Cloud Computing to Revolutionize 2020 Posted on August 24, 2020June 1, 2023 by admin Cloud technologies have had a big effect on the growth of small and medium businesses. For big enterprises, using cloud solutions is a major competitive advantage. In 2019, cloud computing will continue to evolve, remaining the biggest tech trend.New platforms for enterprises bring together advanced services and low-cost cloud infrastructure.Let’s see in what ways the cloud will shape 2020.1. Corporate spending on cloud services will increase. While some businesses will continue to update their existing systems, others will shift to the SaaS (software as a service) model. SaaS will be growing increasingly popular as an easy way to get access to the latest technologies.2. Demand for hybrid and multi-cloud solutions will grow. Today, companies distribute the information load between their own infrastructure, hybrid clouds, and multi-cloud. Businesses using the SaaS model delegate all the tasks to their selected provider, which makes the costs more transparent. This tendency will continue throughout 2020.3. Cloud technologies will grow more available. In 2020, advanced technologies – from virtualization to hypervisors to cloud solutions — will continue to expand. Open-source apps will be the main driving force behind this trend. The trend will touch a variety of fields, from app stack to operating systems.4. In 2019, we’ll see plenty of new services for all imaginable needs, from block chain integration to mobile systems. As for cloud technologies, the most popular services will include iPaaS (integrated platforms as a service), dPaaS (data protection as a service), mBaaS (mobile backend as a service), etc.5. Full Stack developers will have to know data processing engines like the back of their hand. As more and more organizations are switching to cloud solutions, developers will be looking at multiple career opportunities. Specialists with an in-depth knowledge of Spark will be in great demand.6. Started back in 2017, AI and ML trend will continue to gain momentum. As businesses are turning to cloud computing, AI and ML solutions will be growing ubiquitous.7. IT training specialists. Although pieces of training for IT specialists are already a common thing in the corporate field, there will be an increasing need for professional coaches. Working closely with IT directors, they will teach the company’s employees to make the best use of cloud technologies. For better results, the training program will go hand in hand with the corporate roadmap.8. Containerization is when the app code and all its dependencies are packaged so that the app runs quickly and reliably. Containers include ready-to-use files, configurations, libraries, etc. Due to its portability, app containerization is a major factor behind the growth of cloud technologies. Outdated technologies will be substituted by cloud services. Back in the time when cloud technologies were in their early s9.tages, companies used to export their infrastructure to the cloud. Today it’s predicted that the functionality offered by cloud providers will replace the company’s own apps. Here we’re talking about databases, AI and ML solutions, etc.Let’s sum it up:Cloud services will increasingly dominate the tech world.There will be a growing demand for cloud specialists.AI and ML technologies will continue to be on the forefront.In 2020, businesses are expected to generate new values using cloud computing. Nowadays, there is no doubt that the cloud is a crucially important technology that continues to revolutionize the business world. The main question is this: What businesses will be the first to benefit from the cloud solutions, leaving competitors behind?
