“Being entitled as an Expert is really a dream for every IT professional subject to he has really passion for the IT industry and programming software applications. .Net is a platform developed by expert team of Microsoft to challenge the monopoly of Sun Microsystems’s Java. Now-a-days, .Net is alternatively used as ASP .Net; but, this is not absolutely true. ASP .Net is a part of .Net; but due to its higher usability in the industry, it is often used for .Net. .Net is having three basic components like Windows forms, web and consol applications. .Net has the potential to develop any type of software applications like desktop applications, windows application and web application just like Java. Considering the importance and future potential of web applications in the industry we will more focus on the ASP .Net expertise along with brief discussion over the desktop applications”.
To be a .Net expert in windows application development: Expertise comes by the virtue of learning potential and informative contents and implementing them in our day to day life with efficiency. As a windows application developer, you must have strong grip over all the features, components of .Net. It may include many .Net libraries, methods and classes etc. Once you learned all the basic concepts followed by advanced concepts of .Net, then you can put your hands over a real time project. This real time project exposure will help you in gaining practical knowledge and you can understand how a tiny mistake can lead to crash your windows application in some cases. As a result, the productivity will increase subsequently with time. For in-depth knowledge, you should follow MSDN thoroughly in order to improve skill. One more thing, never use multiple languages instead try to gain expertise in a single language preferably in C#. To remain updated with time and technology, be a part of many online .Net forums, tech forums etc. Helping others in fixing their issue is the best way to understand your true potential; so never hesitate to help others may be your colleague or an online friend who posts his issue in the forum. If you take all these necessary things seriously, then you can definitely improve your skill as a desktop application developer in .Net platform. About expertise, it is a progressive process and you can achieve it over time; no doubt about it.
Now, time for future ASP .Net developers: ASP .Net is the new generation .Net platform specially designed to meet the high expectations of the industry in the web domain. If someone wants to become an expert in ASP .Net, then he has to follow a thumb rule i.e. gaining expertise in front end part, gaining expertise in back end programming, gaining knowledge on the modern technologies and finally optimizing the whole web application.
Gaining expertise in front end part: Front end part is the most crucial section of any website; because, it directly interacts with the end user. Moreover with the introduction of smart browsing devices, the user interface has become more vital than ever. For better user experience, the developer needs to create gorgeous and interactive web pages and that should be responsive as well keeping in mind multi-device browsing support. So as the first step, you should learn all modern front end technologies like HTML5, CSS3 and JQuery etc to design better user interface for your ASP .Net application. You should also gain some knowledge on many front end web tools like jQuery, twitter bootstrap, jCanvas etc.
Gaining expertise on backend programming: Back end programming is the major part of any application when we consider the performance and efficiency as our primary concern. Back end part is written or programmed in a language like C# or VBScript for ASP .Net. But the thing is that, there are a huge number of libraries, controls and modules available in the framework or technology. So you must learn those to become an efficient and effective ASP .Net developer. Understanding the features and working capability of different controls will make you choose the best one while programming an application in real time. There are hundreds of libraries, headers and controls available for ASP .Net developer. You need to go through the documentation for detailed information. Once you have sound knowledge on these resources, you can start coding efficiently on the IDE. But, again this is a gradual process. You need to gain as much real time exposure as possible; because that will help you in understanding different immediate situations and to chose the best possible method to resolve the bug or issue. Efficient programming can be done only through superior programming logic. If you are strong in logic part, then no one can stop you from writing outstanding piece of code that are highly efficient and optimized.
Gaining knowledge on modern technologies: We cannot deny the potential of modern computer devices like smart phone and tablets in the industry. They have grown at an exponential rate in past couple of years the number of smart phone users are increasing at a faster pace. Considering the fact, there is a tremendous potential for developers to attract users through modern web applications that can run both on windows and android operating system. So you must strive to gain as much efficiency as possible for developing high quality web apps for mobile devices that are also know as smart apps. For development of smart apps, you need to learn few optional libraries, frameworks or concepts that will help you in improving your productivity. Few tools like jQuery, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, AngularJS, BackboneJS, and emberjS etc are in high demand in the industry. You should possess some good knowledge and expertise on these technologies to craft beautiful and efficient responsive smart apps. You should also learn media query for efficient rendering of elements in a web page.
