it, Get firebug and fall in love with it.
December 29, 2006
· Filed under Web Developement
Different web browser are compatible with different technologies and even some browser have different syntax while using same technologies, hence it is optimal that your website should completely cross browser compatible to every browser so that it can be look more or less the same in every browsers. However most of people use IE, Firefox and so on Netscape Navigators and Opera., a web page can be interpreted differently depending on the browser and the version that people are commonly using. However Mozilla seems conform strictly to the W3C’s guidelines Internet Explorer is more relaxed on this.
You can make your website cross browser compatible using these techniques;
* Do not use browser specific HTML tags and features as these only work in the browser they were created for.
* Validate your HTML/XHTML coding and your cascading style sheets Through W3C syntax validation services.
* Use only standard compliant code & comply the we standards guideline.
Once you finish the development and the design of the site, you can use this tools http://browsershots.org/ before going live, this will enable you to view your screeshots in different browsers in different screen resolution and plugin. However it is true that you can’t please everyone that same applicable to Internet browsers thoug it seems pretty much difficult to make your site render the same way on each and every browser available.
December 26, 2006
· Filed under Ecommerce
osCommerce is most preferred shopping cart which is Open Source based online shop e-commerce solution that is available for free under the GNU General Public License. osC integration stand alone catalog and shopping cart system which comes with a wide range of features, these feature include Customer login and shopping history, order status, shipping information, multiple shipping addresses, product rating and reviews, best sellers, payment processing, tax calculation are to name a few. In nutshell it is a complete solution for your virtual store front.
It is very important to develop a Custom osCommerce Application which is customer and Search engine friendly. Your shopping cart represents your business hence your store must be customized all features in best possible manner that can generates profit. Customers should feel more comfortable with your product during shopping and checkout process; teamgrowth.net has dedicated team of experienced developers to develop custom osCommerce applications with additional features based on your specific requirement.
December 26, 2006
· Filed under Uncategorized
Java has been developed by Sun Microsystems ( formerly known as OAK ), Java is a high-level programming language for most of the general purpose programming that includes a number of features that make the language well suited for many purpose.
* With J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) you can develop enterprise application and by using swing & Java 2D toolkit you can create sophisticated GUI.
* Desktop applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, email client, and 3D games can be written as Java applications. These applications can run on a user’s computer independently of a Web browser.
* Java games and applications can be written and deployed on mobile phones and PDAs. These small, lightweight applications are programmed using the Java Mobile Edition (J2ME).
* Java also provides integration libraries such as JDBC, JNI,RMI etc for database access & remote object manipulation.
* The Micro Edition provides a robust & flexible environment for applications running on consumer devices, such as mobile phones, TV set-top boxes, printers and a broad range of other embedded devices.
There are long list of Java technology usage for which you can refer Java user group and sun Microsystems official site.
December 26, 2006
· Filed under Uncategorized
A good logo bookmarks the perceptions of your customers/visitors. A good logo creates visual appeal and represent the image your company and the brand over time.
How to Create a Good Logo;
Check what your competitors are using of same field to get an idea, concentrate on what’s important about your company & your product with visual representation that can stand for your corporate identity.
Try to distinguish your own logo with your imagination, also take views of your employees and customers. Keep your logo simple, crisp and clean non flashy easy to understand with uniqueness. Consider your target market, your specific customers and find how you can communicate your message with a logo which can be easy accessible and that create visual appeal.
December 26, 2006
· Filed under Web designing
If you want to impress your visitors on first look at your site and make them sticky, you need to organize your site in proper manner. These are few tips that can help you to create an organize site;
* Your homepage should have optimal purpose of your site so state the purpose of your website at the very beginning.
* Add short description, and give good presentation of your site on your homepage.
* If you have a banner/graphic or logo place it on the very top of your page, add your entire presentation thereafter.
* The navigation links should be placed on the left or right side of your web page as per your purpose. You may also add links at the top or bottom of your page.
* Limit your website to only a few products or important service that you think best to present initially, later you can add more products once you have solid number of visitors
* Motivate your visitors for repeat visit providing them very useful content.
I hope this point would be helpful you to create good impression of your site and bring good prospects.
December 25, 2006
· Filed under Web designing
A growing trend of endorsement with a set of standardization & best practices for building web sites including broader philosophy of web design and development, web standards seems to be mission possible for the designers for addressing larger audience. It brings more diversity in terms of browsers, more accessibility and the following fringe benefit adopting the web standards;
* One of the distinct benefits of web standards is that your site would work with all major browsers and it requires lower development costs due to its simpler development and low maintenance.
* It increase usability and accessibility, hence the pages download faster and make easier to decipher the content for screen readers.
* Better search engine ranking; by separating presentation from content increases the information & markup ratio, making CSS-based documents more pertinent with regard to the search terms
* Reduce dependency in one developer; The site designed with standards are very well documented, any other developer taking over some standard-compliant code can hit the ground running.
* Reduces bandwidth consumption.
* Provide Print version for all pages & users can customize site appearance.
* Allow your site to be accessible to a larger audience – including the vision impaired, cognitive impaired.
* Increase Clarity and conciseness
* Cheap hosting cost & site maintenance
Conclusion;
Using web standards and separating structure from presentation is going to benefit today & tomorrow, all these factors contribute to easier site management, a larger audience and a better return on investment.
December 25, 2006
· Filed under Web designing
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) has completed 10 years this month, ten years ago, on 17 December 1996, W3C published the first standard for style on the Web: level 1. CSS Web designers have enjoyed control of page appearance, easier page design and maintenance. CSS helped many users to make pages more adaptable including users with mobile devices and some users with disabilities.
You can be the part of their celebration of this tenth anniversary by proposing your favorite CSS designs for the CSS10 Gallery. Learn more about CSS from the CSS10 pages; http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS10/
December 25, 2006
· Filed under Software Development
Robustness testing is a part of the corroboration process which consists in testing the performance of a system accomplishment under exceptional execution conditions in order to check if it still fulfills several robustness requirements.
* Look forward to potential interfacing problem.
* Test all information coming from different elements of the system.
* Conduct a series of test that replicate the potential errors at the software interface.
* Make sure that the system elements have been properly integrated and perform allocated functions.
* Record the results of tests.
* Participate in design and system test to get ensure that software is adequately tested.
Robustness testing makes sure that the system operates correctly in the presence of exceptional inputs or stressful environmental conditions
December 25, 2006
· Filed under Software Development
Some projects lengthen unnecessary a software development schedule considering its requirement than they actually need resultant the performance requirement become more critical and hence it lengthen further the original software schedule time frame. The Users tend to be more interested in development, launching and marketing particular software rather than interested in complex features, these complex features unreasonably lengthen a development schedule.
Even though the developer are successful at avoiding requirements, the average project experience about a 25 percent change in requirement over its life time. Such a change can produce at least a 25 percent addition to the software schedule.
Some software developers are attracted by new technology & new features and they want to make changes during software development process without considering at the necessity of the new technology in their product. Such effort require to implement design features, test document, testing schedule and other support features that eventually lengthens the estimated project schedule. Rememeber, the customers want solutions specific to their actual requirement and so you should aware of their real need and solve the important problem and so on manage work to get their high-pressure development schedules under control.
If a developer focus mainly on user needs up-front recording user feedback, they can shorten the time frame and undergo on rapid development phase. It can also partially not going to affect the overall costs especially to the customers those having limited budget.