Why You Should Consider React Native for Your Mobile App? Posted on August 18, 2020June 1, 2023 by admin The first time we saw that we could use React, our go-to front-end library, for building native applications, we were thrilled. The promise of learning React’s paradigm and writing applications for the most common platforms was so exciting that we decided to give React Native a shot.Indeed, React Native creates a wide spectrum of new possibilities in building performance IOS, Android, or even Windows applications. However, you should also be aware of the restrictions that it might have. In this article, we want to present our perspective on React Native which we have gained from the Netguru’s projects.What is React Native? React Native is a JavaScript framework for writing real, natively rendering mobile applications for iOS and Android. It’s based on React, Facebook’s JavaScript library for building user interfaces, but instead of targeting the browser, it targets mobile platforms. In other words: web developers can now write mobile applications that look and feel truly “native,” all from the comfort of a JavaScript library that we already know and love. Plus, because most of the code you write can be shared between platforms, React Native makes it easy to simultaneously develop for both Android and iOS.Why use React Native? For a long time, React Native was considered to be commercially unviable. It wasn’t developed or supported enough to produce ‘native-like’ apps. But the times have changed. React Native is gaining popularity, gaining community support, and gaining more market share. It’s getting easier and easier to write brilliant apps using React Native – and the world is taking notice.1. Tried and trusted Facebook built React Native first and foremost to create a fantastic mobile app for their own social portal. More likely than not, you’ve used it on your phone by way of the Facebook mobile app. Does it feel like a native app? Sure it does. But since React Native has gone open source, more companies have decided to bet on it and create their mobile apps this way. Here are just a few examples.2. Popular React Native apps Facebook Instagram Skype Tesla Walmart Discord Bloomberg Putting your app in such a company isn’t the worst idea in the world.3. One codebase for two platforms With React Native, you create one codebase that works on both Android and iOS. And it doesn’t just ‘work’ – it compiles to native Java and Swift code. Specifically, React Native creates a bridge between web UI components and their native Java/Swift counterparts. Think about the implications of your software project. No need for two development teams for two platforms. No need to synchronize features and layouts. You simply develop faster and can get more out of your budget.4. Use the language you already know You need less specialized knowledge to create React Native apps. Chances are you already have someone on your team that can program in JavaScript, possibly even in ReactJS specifically. JS developers are simply easier to find compared to developers with skills in Java or Swift.5. Save even more time with a web app If you have a ReactJS web app, fragments of the frontend code (such as business logic) can be shared between mobile and web, facilitating development even more. Final thoughts. If you’re using Facebook or Airbnb mobile app, you’re using React Native without even knowing it. React Native apps lower your development and maintenance costs because you don’t have to deal with two separate codebases for iOS and Android. React Native apps are easy to write, saving time for developers, and cutting costs for project managers.At the end of the day, you’re still coding in JavaScript. There’s no need to learn Swift/Java or to add developers with such skills to your roster.React Native is growing fast with no signs of stopping. These are just some of the many benefits React Native can deliver.
Top Machine Learning Trends in 2020 Posted on August 14, 2020June 1, 2023 by admin Just as electricity transformed almost everything 100 years ago, today I actually have a hard time thinking of an industry that I don’t think Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning will transform in the next several yearsAnd that’s true enough! In these aggressive times, there is a dramatic increase in the platforms, tools, and applications that are based on Machine Learning. And these technologies are not only impacting the software industry but industries all across the spectrum like health care, automobile, manufacturing, agriculture, etc. And this advancement in ML technologies is only growing with each year as top companies around the world are heavily investing in research and development for Machine Learning and its endless offshoots. Let’s see some of the top ML trends for 2020 that will probably shape the future world and pave the path for more Machine Learning technologies.1. Digital Data Forgetting Using Machine Learning (Rather Machine Unlearning!)These days data is the new oil in Computer Science! We are generating more and more data every day and this means that we are fast running out of places to store the data! Regular software systems cannot handle Big Data and while Cloud Computing is very helpful, the overall costs to manage large amounts of data are insane!And so, there are some times when it is much more constructive than some data is conveniently forgotten by the system. This can occur in situations when organizations want to control their data related amount or maybe when users want their data and clan forgotten by the system because of privacy risks and so on. In such situations, it is better to use Machine Learning to thoroughly understand the scenarios and identify the unnecessary data so it can be deleted or rather forgotten (In other words we can say that Machine Unlearning!).2. Interoperability among Neural NetworksArtificial Neural Networks are a part of ML that are inspired by, amazingly enough, biological