Be a smart ASP .Net programmer with knowledge on optimization: Optimization is the most important section of any web application development. It helps in making the web page faster and hence improving the overall user experience. Concepts like cache management, HTML5 local storage and load testing can help you in achieving enterprise standard web apps that are highly optimized and will load faster on any browser like mobile browser or desktop browser. It also ensures that, your web application is light enough to run on low bandwidth like under connectivity with 2G networks for the mobile browsers. If you are able to optimize your application to the best level, then it will definitely bring a dimple on your user’s face during browsing your application.
At Mindfire Solutions, we have 100+ senior dot net experts to take care of your development requirements. We have a pool of certified .net developers to choose from. If you have any new enterprise application idea or an existing web application that needs a new life, please write to us and we will revert back within one business day.
"The world hates change; yet it is the only thing that has brought progress!"- General Eric. Was a time then, when we perform our computer operation with a palm sized Calculator having very limited access to our thoughts and of course needs. Last phase of the 20th century was then gifted with a bigger better hardware i.e. "Computer System" by IBM; and Microsoft made it sensible enough with its flagship product i.e. Windows Operating system; an absolutely game changer for the industry. With inception of 21st century, industry conceived with a new generation smart brain based computer system i.e. Smart Phones and was flooded with smart apps and mobile apps to make the user connected to rest of the world. Mobile apps or Mobile websites are nothing but the smarter version of desktop websites and they can be treated as smartsites!! For a smarter device or software we must use even smarter technology for better throughput and user experience- hence the evolution of HTML5. And it is a must for any mobile website design, let's find out why?"
Mobile website, form factor and HTML5: The population of smart phones is increasing at a rapid pace; almost every day there is a new Smartphone getting launched in the industry. These devices are of different form factors like 3 inches to 10 inches diagonally. But the developer needs to develop a common mobile website that can fit to every screen size and resolution and it is really a nuisance for them. With HTML5, web developer can build responsive websites that can impart similar user experience irrespective of screen size and resolution. Things will not break when there is a change in the screen size rather it will accommodate with the resolution. In fact, with HTML5 we can design a page that will render the web content differently in different scenarios and this is the charm of developing mobile websites with HTML5. Features like media-query for viewport are simply awesome. Now, with HTML5, we can use <picture> and it can be directly associated with viewport size, resolution and orientation for efficient delivery of images. HTML5 web developers need not to worry about the size of the image; in fact, he can simply use different images for different resolutions and orientation. This makes a lot sense when we consider Smartphone with many sensible parts like gravity sensor etc.
Truly efficient HTML5 attributes and elements: HTML5 has amazed the whole IT world with its beauty, yes the beauty of efficiency. The things started with its DOCTYPE! Its DOCTYPE is extremely short and simple; you need not to write any URL or any extra stuff to add the HTML5 to your web page. Excluding that, there are many modern and powerful attributes HTML5 posses for its lovers. May it be <audio>, <video>, <container>, <picture>, <form> and others. The front page design becomes much easier with HTML5 with full concentration over the responsiveness of the application. All its features and attributes and elements are truly responsive and hence a web developer needs not to worry about its user experience at the end of day. It has inbuilt form validation feature that used to be a part of JavaScript developers; but now it can be well organized by the HTML5 developer alone. You just need to enter the type of the field and the rest is taken care by HTML5. Imagine for a phone number, you need not to write any JS code for validating if it is filled by numbers only rather it can be done automatically from HTML5 core. Similar fashion is there for email fields, text field, date picker etc. It simply improves the productivity due to its unmatched efficiency.
