2015

The computer systems that you use today are a result of 50 years of evolutionary success. Computers started from a simple machine as the abacus and have evolved through as complex as IBM and apple server machines. However, the foundation of the current computer systems was laid during the 80s and 90s. This was the era in which Apple and IBM produced desktop systems and Microsoft started releasing windows based GUI operating systems. Computers in [...]

Some more updates of developer software from ByteScout in November 2015: ByteScout BarCode Generator SDK 4.33.820 BarCode Generator Freeware 4.33.820.0 BarCode Reader SDK 8.30.1468 BarCode Reader 8.30.1468 What's new BarCode Generator SDK 4.33.820: generate barcodes in WinForms, ASP.NET, WPF applications Code 93 barcodes fix issues with some symbols minor improvements and fixes More info about BarCode Generator SDK   What's new BarCode Generator Freeware 4.33.820.0: improved barcode generation in this free barcode generator Code 93 barcodes fix issues with some symbols [...]

Have you ever wondered what technologies Facebook is using in order to give users, best social networking experience or what are the services that YouTube utilizes behind the scene that gives you a seamless video streaming experience? Well, this information is not publicly available; however, there are web services available that can detect the technologies and services being used by a website. This article presents a brief overview of such websites. 1. Builtwith.com Builtwith.com is [...]

Facebook is one of the most frequently and widely used social networking platform. Facebook allows users to share their statuses, photos, videos, documents, and much more. It also allows users to create their own pages which allow them to freely market their products. Where there is so much for a layman user, there is no shortage of APIs for the developers who want to integrate their apps and software with Facebook. A developer, though, has [...]

Software development is a location-independent business. Development teams can be located in one place or in multiple remote places. In both scenarios, effective interaction between the development team is crucial to smooth development resulting in a successful product. For this purpose, several chatting applications have been developed that allow team members to interact with each other. The following are some of the most widely used real-time chat applications for development teams. 1. Zoom Currently, Zoom [...]

JavaScript is a client side scripting language that runs in browser. Often you would have seen animations on your websites even If they are disconnected from the server. The reason is that all the JavaScript code is sent to the browser by the server and browser is responsible for interpreting and displaying corresponding animations. In this article we are going to see how we can make a simple expand/collapse menu using JavaScript. Let’s jump straight [...]

Platform-as-a-service (PaaS) is one of three categories of cloud computing services, alongside software as a service (SaaS) and Infrastructure as a service (IaaS). PaaS allows users to develop, deploy, and manage applications easily and efficiently without the need to worry about the infrastructure needed to make that happen. Businesses look to PaaS as a tool to lower costs of developing apps, but will also benefit from increased application runtime, scalability, virtualizations among other crucial upgrades. [...]

Adobe PDF is perhaps the best method of sharing documents. All the documents are read-only and no matter which platform you use for formatting that. All the devices, both computer, and mobile can open any Adobe files. The following are some of the best PDF tools which allow you to use PDF files effectively. Adobe Reader: Adobe reader is the leading tool in the PDF industry without any doubt. As it was the first to come [...]

The landing page is an important cog in a conversation chain. Most people set lofty goals for their landing pages but the majority of them fail due to one main reason. They don’t know where to start. Thankfully, you don’t have to be a developer or learn any programming skills to create really mind-blowing landing pages. You can produce fascinating landing pages without any hassle with the help of some amazing tools explained in the [...]

Bootstrap is one of the most popular front end development frameworks for building web sites and web applications. Hugely popular among both developers and designers, Bootstrap comes with global Cascade Style Sheet (CSS) settings with extensible classes and components like navigation, typography, and much more. How Bootstrap Was Developed Jacob Thornton and Marc Otto originally launched this tool to enhance the efficiency and consistency of Twitter. However, bootstrap became really popular after it was released [...]