neural networks. But one of the major issues in creating Artificial Neural Networks is choosing the right framework for them. And Data scientists are spoiled for choice among various options like Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit, Apache MXNet, etc.But the issue is that once a Neural Network is trained and calculate on a particular framework, it is highly difficult to port this on a different framework. This somewhat diminishes the far-reaching capabilities of Machine Learning. So to handle this problem, AWS, Facebook and Microsoft have collaborated to create the Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX), which allows for the reuse of trained neural network models across multiple frameworks. Now ONNX will become an essential technology that will lead to increased invulnerability among Neural Networks.3. Automated Machine LearningFor those who are not experts in the mysterious world of Machine Learning, Automated Machine Learning is godsend! It allows the application of Machine Learning solutions much easier for ML non-experts and may even be able to easily shaft the complex scenarios in training ML models.So a tool like Auto ML which can be used to train heavy custom machine learning models while having minimal machine learning expertise will surely gain prominence. It can easily deliver the right amount of customization without a detailed understanding of the complex work-flow of ML. However, Auto ML is not a silver bullet and it can require some additional parameters that can only be set with some measure of expertise.4. The convergence of Internet of Things and Machine LearningMachine Learning and the IOT are like a match made in Tech Heaven. Based on the Business Insider, there will be more than 64 billion IoT devices by 2025, up from about 9 billion in 2017. All these IoT devices generate a lot of data that needs to be collected and mined for actionable results. Now, this requires the expertise of advanced Machine Learning models that are based on deep neural networks.So the Internet of Things is used to collect and handle the huge amount of data that is required by the ML algorithms. In turn, these algorithms convert the data into useful actionable results that can be implemented by the IoT devices. This convergence of IoT and ML can transform industries and help them in making more informed decisions based on the mammoth data available every day which will result in new value propositions, business models, revenue streams and services.5. Rise Of Natural Language Processing for Customer SupportIt’s clear that humans can converse with each other using speech but now machines can too! This is known as Natural Language Processing where machines evaluate and understand language and speech as it is spoken. And now NLP is most popular for customer support applications, particularly the chat-bot. These chat-bots use ML and NLP to interact with the users in textual form and solve their queries. So you get the human touch in your customer support interactions without ever directly interacting with a human.NLP and ML are also invaluable in actually define through various conversations and understanding what the users are saying. This allows the company to acquire strategic information about the users such as their preferences, buying habits, sentiments, etc. which can then be analysed to understand market trends, operational risks, etc.
Why do most people choose to go with Microsoft Azure? Posted on July 31, 2019June 1, 2023 by admin One of the most popular cloud service providers is Microsoft Azure for those who want to opt for Microsoft Cloud products and services. It is for Microsoft infrastructure for the cloud.Needless to say that Microsoft products are ruling the industry and with the onset of cloud technology, Microsoft Cloud products are being used by the majority of the companies.1) Microsoft is a tech company, and only that: Microsoft was founded as a tech company and these roots have spread into their Cloud Services. Their tech RND can help create advancements in Azure.In recent years, Amazon has been expanding more and more into new industries. There are two big concerns around this. The first is simply divided attention. The second is that as they expand into new sectors, they become a competition to many of their existing and potential customers. Most companies do not want to give money to the competition, rely on them for critical applications, nor trust them with company or customer data. A very public example of this is Wal-Mart’s declaration that all vendors must be on Azure.2) Easy to manage all the Acceptance: In Azure, there is a concept of Subscriptions, unlike AWS where we have different accounts. If you want to do something like getting all the list of all the resources across different subscriptions then it is much easier in Azure than AWS where first you need to build cross-account trust and then do it.3) Azure App Service: According to me this is the best PaaS offering by Azure. In AWS we have Elastic Beanstalk but it comes nowhere close to Azure App Service. There’s seamless integration with Custom Domains, SSL Certificates, CDN, Docker Containers.4) Extensions: There are out-of-box extensions available in Azure like AppDynamics, Dynatrace which can help you with Application-level monitoring. This can be done in AWS but there’s no out-of-the-box solution available.5) Global Scale: Azure has a massive global scale, and continues to expand. Cloud development is a corporate focus (as shown by their approximately $10 Billion per year investment). Azure services are often built with this global scale in mind and thus work seamlessly across regions.Microsoft has more than 30,000 miles of dark fibre connecting their data centres. Having this allows for secure connectivity. When communicating between regions, customers are not required to traverse the public internet. Because of this, Azure customers can reduce latency, stay more secure, and save on data egress charges.