Memory constraints and HTML5: Mobile websites or smart sites run on smart devices like android or iOS smart phones or tablets. Due to their portable form factor, they have a limitation from the memory point of view. They have few GB (Of course around16 GB or at max 32GB) of inbuilt memory along with 1 or 2GB RAM. Again the speed of the device is often par below than that of a bigger desktop machine. It used to run with less frequency to save the power- which is again another limitation. So, our mobile website should be optimized enough since it needs to run on a limited memory. HTML5 makes it possible with its highly optimized elements. These elements will make your page light and load faster. HTML5 has an improved feature i.e. Local Storage that enables the browser to store some essential data of the user so that he can access the webpage in a smarter way. User is given control to kill the local storage data at any point of time if he wants to release memory.
HTML5 can help you for low Bandwidth operations: If we are considering mobile website then we are targeting mobile devices like smart phones and tablets. These devices usually run on mobile networks like 3G, 2G or 4G LTE. But the penetration of high speed internet can't be expected from every location due to lack of proper and advanced infrastructure in many developing countries; but the major population of mobile website user are from those geographic regions. So, we must consider their bandwidth issue and we must design a mobile website that can give better user experience even at low bandwidth and this is really challenging! HTML5 is there to help us out!! It can create amazing web pages that are extremely lightweight and hence takes less bandwidth to download. HTML5 developer can implement canvas instead of any larger multimedia files. The best part is that, you need not bother about any third party media player to run a media on the browser like Flash or something else. HTML5 does not require any plug-in for playing media instead it does the things itself and hence decreasing the load on the browser. Similarly, with picture element, one can extract an image slowly from the server without impacting the user experience. HTML5 can also help in creating interactive web pages with Games that are light weight using canvas and some help from the lightening fast JavaScript.
Offline access with HTML5 for better user experience: HTML5 has an outstanding cache management system that helps in improving the browsing experience on a mobile browser. The Local Storage can help you in storing a web page data on the client browser and it enables the user browsing those pages while in offline state due to availability of HTML content on the browser itself.
At Mindfire Solutions, we have been developing engaging sites for both mobile and web using HTML5. Our 20+ team of HTML5 developers have been serving our esteemed clients and have developed over 50 HTML5 projects. Please feel free to write to us for all kinds of HTML5 development requirements, we will be glad to assist you. Also, as a limited period offer, you can avail our Risk-Free Trial Offer.
“Money comes from the money invested; but it is not absolutely true. In fact, money comes from a good idea when get executed in a systematic manner!! In 21st century, the buzz for Intellectual property has reached at its best. In fact, the biggest corporate industry of the universe i.e. IT industry is dominated by the intellectual property and there are billions of IT professionals working around the globe to serve the industry in a methodical manner. With telecommuting, the industry has crossed all the geographic barriers and the virtual employees are playing the most important role in the business. Though it is highly productive way of doing futuristic business but at the same time, comes with many risks and shortcomings. It’s not that much simple to onboard a virtual employee for your business for a superior yield”.
Do’s of hiring virtual employee:
Understanding the responsibility level of the Employee: While hiring a virtual employee for your business you must understand all the shortcomings and risks associated with the process. The most important thing is that, you can’t trace your employee’s behaviour all the time when he was on duty. If the employee tries to deceive you, then it may lead to serious hamper to your business. So you must keep your eyes open and always try to know the status of your work done by the virtual employee. You must try to hire a responsible employee for your purpose so that you needn’t to bother much about his progress and you can focus more on your business. While screening the resume of a virtual employee you should try to find out his previous record and how he had performed during that period. Again you can also do some questionnaires with the virtual employee to know his responsibility persona. You must understand that a responsible employee can give you a marvellous end product.
Intention of the Virtual Employee must be considered: Though it is quite difficult to understand the exact intention of anyone but still you have to give your maximum effort to know the intention of the virtual employee; because it can be the deciding factor for the success of your transaction. No matter how efficient or hardworking professional you are going to hire, you must consider his intention because a professional with bad intention is extremely hazardous for your business. Imagine you are going to hire someone with whom you have never interacted before and you are going to discuss all your business policies and ideas with the person that means you are taking an immense risk indeed. Hence you must try to know the intention of the virtual employee and should share the business ideas with him gradually in a professional and responsible manner.
