by Harshala | May 11, 2018 | Web Development, Web Professional Trends
Web Development Trends
In web development, the saying “the only constant is change” is very true. Web development is changing every second and 2018 is no exception. User expectations are growing and it is more important than ever to build digital experiences that are engaging, fun, and intuitive. Content needs to be accessible everywhere especially on mobile devices. In order to make that happen, new programming languages and frameworks are on the rise, extensions are becoming more compatible, and real time web apps are becoming more popular.
Web Development Trends You Can Expect in 2018
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by Harshala | Apr 27, 2018 | Social Media
Content Marketing Strategy
Social media allows brands to tell stories and connect with customers on a deeper and more intimate level. In addition, brands can use social media to regularly engage users and drive them to their content hubs, or toward higher-value actions, like visiting a product page, downloading a gated asset, or purchasing an item. We thought it would be helpful to review social media trends for 2018.
When leveraging new social features, content marketers must not lose sight of the ultimate goal of content marketing: to tell exceptional stories that drive people toward positive business results. Here are three major social media trends to watch out for in 2018 and what content marketers can do to stay ahead of the game.
Social Media Trends in 2018
We think web professionals should review this article where 29 experts express their thoughts about social media trends in 2018.
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by Harshala | Apr 20, 2018 | Web Administration
What is Server Administration?
Server Administration is advanced computer networking that includes server installation and configuration, server roles, storage, Active Directory and Group Policy, file, print, and web services, remote access, virtualization, application servers, troubleshooting, performance, and reliability. We thought it might be helpful to review the basics (particularly for aspiring web professionals).
What is a Web Server?
Web server is a computer where the web content is stored. Basically, a web server is used to host the web sites but there exists other web servers also such as gaming, storage, FTP, email etc.
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by Harshala | Apr 13, 2018 | JavaScript
What is JavaScript Framework?
A JavaScript framework is an application framework written in JavaScript. It differs from a JavaScript library in its control flow: a library offers functions to be called by its parent code, whereas a framework defines the entire application design. A developer does not call a framework; instead it is the framework that will call and use the code in some particular way. Some JavaScript frameworks follow the model–view–controller paradigm designed to segregate a web application into orthogonal units to improve code quality and maintainability.
Here is the link for the popular Wiki article.
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by Harshala | Apr 6, 2018 | Web Project Management
What is a Project?
A project is temporary in that it has a defined beginning and end in time, and therefore defined scope and resources. And a project is unique in that it is not a routine operation, but a specific set of operations designed to accomplish a singular goal. So a project team often includes people who don’t usually work together – sometimes from different organizations and across multiple geographies.
What is Project Management?
Project management, then, is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements.
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by Harshala | Mar 23, 2018 | Industry News
Consumers expect to use products and services from anywhere – and often on the go. Connected devices are no longer only phones, laptops, wearables’, smart coffee machines, or even talking fridges. We’re stepping further with smart houses, connected city infrastructure, intelligent assistants, and highly automated vehicles.
Consumer Electronic Show (CES) of 2018 have brought consumers the greatest hype around automation, connectivity, and augmented reality we could only dare to perceive.
New technology trends in 2018
- Autonomous technology is turning delivery services upside down
- Drones are playing the piano and could be doing much more
- Augmented reality builds trust between drivers and driverless cars
- Intelligent home assistants. Alexa, Siri and Google – a war that hasn’t even begun
- Voices, voices everywhere. Infrastructure and cars are really talking
The automotive industry is gaining a new role as a hub that helps businesses in various fields transform their products and services into on-the-go solutions and adapt to the future mobile-first and autonomous-first world. We can read this article to know more about latest trends in technology.
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by Harshala | Mar 16, 2018 | ECommerce
What is eCommerce?
Given some recent questions we have received, we thought it was time for a review of the fundamentals of eCommerce for aspiring web professionals.
Electronic commerce or eCommerce is a term for any type of business, or commercial transaction. It involves the transfer of information across the Internet. It covers a range of different types of businesses, from consumer based retail sites, through auction or music sites, to business exchanges trading goods and services between corporations. It is currently one of the most important aspects of the Internet to emerge.
This eCommerce article provides information about selling online products and also about how to develop an eCommerce strategy.
eCommerce Basics
To review the basics, one should read this article written by Ajeet Khurana an author, educator, mentor, angel investor, and speaker for eCommerce and online business.
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by Harshala | Mar 9, 2018 | Industry News, Search, Web Marketing
What Is SEO / Search Engine Optimization?
We thought a review of the fundamentals of search engine optimization for aspiring web professionals would be helpful this week.
SEO stands for search engine optimization. It is the process of getting traffic from the free, organic, editorial or natural search results on search engines.
All major search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo have primary search results, where web pages and other content such as videos or local listings are shown and ranked based on what the search engine considers most relevant to users. Payment isn’t involved, as it is with paid search ads.
This article has a short video which explains SEO. It also contents links to different SEO Guides and Books and other resources.
What Is SEM?
SEM (Search Engine Marketing) is the process of gaining website traffic by purchasing ads on search engines.
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by Harshala | Mar 2, 2018 | CSS3
Animation – A simulation of movement created by displaying a series of pictures, or frames. Cartoons on television is one example of animation. Animation on computers is one of the chief ingredients of multimedia presentations. There are many software applications that enable you to create animations that you can display on a computer monitor. In this article we provide you references for CSS3 Animation without using jQuery or JavaScript. We hope you find these resources and overview useful.
What is CSS Animation?
CSS animations make it possible to animate transitions from one CSS style configuration to another.
CSS animations are made up of two basic building blocks.
- Keyframes – define the stages and styles of the animation.
- Animation Properties – assign the @keyframes to a specific CSS element and define how it is animated.
The Article CSS Animation for Beginners covers following important elements in creating CSS Animation with code.
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by Harshala | Feb 23, 2018 | Mobile UX, Mobile Web, Responsive Design, User Experience
We thought it would be helpful to review the fundamentals of web design for aspiring web professionals in this article.
Responsive Web design is a Web design approach aimed at crafting sites to provide an optimal viewing experience. This is also aimed for easy reading and navigation with a minimum of resizing, panning, and scrolling across a wide range of devices.
What Is Mobile Responsive Design?
When a website is responsive, the layout and/or content responds or adapts based on the size of screen they are presented on. A responsive website automatically changes to fit the device you’re reading it on. Typically there have been four general screen sizes that responsive design has been aimed at: the widescreen desktop monitor, the smaller desktop or laptop, the tablet and the mobile phone.
Josh Byers 2012 article – A Beginner’s Guide to Mobile Responsive Design – StudioPress has examples given as the screen gets smaller, the content shifts and changes to the best display for each screen. This article also has more detailed information about
- Why Should I Care About Mobile Responsive Design? These days we need to think of mobile first.
- We first need to optimize the layout of the content.
- Next, we need to adapt the content that is shown (and only show content that is really needed).
- It has been amazingly easy to create a mobile responsive website for some time.
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