New Features in Drupal Version 8 Posted on March 28, 2019June 1, 2023 by admin The one thing that the IT industry has taught everyone is if you stop, then you will lose. As simple as it is, if you are not upgrading yourself with the latest versions, then gradually you will see that your existing features and functions are outdated and hard to switch after a given period of time. With the recent release of Drupal’s latest version 8, most of the people are unaware about the features that are introduced with it. Though Drupal took three to five years for releasing its Beta version, it has much more offer with its Version 8 release. There are more than 500 changes to the core components of the Drupal in version 8, which is twice the number of changes in Version 7.Some of the popular changes which are frozen areMobile FriendlinessWith the increasing number of mobile devices, the 1600 contributors team of Drupal has not only enhanced the themes to be mobile friendly but also improved the admin pages to be easily accessed on mobile. The admin toolbar featured is lightweight, mobile first and the tables shrink as requiredUniversal Unique Ids (UUIDS)In the latest version, Drupal team has focused more on adding uniformity of the data structures. The previous versions of Drupal had IDs for nodequexe, taxonomy terms, etc. Using the UUIDS for different types of content, the process of development becomes more streamlined and particular during the migrationInline EditingMostly content managers will have a sigh of relief with the latest version as it allows you to edit the content by just clicking on the pencil icon near the required content option. You are free from looking for needed content types or investigating the admin panel.Multilingual CapabilitiesThe Drupal 8 version has been enhanced with multi-lingual capabilities by which you can expand your reach to global audience in their native language. You can easily translate the details in the system with built-in user interfaces and build pages with language filtering and block visibility. You can also get regular updates of the translation software from the Drupal community.Configuration ManagementThe latest version offers you the facility and flexibility to take a snapshot of the Drupal development at a given point of time. It becomes an invaluable tool which helps in streamlining several processes like development process, deployment process and the migration process. Whenever any setting changes occur, it is automatically saved in the config file and the DB.OOP SupportApart from the features in Drupal 8, you can find new features in the next version, development for which has already begun. You will find object oriented programming (OOP) components support in Drupal 9 version. In-Built Web servicesUsing the latest version of Drupal as data source, you can build a variety of mobile apps. As Drupal 8 implements high tech HAL applications, you can expose the content as JSON or XML, and authenticate clients with HTTP or expose views-generated lists as services.HTML5 MarkupThe industry standard feature of HTML5 has also been added in the Drupal version 8 so that you can make a dynamic website that is compatible with all screen sizes. You can find appropriate native tools on mobile for phone, date, and e-mail fieldsThere are several features in the Drupal 8 version while we have covered some of the important and popular ones, as it is not practical cover the entire list of 500 changes in single post. But, if you have any query related to Drupal development then you can let our Drupal Development team from NCode Technologies, Inc. get in touch with you. With more than a decade years of experience, NCode Technologies, Inc. has been catering to several clients from all over the globe.