His track record should be considered: The track record of any virtual employee must be well thought-out; because from that, you can at least get some practical information about the employee. His track record will definitely make easier for you to take the decision. From his track record you can extract various personality trends of the employee like responsibility level, honesty, hardworking and result oriented nature etc. For the same, you can contact his previous employer for different information about him.
Don’t’s of hiring virtual employee:
Don’t test unnecessarily: Remember, virtual employees can definitely help you in saving a good portion of your investment but at the cost of risk i.e. cost cutting comes at the cost of risk. Hence you must determine whether you should give priority to risk than investment or vice-versa. If you don’t want to take any type of risk with your business then it is better not to hire a virtual employee. In fact domains like banking and insurance sectors never take unnecessary risks for cost cutting purpose. Understanding this fact, you should be serious enough while deciding for hiring any virtual employee for your business. It is always suggested not to become over aggressive and take unnecessary risks for a healthy business. So stop unnecessary tests if they are not required.
Don’t be hurry in offering the appointment letter: The virtual employee can sometimes turned out as a real threat for your business if not handled with responsibility. A bad intentioned virtual employee can make a serious hamper to your business. So, you must chew over various criterions before appointing a virtual employee for your beloved business. You should make a strict and thorough back ground check of the employee before you onboard him for your business. You can do the same by some reliable third party organization that has very good reputation in the industry. Many private detective agencies can help you in this regard.
Don’t depend upon the Virtual employee without considering his previous dependencies: While hiring a virtual employee for your client you must conscious enough because a small mistake from your end can cause a severe financial loss for your client. Before you put a virtual employee for a project you should thoroughly consider his potential and expertise so that he can serve your client with utmost care. A wrong employee will lead to an imperfect output and hence the dependency of the virtual employee should be considered before projecting him for any project. For the same you can go through his previous work experience and his performance.
Don’t let your client fed up for your wrong decision: Remember client is the most important asset of your business just like your employee. If there is no client, there is no employee and there is no business. Providing better service to client should be your top priority from the very beginning of your business. The profit that you make from your business comes from your client’s pocket. Hence it is your responsibility to provide utmost quality of service or product for your client. For the same you must hire quality resources from the industry for your business partner. The employee who will work for your client should be efficient and effective enough in fulfilling all demands of your client and provide him quality service during the transaction. Hence you should hire a good employee who is not only efficient but should possess effective communication skill to interact with your client. Never let your clients suffer for your mistake and hence you should hire a quality resource for your client so that you can do a smooth business and that will definitely bring good reputation for you in the industry.
At Mindfire Solutions, we have been doing offshore small team software development for our clients since 15 years now. We have dedicated teams for all web technologies like ColdFusion, PHP, PHP Frameworks, Python, ASP.Net and Java and mobile app development teams like iPhone, Android and Windows Phone. We also have senior developers in various popular CMS like WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. If you need any assistance in creating engaging web and mobile applications for your target customers, please feel free to write to us. As a limited period offer, you can also avail our Risk-Free Trial offer.
“Every client loves to control his contents through an admin panel. But if he doesn’t possess any knowledge on HTML and CSS etc, then that will definitely create problem for him. As a result, he has to rely on a third party software development company. Now, he will provide the content to the web developer and the web developer will put it on the website with proper formatting. But with CMS this issue get resolved because of a systematic Architecture of the software. Indeed, it provides enough scope for both the developer as well as the client in creating enterprise standard web application in less time and effort and hence their significance has increased in a magical way in current trend”.
Over time, a website used to become heavier with new pages and modules getting integrated to the application. Consequently it becomes slower or unresponsive if not designed properly. Fortunately CMS is designed in the most optimised way so that it can handle any volume of content for the application. Hence it is gaining tremendous popularity in the industry over time. Let us discuss two major CMS of the industry i.e., Joomla and WordPress.
