Thursday, February 27, 2014

How HTML5 is Influencing Web Development


HTML5 is no  longer just a buzz.  Along with JavaScript and CSS3, HTML5  is promptly reshaping the perceptions of web browsers and web standards .
With more and more browsers now implementing HTML5 features across different platforms and devices, web developers have started to integrate many new frameworks into their websites, web designs and web applications .
Javascript has swiftly emerged as one of the finest technologies to render animations and effects in a platform agnostic and self contained way. Although HTML5 has its own standard but true powers of it are best realized along with Javascript and CSS3.
HTML5 is the newest hyper text markup language for websites from the W3C Consortium . The first draft was made public in 2008, today all major browsers offer HTML5 support. It was created in order to make the coding process much easier and more logical. It comes with unique and impressive features in the multimedia department implying that graphic and  multimedia content will be executed and handled much faster and easier, without the need of APIs or plugins . A lot of  features have been incorporated taking into consideration users ease to run heavy content on low-powered devices.  
Some Amazing HTML5 features include :
  • Video :  Videos can be embedded without third party proprietary plugins or codec. Videos can now be embedded as easy as an image.
  • Geolocation : This feature is used on mobile devices and is coming with HTML5.
  • Canvas : It allows developers to render graphics on fly. No plugin is required for  video.
  • Application Caches : Now web pages can store more information on visitors computer locally, just like cookies but unlike cookies that are small it allows larger files. Google Gears is a fine example of this action.
  • Web Workers : Unlike certain web applications that use heavy scripts to perform actions, Web workers use separate threads for processing .
From past few months, the momentum behind HTML has build enormously with web application developers, browsers and hardware vendors fully supporting and embracing it. Not even developers , more and more users are now understanding benefits and scope of HTML5 and how it can influence the web app development.
Now with all browsers ( Google Chrome, IE9, Firefox, Opera and Safari ) rendering robust support for CSS3, Javascript and HTML5 we are already witnessing glimpses of what the future of web will be.
Things to Know About HTML

1.  Augmented Web App Development

HTML has shifted the focus to web based development again, its been a game changer. Recently innovation has shifted for mobile and gaming applications , but  HTML5 brought the web back. It allows to write web applications that are more lively and visually rich than the native applications.
2. Offline Storage
HTML5 brought many desktop type powers to web applications, one of its feature being its offline storage capabilities. This allows to use a web app even when you are not connected to internet , it allows you to cache content. In an ecommerce website with HTML5, users can add items and can finish the purchase later.
3. GeoLocation
With this your location can be accessed via a website if using chrome, safari or firefox browsers . So now not only mobile phones are capable of tracing locations,  even modern web browsers can now access  your locations on desktop computers or on any non mobile device, connected to wifi hotspots. You can easily get traffic and weather informations without having to enter your location.
4. Canvas : Advanced Graphics
Canvas a Javascript Graphics library  brings a host of animation effects that were only available previously with Flash. In multimedia also HTML5 offers many benefits as it allows to play audios and videos easily without having to install any plug-ins.
5. Streamlined Development
HTML5 includes features that deliver a rich user experience and streamline development. Its API combined with new browsers provides functionality and make things possible that weren’t before.
6. Mobile Advertising
HTML5 brought with itself huge possibilities and benefits for Mobile marketers and Advertisers. It made Ads highly rich and scalable and hence enhanced Online advertising as now ads are much more accessible on mobile devices and across different browsers and applications. .These can be easily downloaded from ad server and can be displayed on web browsers .
While flash seems to be lagging  today, HTML5 is good to go . HTML5 is created with a rock solid foundation and addresses much of the flaws which is a huge advantage for web developers.
Some HTML5 frameworks for mobile app development  -
1.  JQuery Mobile  :  Its an easy and fast Mobile framework and offers excellent theme support. It is often used with JQuery mobile and Zepto.js. It is easy to use and is free of cost.
2.  Sencha Touch  :  It is the most popular HTML5 framework , it enables to develop cross platform applications which can run on Windows, Blackberry, Android and iOS platforms.
3.  Da Vinci Studio  :  This framework allows developers with drag and drop facility. It works on what you see is what u get moto. Its a free of cost framework and is compatible with multiple devices.
4.  M-Project  :   Its a mobile Javascript framework which is known to make applications simple and swift . It is based on MVC architecture . It is again compatible and free of cost. It also provides offline support.
5. Wink  :  It stands for Webapp Innovation Kit. This framework is adapted for firefox and opera mobile . It is an open project and minimizes the file size which is of great use to developers and has an easy to use interface with sliding panels and 3D widgets.

HTML5 is going to be  more and more huge and will enable web developers to do more with web apps without relying on any third party extensions.  With the rise in mobile application space ,creation of web and mobile apps using HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript  are exploding with more and more browsers continuously being optimized for evolving HTML standards. Now lot of companies and big ventures are looking at HTML5 as their future platform to target their apps on next Gen devices. With evolving technology it won’t be surprising to see more html5 elements in native desktop apps as well . It  is surely going to be a driving force for mobile app development.

