Thursday 18 October 2012

The Web Evolution

Can you imagine a world without “Google” or “Internet Banking”? Probably no!! It has become such an important part of our lives that merely a thought of it could cause goose bumps for many of us.  We use various Web Applications in our daily lives in form of e- mails, online banking, online shopping, music downloads, security measures and much more. Theoretically a web application is an application that is accessed by the users over a network such as internet or intranet. Web applications have become very popular now a day and the reason being is the ubiquity of the web browsers.

Custom web application development has never been easier. The invention of open source framework has simplified and dramatically revolutionized the custom web application development. It has become affordable and do not require any complex roll out procedure for implementation. It allows the developer to focus on the unique part of the application. The most interesting thing about web applications is that is requires little or no space on client’s disk, all it needs is a compatible web browser.

Introduction of PHP could be stated as a turning point in the field of custom web application development. It is the most flexible scripting language. It is compatible with almost all operating systems from Microsoft Windows to Android and can be integrated with all major open sources like wordpress, joomla, magento etc. There are around 5 million developers for custom php development worldwide. Some of the biggest online brands like Facebook, Flickr, and Yahoo are powered by php. custom php development can provide some really cool feature
like:

Sending e-mails through form
Creating member log-in
Counting visitors, creating calendar
Hosting a web forum

Another big thing in web industry could only be “Wordpress”. Well, the statistics says so. It is the most widely used and popular CMS powering 72.4 million websites as of March’ 2012. It has the biggest market share of 53.8 % as compared to Joomla and Drupal which accounts for 9.2 and 6.7 percents. There are around 19000+ free plug ins available in the market which have been downloaded around 85,000,000 times. All these exciting features make wordpress website development even more exciting. Through custom wordpress development you can achieve:

A static website
A directory
An image gallery
An eCommerce site
A discussion forum

E-commerce has defiantly changed the way we shop today. Any product from any part of the world is just a click away. It has globalized the market. Magento is the open source framework that has revolutionized e-commerce. Magento’s client list includes Samsung, The North Force, Stussy and Nespresso. It is fastest growing e-commerce platform with more than 30,000 merchants currently using it. It has two versions, Enterprise edition and Community edition. One has to pay for the enterprise edition which is full packed with useful features while community version can be downloaded for free which has been downloaded over I million times. The magento website development is well supported by online forums. A customized magento website development provides you:

Control of multiple website and stores through one admin
CMS for informational pages
Multiple language, currency and tax rates support
SSL security support
Guest checkouts