Ease of Use: The success of any CMS software resides on its usability i.e., how it can be used by the developer or the client himself. Though, both Joomla and WordPress have systematic approach to manage different contents of the website. But if we consider about the user interface, WordPress stands out as a winner due to its extraordinary simple user interface. On the other hand, one can also manage his contents in Joomla platform in an effective manner but with little more effort. The main point is that Joomla developers need to put some effort to learn it properly and to understand its architecture before he can implement it on any web application whereas an amateur guy can use WordPress for his website within no time and without any expertise.
Customization power: This is yet another success pillar for any content management system software. The more customisation options a CMS possess, the better it is from the developer’s point of view. WordPress is highly flexible and simple in nature and hence it can be handled by anyone without much hassle, so even if one has basic technological knowledge, he/she can take up WordPress, no need to hire any WordPress programmers. On the contrary, Joomla is quite energetic with its ample number of features and modules. If we consider the customisation power, we can easily find Joomla as the winner. This is because of a high number of dedicated modules and management systems that are associated with the CMS. A Joomla web developer can certainly handle any complex web application that needs high customisation without much effort. Unfortunately WordPress doesn’t provide much scope to the developer for enterprise standard customisation options.
Extendibility: Both the CMS are capable of extending the features of a web application from within the platform or with the help of third party plug-ins. The industry is flooded with millions of third party plug-ins developed in jQuery or JavaScript to enhance the user experience of any PHP web application developed with the help of a CMS. Needless to say, that these plug-ins are often open source. Hence, a web developer can access the source code of those plug-ins or modules and modify it as per his needs. He can also integrate it with the application to extend its power and potential. While comparing the extendibility capacity, we have to consider the available source for each CMS i.e for WordPress and Joomla. Due to ease of use and popularity of WordPress, there is a bigger community to support WordPress and hence there are more plug-ins, modules and components available for WordPress developers than that of Joomla. So, in this way, WordPress stands out as a winner compared to Joomla.
Security: It can’t be denied that, the most secure language in the IT industry is none other than Java and the population of java applications is simply beyond our imagination. But, a few population of IT industry is aware of its security threats. You may be astonished to know that, the security threat for a java application is much higher than that of any other technology. This is because, due to its bigger population, hackers love to disturb them to gain the attention of a larger community and to gain popularity (of course bad popularity) in the industry. The same happens with WordPress as well. Due to its bigger population, there are more security threats for a WordPress site than that of Joomla. But if we consider security features, then we have to accept that the security level of Joomla is much better than that of WordPress due to its systematic architecture that is highly optimized and efficient to deal with any type of security holes.
SEO: Search Engine Optimization is another constraint that needs to be discussed here. In twenty first century, we cannot ignore the importance of Google in our life i.e. the Search Engine of the industry. Without Google, our website is like a blank catalogue. To promote our business website, we have to turn it as a smart site!! It should be highly optimized so that it can be well visible on the Search Engine to attract and reach at the target audience. Search Engine Optimization is the process to handle all these related stuffs and it is an integral part of every CMS now-a-days. Crafting a search engine friendly website becomes mandatory to get success in the enterprise and hence there is a tremendous demand for this feature in the industry. The SEO operation starts from the title and then the SEF URL; both the CMS provide these basic features for the developer through different plug-ins. But, SEO plug-ins for WordPress is much efficient than that of Joomla. WordPress SEO plug-ins provide some futuristic features like easy tags for a post, optimizing permalink structure and appropriate Meta data integration etc that lacks significantly with Joomla.
Final Verdict: I have repeatedly said that, no technology or language or even platform is best or worst; it’s the developer who makes it best or worst with his expertise, efficiency and smart effort. So, from Joomla and WordPress both are winners; but there is a small notch in between. Joomla is best for a large scale content driven application whereas WordPress is best for a simple yet powerful SEO friendly web application- it’s very simple.
We, at Mindfire Solutions, are equally competent in WordPress and Joomla. If you have any custom WordPress plugin development requirements, or need the help of our senior WordPress programmers: please feel free to give a shout to us any time and we will be replying back within one business day.
