There is a shortage of developers in the software and application development space, particularly in the UK where the digital economy is growing exponentially. Here, demand for developers is accelerating with rising salaries and increases in the number…
Enterprise mobile application development is still in its infancy and suffers similar growing pains experienced by app dev in past decades. Companies are struggling with standards, strategies, architecture, device priorities, and a rapidly expanding la…
There is a shortage of developers in the software and application development space, particularly in the UK where the digital economy is growing exponentially. Here, demand for developers is accelerating with rising salaries and increases in the number…
David Norfolk of Bloor Research International discusses research that compares two high-productivity Platform as a Service (PaaS) development platforms: OutSystems Platform and Force.com from Salesforce.com (now re-branded as Salesforce1 Platform). In …
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So can the public cloud providers do it profitably at a price companies are willing to pay? Based on recent Box financials and an analysis by Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures, the answer would appear to be a resounding “no”. In addition to losing an astonishing $168 million on $124 million in revenue, Box does not seem to be performing well when compared to 40 publicly traded SaaS peers nine years after they were founded:
Transporter Offers What IT Needs and Users Want. You can download the full white paper of the Top 12 Key Advantages of Transporter over Box, but here are a few highlights:
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There are some usability principles all developers need to know in order to understand what makes an app great! To deliver Great Enterprise Applications, IT needs to deliver great User Experience (UX).
The goal of “UX for IT” is to:
In short, OutSystems wants to spread the word about UX, so you and your IT department can build great enterprise apps today! |
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It has become the standard tool for web developers and designers to add dynamic, interactive elements to their sites, smoothing out browser inconsistencies and reducing costly development time. jQuery Hotshot walks you step by step through 10 projects designed to familiarise you with the jQuery library and related technologies. Each project focuses on a particular subject or section of the API, but also looks at something related, like jQuery’s official templates, or an HTML5 feature like localStorage. Build your knowledge of jQuery and related technologies. Learn a large swathe of the API, up to and including jQuery 1.9, by completing the ten individual projects covered in the book. Some of the projects that we’ll work through over the course of this book include a drag-and-drop puzzle game, a browser extension, a multi-file drag-and-drop uploader, an infinite scroller, a sortable table, and a heat map. Learn which jQuery methods and techniques to use in which situations with jQuery Hotshots. Packt Enterprise books can be summed up through the tagline “Professional Expertise Distilled”. They take in-the-trenches knowledge from experienced software professionals, and distil it into a single, easy to follow manuscript. |
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As it does not depend on server components, it can be combined with any web service interface and server-side language. “Learning JavaScriptMVC” will guide you through all the framework aspects and show you how to build small- to mid-size well-structured and documented client-side applications you will love to work on. This book starts from JavaScriptMVC installation and all its components are explained with practical examples. It finishes with an example of building a web application. You will learn what the JavaScriptMVC framework is, how to install it, and how to use it efficiently. This book will guide you on how to build a sample application from scratch, test its codebase using unit testing, as well as test the whole application using functional testing, document it, and deploy the same. After reading Learning JavaScriptMVC you will learn how to install the framework and create a well-structured, documented and maintainable client-side application. Packt Enterprise books can be summed up through the tagline “Professional Expertise Distilled”. They take in-the-trenches knowledge from experienced software professionals, and distil it into a single, easy to follow manuscript. |
With this book, you will learn how to write, organize, and execute effective tests. Step-by-step techniques of how to write testable code, how to refactor the code, and how to run your tests are shown. You will also learn about advanced testing techniq…
As the shift to the cloud broadens across more business application types, application development and delivery professionals are torn between maintaining key operational systems and making investments in innovative platforms that drive better customer…
