Developing with ROR for Android Platform - Is It a Good Option

Ruby on Rails is probably only language-framework combo in the industry which has seen an overnight popularity among the web developers. Though there are many other frameworks for web developers like CakePHP, Zend, ASP .Net, Django, Swing, Spring, Hibernate etc but RoR has its own charm within it. Its beauty is so eye catchy that, it will make you fall in love with Ruby!! Its simplicity will attract you and its ease of integration will tempt you to put your hands over it. Since its inception it has seen only success and it has received only positive word of mouth and hence it is now one of the leading frameworks of the industry. Web developers are trying hard to become a Ruby developer!!

Scope of RoR: The best part of RoR is its easy approach. Anyone can learn RoR in much faster than other language or framework. Moreover, it is Open Source and hence you can start your first website development from day one itself. You need not to be an expert in web development to be a RoR Developer. This makes a clear path for fresher to jump into RoR development tom kick start their career in IT industry. What is more? RoR has similar syntax that of PHP and .Net hence, if you are an experienced web developer, you will feel easier to learn RoR. Rather I would say you can build web application in just few days. RoR also provides scope to write readable and maintainable code; hence this will help you in building enterprise standard web applications on the fly.

RoR for mobile apps: In the phase, when there is a huge buzz for smart phones and tablets, we can’t ignore the importance of mobile apps that can be run on different platforms like Android or iOS. Fortunately, RoR gives the android developers much room to develop their android mobile apps in less time and more efficiency. Yes, android developers can develop mobile apps using different modern technologies like HTML5, CSS3 and jQuery for their users. This really provides an awesome opportunity for the android mobile developers to build interactive and attractive mobile apps for different android device and browsers.

RoR for web apps: Well, besides mobile apps android developers can take the help of RoR to develop web apps for their android platform. It is really a tough task for web developers to develop a common web app that can give same user experience irrespective of screen size and browsers of different android devices. As we know there is a large band of screen sizes available in the market in different android devices starting from 2 inches to 10 inches. So, in that case, the android RoR developer must take the help of Responsive web design using HTML5 and CSS3 to develop dynamic, Asynchronous and light weight web applications that can run on android platform. Ruby developers can definitely meet the demand of the users through their modern web apps.

RoR for Native appa!!: It may sound little Odd for the web developers or even Ruby developers; But, it is TRUE!! We are aware of Java (for android native app) and Objective C (for iOS native apps) for developing native apps in smart phone platforms. But, how can we build a native app using a web framework. Well, there are many third party tools which can help the Ruby developers in developing native apps. One such piece is “Mobiloitte”, this tool can help Ruby developers in converting their Ruby codes to develop Android native apps. So, what are you waiting for? Just go and try it out yourself now!! To get maximum benefits of ROR development, you may consider hiring services of a ROR development company.

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How to Tackle HTML5 for Cross Browser Compatibility?

Why HTML5? In past few years there is a sudden increase in the demand of modern hand held computers like smart phones and tablets in the industry. This is because of better user experience that these devices impart to the end users. The demand is still going up in an exponential rate with time. To meet the demand, a large volume of smart phone and tablets are flooded in the market in different shapes, sizes and budget. With such a variation in these devices, it becomes a headache for the web developer to deal with the complexities arise due to their variable size and hardware. Moreover these devices are powered with different types of browsers like Firefox, Chrome and Opera etc. So it becomes even tougher for the web developer to develop a good web application which can be run on different platforms without giving any bad experience to the end user. To achieve the same web developers are relying on HTML5 along with few other technologies to serve better to the users.

HTML5 has a wonderful local storage feature: Besides smart phones and tablets web developer also responsible to enable his application to run on desktop browsers. Since there are a good numbers of browsers in the industry it becomes an annoying task for the web developer to design a common application that can run on different browsers. Fortunately HTML5 has a local storage concept to deal with browser optimisation. It is like a big size cache for the browser that helps the application in eliminating unnecessary interaction with the data base. As a result the efficiency of the application improves and it gives a better user experience. Moreover due to large size cache it enables the browser to display web pages in offline mode due to the storage of web form data in the browser itself. So it eliminates different cache memory related issues of the browsers.

HTML5 is the key for responsive web app: With different browsers, HTML contents behave differently. This is because of configuration difference between the browsers. To tackle this situation, web developer used to write some extra codes in the style sheets so that all the browsers will display in a similar manner. Fortunately HTML5 has some inbuilt libraries that can eliminate this issue to a large extent and it can be eliminated totally with the help of CSS3 along with HTML5.

While dealing with various layouts of a web page, a web developer need to write specific codes to deal with various components of the layout like Header, Footer, Heading, Article Title, Contents and Sidebars etc. For each of these components a web developer must write a different script to achieve a proper layout. But a HTML5 developer doesn’t need those scripts for these types of layouts. This is because of the inbuilt tags which are off course extra tags in HTML5 available for HTML5 developers to deal with such layouts. It has tags like Header, Footer and Title etc which automatically deals with the layout issues. The best part is all these tags are multiple browsers compatible. To add this, HTML5 developer doesn’t need to write any long DOCTYPE as before in case of HTML4. To get maximum benefits of HTML5, you may consider hiring services of a custom HTML5 development company.

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Is Selenium Testing the Future of Software Testing?

Why Automation testing: With time the size and complexity of software development process is increasing in a rapid pace. In this situation, it is extremely difficult for a manual tester to test a huge application with own expertise and experience. Moreover, there must exist bugs in an application due to human errors. To avoid this typical issue, the industry is now depending on the software to test their applications with more accuracy. These software are otherwise known as automation testing tools and it helps the automation testers to get a better and efficient end product. Moreover, automation testing tool helps in decreasing the need of human effort and hence increasing the productivity for the organisation. On the other hand, it is extremely reliable to test a specific function of an application repeatedly through a single test case that can be run multiple times which results in efficient management of resources. Hence automation testing tools like QTP and Selenium are in huge demand in the industry.

Web applications to rule future: There is no second view about the future of web application development in the industry. There is increase in the size and number of software applications with time due to heavy demand of the corporate. Moreover, almost all industries are getting captured by the eco-system of web application. Moreover the increasing volume of smart phones and tablets in the globe which enables the user to connect through internet are making the environment hotter. So in such a wide volume of web applications it is really a tough job for the automation testers to check the quality of their application in order to sustain in this competitive market. There Selenium comes into our mind. Because, this is the best automation testing tool for web applications till date in the industry.

Selenium for web app testing: Selenium is designed for modern web applications that run on modern platforms like android, iOS etc. Though there are many automated testing tools are available in the industry but Selenium has its unique presence which makes it to rule the industry. Selenium is totally dedicated for different types of web applications for different purposes and platforms. A Selenium automation tester can test web apps for modern browsers efficiently and effectively in less time. Moreover the automation tester can test mobile apps and hybrid apps using Selenium automation testing tool. Selenium testers can also test very large size web applications using different methodologies in less span of time and more accuracy.

Selenium for cross platform testing: As we have already discussed Selenium testers can test web apps for different platforms like Android operating system and iOS. Well it requires some basic scripting knowledge of languages in which the application is being developed. We can develop a common application for both Android and IOS and can test the application for the compatibility in both platforms. We can’t ignore the future potential of Android and IOS web apps in the industry and hence the importance of Selenium as well.

Future of Selenium testing: Till there is a possibility of growth of Android and IOS web applications in future we must find a bright and potential future of Selenium in the industry. To get maximum benefits of testing, you may consider hiring services of a Selenium web services Testing company.

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