6 Advantages ASP.NET over Other Web Development Platforms Posted on March 28, 2019June 1, 2023 by admin ASP.NET is a vital component of the DOT Net framework and is a standard and stable tool for present day software programmers and developers for building applications for the Internet. ASP.NET is amongst the most favoured technologies for building dynamic web pages, feature rich websites as well as web-centric applications. Unlike other web applications, ASP.NET is a server-side scripting technology that utilizes the Windows Web Server to host ASP.NET websites or applications.ASP.NET is a boon for those websites which need to update their content frequently or need to be updated automatically. Here are some of the advantages of using ASP.NET:Based on server side scripting technology, which is why the code is processed on the windows server before it is displayed in the web browser. Therefore, ASP.net applications execute more quickly than interpreted scriptsWith ASP.NET, on-the-fly updates of deployed web applications are possible. This does not need the restarting of the server.Additionally, ASP.Net provides automatic state management for web page controls. This is also called server controls. ASP.Net also offers the ability to create new as well as customized server controls from existing controls.ASP.NET also provides built-in features for caching frequently requested web pages on the server. Additional features provided are localizing content for specific languages as well as cultures and even detecting browser capabilities.ASP.NET also provides full support for XML, CSS and other new as well as established web standards.For the program logic, a developer can choose to write the code in more than 25 .NET languages. This includes C#, JScript, VB.Net, etc.Therefore, ASP.NET Development has emerged as the de-facto standard in web programming and developing web based applications on a global basis. This is due to the robust framework of ASP.NET and the strong support base that ASP.NET has been able to build over the years
What’s the Optimal Team Size for Workplace Productivity? Posted on March 28, 2019June 1, 2023 by admin Team size is a crucial component of maximizing workplace productivity. Is there an optimal team size?It’s perfectly natural. We often ask ourselves: “What’s the optimal team size?”And for good reason. Hiring people is a big deal. The performance of a company depends on their work, and they are typically a company’s biggest expense. In addition, the way people get along internally affects everyone’s happiness and ultimately impacts workplace productivity…..We want the right team, with the right skills, doing the right work. Hire too few people, and there may be skill gaps; hire too many people and we run the risk of a bloated payroll and processes more complex than they need to be.So we think, there’s gotta be an ideal team size. If only we could figure it out, or at least establish a rule of thumb so that we don’t screw up.Thinking it throughOkay, so teams are helpful. But how big should they be? …It depends. (Sorry, had to.)To get closer to the answer, think through:– the team’s goal – the skills required – who will lead the team – how they will decide who does what – how they will communicate – how they will form and maintain membershipsFactors like these are what Moe Carrick describes as critical to a team’s cohesion, productivity, and health.Reference: https://www.getflow.com/blog/optimal-team-size-workplace-productivity
Angular or React.js which is better know the differences Posted on March 28, 2019June 1, 2023 by admin There are so many talks between Angular and React.js frameworks that we have to use or we can use another one. What will be the best choice moving further Angular or React.js.There is very limited comparison between these 2 frameworks because one is library which deals with views whereas other one is complete framework.If you check state management concepts, Angular is easy with data-binding bundled and React works with immutable data. There are many features which are in build available in Angular package which are not in React.js. Few of them are, Dependency Injection (DI), Routing based on component, CSS scope, Form validations, Material design components which are available in Angular. In React, we have to use library for these features.Angular:Angular 2+ marks a turning point in the history of the Angular framework. Starting as a solid Backbone competitor, AngularJS (read: Angular 1.x versions) nearly became obsolete when React came out. (Angular 1.x versions are still in demand, however, as many current projects rely on it and the shift to Angular 2+ will take several years.) Angular has substantially changed its architecture to come to terms with React. So what does Angular offer now?One notable change in Angular is from a Model-View-Whatever (read: some form of MVC) architecture to a component-based architecture. Angular has become very modular. If previously you could insert a link to the AngularJS library in the main HTML file, now you can install separate modules. You can easily shy away from installing some Angular modules, for example @angular/forms or @angular/http, if you don’t need them. This Angular flexibility is commendable.The bottom line: Comparing Angular2+ with React is questionable as Angular is a complete framework with all the tools a modern JavaScript developer needs. Angular 2+ hasn’t yet reached the popularity level of its little brother, but it will get more support from Google in the near future. Choose Angular if you don’t like to constantly choose among additional libraries as with React.React:React stormed the JS world several years ago to become its definite leader. React encourages you to use a reactive approach and a functional programming paradigm. React also introduced many of its own concepts to define its unique (at the time it was created) approach to frontend web development. To use React, you’ll have to master a component-based architecture, JSX, and unidirectional data flow. The unidirectional data flow is implemented by Flux.React-based applications are divided into multiple components. A single component file contains both business logic and HTML mark-up (which is actually a JSX mark-up that’s transformed into JavaScript functions). For communication between components, you can use either Flux or a similar JS library. React also introduced special objects – state and props. Using the state and props objects, you can simply pass data from a component to the layout (using the state object) or from a parent component to a child component (using the props object).The bottom line: React is one of the most used JavaScript frameworks. Although we acknowledge the huge hype around React, we genuinely think that React can be your first choice for creating an advanced user interface. Don’t be afraid to choose from plenty of React tools.Some of really good comparisons are in below reference link:https://www.toptal.com/front-end/angular-vs-react-for-web-developmentOur team at Briskstar can provide you right solutions.