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Monday, February 17, 2014

Oodles Technologies Reviews


Oodles Technologies Continues to Receive Amazing Client Reviews
Oodles Technologies is a Web & Mobile App development Company specializing in Grails Development, Mobile App Development and SaaS Services. We have successfully delivered projects on all of our technologies and are going strong.
Oodles is continuously receiving words of appreciation from all clients for its timely delivery and quality constrained Applications.
Recently  Oodles Technologies  received feedback says : “Great team. Thorough understanding of the project and it's requirements. Will work with  team again. ”
Our Technical prowess includes Grails App Development, Titanium Application Development, Video Streaming, SaaS, Mobile Application Development, Hadoop & MongoDB Technologies.
We have more than 50 clients all over the world and has successfully delivered more than 100 projects in a short span of time.
Have a look on our Portfolio to view all our recent and recommended projects. At Oodles we take pride in turning technologies into elegant solutions which are effective for your business.
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Gain competitive advantage with Big Data : Transforms Businesses at all levels


The simplest explanation of Big Data is that it is that data which can’t be easily queried or structured using standard relational database. It is a collection of data from traditional as well as digital sources , inside or external to company.
Big Data is the latest trend in the IT sector after Cloud Computing, with the demand to manage newer types of data many organisations are leveraging Big Data and is looking at it with a pool of opportunities.

Big Data Projects are more of an Opportunity rather than a Challenge.

The amount of data in our world is exploding. There is a strong urge to analyse these larger data sets in order to gain competitive advantage. In the near future we will witness a exponential growth in the big data sector due to rising  multimedia , internet, and  increase in  volume of data in social media and enterprises.
Usually Big enterprises are the ones stealing headlines to be leveraging Big Data to all extents. Large Technology providers have brought markets to a frenzy, demanding the requirement of improved  tools to cut  through huge volumes  of  data and information.

One of the reasons for limited use of Big Data was the notion that only large enterprises could fully utilize all possibilities that Big Data offers. It was believed that smaller organisations lack resources to be able to collect, store or handle Big Data. Fortunately small businesses are no longer left out from the Big Data race, infact all large or small enterprises all over the world can leverage Big data and its business analytics.     
   
                  
Big Data helps smaller businesses  to better target their services and get more revenues out of their production and marketing investments.
Small and Medium-sized Businesses can be benefited from Big Data as the exposure to data will motivate the business owners to share the insights with employees and can even get them involved in companies competitive decisions.
Whether large or small, all kinds of businesses try to sustain in this challenging industry . With new emergents and ever changing technology and patterns its difficult to build a consistent towering business. With this being the case the managers and entrepreneurs must have the insights to better formulate their marketing strategies.
Small businesses can have huge benefits from big data, as more and more data is available online making it easier for people to find and use it , this is a good news for small businesses as plenty of startups will move forward to help customers there.
Big data is just not for fortune companies instead startups have all the required abilities and resources to make use of such massive amounts of data to target their tailored services or products more specifically in market.

Big data prevents smaller firms with the hit and trial method to find their targeted group instead it helps to understand the patterns which is in fact crucial for every business and these figures can tell specific things related to a business respective niche.
Now Big Data tools and analytics are available and even affordable to businesses with smaller budgets making it a competitive landscape provided all are given equal opportunities to leverage big data.
                                
Just follow these simple steps to incorporate Big Data into your small business:
1. Bind up your Data
The foremost step is combining data from various silos for gaining advantage from Big Data’s predictive capabilities. These technologies include classification, cluster analysis, data fusion and integration, genetic algorithms, natural language processing, neural networks etc. Additional technologies applied to big data include parallel processing databases, search based applications,data mining grids and cloud based infrastructure. Big data requires exceptional technologies and tools to process efficiently large chunks of data within certain time limits.
Big data can now  be achieved with more affordable IT. Most of the large enterprises are running customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise applications for long enough and have aggregated huge mass of critical data in them.

2.  Data testing
On gathering all of the data as described in step one, testing the data can be commenced which  can be done quickly . Analyse the data and validate your result. This information is not only valuable to understand what people say about your competition  but also plays a key role in determining what people are saying about your business and its growth.

While it seems that medical research and huge scientific projects are core part of big data and naturally fits in, there’s no reason why startups or smaller firms cannot benefit There is undoubtedly huge opportunities for smaller companies and enterprises in Big data sector.
Among all the most interesting thing is the accessibility of applications by smaller businesses from the cloud mainly in the areas of ecommerce and marketing .

3. Know more about Big Data
Ideally it has to be the first step in the process but it is listed after step two as data should be there at first place . The right kind of data will enable you to understand and drive appropriate business decisions as what to offer in products and services and how to market effectively to drive enough sales, big data proves to be a origin of acumen.
But it should be kept in mind that Big Data is not a magic bullet and it does not provide or guarantee a positive outcome always but it increases the chances of success to a certain extent and is a wonderful tool which can be added in the strategic development process of an enterprise. Small businesses do have an advantage over large organizations that is they have the ability to quickly test new methods without going through significant studies .
The adaptation of big data will lead to growth and hence competition for individual enterprises . From the standpoint of competitiveness Big Data should be given high importance and needs to be taken seriously by all firms whether big or small. Most enterprises , new entrants, startups and established firms will leverage the potential benefits that big data offers to compete, innovate and capture real time informations.  The use of big data will derive new streams of productivity growth and consumer surplus.
Ultimately as big data turned to be more affordable it should be given a priority by all small scale businesses to embrace it. By using businesses will have a strong understanding of their desired markets and targets.  Big data is a valuable asset for all businesses at all kinds of levels.

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