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Agile Software Development : How Distributed Agile Teams Work

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  Hiring an agile distributed team for application development is becoming more common now than ever before. With half of the world’s population effectively working from home, launching applications with the help of distributed teams is a norm.  One of the most significant benefits of having a distributed agile team is that such a team can work around the clock. If you have an offshore team and your internal team that lives on the other side of the world, a distributed team approach may prove to be beneficial: while one team takes a break and rests, the other is at work.  Benefits of opting for agile distributed teams Agile distributed teams hired from offshore resources offer flexibility in terms of collaboration since they have a faster learning curve in technology and tools.   If you are launching a new product or application and reluctant to invest heavily in hiring, offshore distributed teams can solve that problem at a reduced cost.  Offshore companies have an existing pool of t

Laravel and Vuejs: Perfect Combination for Web Application Development

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  In the world of application development too, there are matches made for each other. One such match is Laravel and Vue.JS - two most popular web development frameworks .  Let us examine what makes this combination so fruitful? What is Vue.JS? Vuejs is a progressive framework that’s widely used by the developer community for building user interfaces. Vuejs, which is mostly used for prototyping, has a core library with scalable elements. This library  integrates really well with other JavaScript libraries. Vuejs alone can be used for building single page and sophisticated applications. However, when integrated with other platforms, Vuejs is equally convenient. In a report by Stack Overflow 2020, 66% of developers said they preferred Vue JS.  For companies offering Vue.JS development services , this framework makes the life of developers easier due to its comprehensive documentation. Vuejs shares common principles with Angular and React. As a result, new developers have a faster learnin

Flutter 2.0: All about the new Updates for App Development

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  Over 150,000 Flutter applications have so far been launched into the Google Play Store. The open-source app development framework has been widely accepted by the developer community. No surprises thus that Flutter 2.0 was a much awaited launch. Is it just hype with no substance? Or will Flutter 2.0 change application development? Let’s dig in.   For starters, Flutter 2.0 is now a complete UI toolkit with a clear potential to build apps for any platform -the mobile, the desktop, the web, or even the emerging form factors such as foldable devices.  How did Flutter 1.0 fare?  Flutter 1.0 supported only Android and iOS apps while it still could run on mobile devices, desktop, and embedded systems.  Google eventually added more features, so it could run on the web as well. Flutter 1.0 offered 2Dimensions while due to Dart 2.1, it enjoyed a smaller code size, faster type checks etc and great speed. It had powerful compositing capabilities and had a full set of widgets offering pixel-perfec

Design Your Learning Management System For Better Distance Learning

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When around 1.2 billion children worldwide began schooling from home in 2020, educational institutions were forced to consider better solutions for remote learning. While the Online Learning Management System (LMS) was in existence well before the pandemic, it became an absolute necessity since then. Schools and universities bought or tied up with Edtech platforms such as Udemy, Coursera, etc., for specific courses or for distance learning solutions. However, adaptability remained a challenge.   What exactly went wrong with LMS solutions back in 2020? The biggest limitation was the lack of customization with LMS features . As  a result, individual needs were not met and learning remained sporadic for the most part. Adapting from the existing system to the new one posed as one of the most unavoidable challenges for educators and learners.  Top challenges with LMS software in 2020  LMS system was expensive for most people  Features couldn’t be customized Customer support wasn’t timely 

Impact of Digital Transformation on Business Cost Reduction

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  Digital transformation today is key to creating processes that automate tasks and convert cumbersome work into productive tasks. According to Statista , by 2023, the value of companies that would spend directly on digital transformation would reach a total of US $6.8 trillion.  An effective digital transformation strategy involves attaining digital maturity that leads to a considerable reduction of business costs. A mature digital transformation involves process transformation, adoption of digital tools to automate tasks, accounting software, team and collaboration tools, cloud-data storage, data analytics, software to manage sales, CRM, operations, finances, management etc.  For example, Salesforce - a cloud-based digital transformation software helps in automating marketing tasks, CRM, team collaboration etc. Similarly, ServiceNow - a cloud-based IT service management (ITSM) platform - helps in inventory management, employee IT support, HR service delivery and even application dev