.NET Core 3 and Support for Windows Desktop Applications Posted on March 28, 2019June 1, 2023 by admin ASP.NET Core will continue to move forward in parallel and will have a release with .NET Core 3.0. Our commitment to web and cloud applications remains unchanged. At the same time, it’s time to add Windows desktop applications as another supported workload for .NET Core. We have heard many requests for desktop applications with .NET Core and are now sharing our plan to deliver on that. Let’s take a look at that.Benefits of .NET Core for DesktopThere are many benefits with .NET Core that are great for desktop apps. There are a few that are worth calling out explicitly:– Performance improvements and other runtime updates that will delight your users– Super easy to use or test a new version of .NET Core for just one app on a machine– Enables both machine-global and application-local deployment– Support for the .NET Core CLI tools and SDK-style projects in Visual StudioFew more set of improvements adding to both .NET Core 3.0 and .NET Framework 4.8:– Access to the full Windows 10 (AKA “WinRT”) API.– Ability to host UWP XAML controls in WPF and Windows Forms applications.– Ability to host UWP browser and media controls, enabling modern browser and media content and standards.The .NET Core deployment model is one the biggest benefits that Windows desktop developers will experience with .NET Core 3. In short, you can install .NET Core in pretty much any way you want. It comes with a lot of deployment flexibility.The ability to globally install .NET Core provides much of the same central installation and servicing benefits of .NET Framework, while not requiring in-place updates.Using .NET Core 3 for an Existing Desktop ApplicationFor new desktop applications, we’ll guide everyone to start with .NET Core 3. The more interesting question is what the experience will be like to move existing applications, particularly big ones, to .NET Core 3. We want the experience to be straightforward enough that moving to .NET Core 3 is an easy choice for you, for any application that is in active development. Applications that are not getting much investment and don’t require much change should stay on .NET Framework 4.8.Quick explanation of our plan:Desktop applications will need to target .NET Core 3 and recompile. Project files will need to be updated to target .NET Core 3.Dependencies will not need to retarget and recompile. There will be additional benefits if you update dependencies.We intend to provide compatible APIs for desktop applications. We plan to make WPF and Windows Forms side-by-side capable, but otherwise as-is, and make them work on .NET Core.In fact, we have already done this with a number of our own apps and others we have access to.The biggest experience improvements with SDK-style projects are:– Much smaller and cleaner project files– Much friendlier to source control (fewer changes and smaller diffs)– Edit project files in Visual Studio without unloading– NuGet is part of the build and responsive to changes like target framework update– Supports multi-targetingThe first part of adopting .NET Core 3 for desktop projects will be migrating to SDK-style projects. There will be a migration experience in Visual Studio and available at the command line.It is an exciting time to be a .NET developer. Hire us now, briskstardev.briskstaruat.comReference: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2018/05/07/net-core-3-and-support-for-windows-desktop-applications/
Healthcare Mobile Application Development Posted on March 28, 2019June 1, 2023 by admin The health and wellness industry has experienced the reverberations of the digital boom in the past decade. Medical treatments, pharmaceutical products, and diagnostic techniques have crossed the physical boundaries and stepped into the virtual realms. Healthcare apps have emerged as the best technological offering for this industry vertical as these have brought quality medical care at the fingertips of the user.From booking an appointment with the doctor to scheduling diagnostic tests, getting reports online, and even having a long distance consultation, these apps have made everything possible. With a countless number of people using smartphones nowadays, the popularity of Android healthcare applications is on the rise. These apps are making an immense contribution towards making better facilities accessible to those who need them. Not only this, they play a vital role in the growth of the industry as well. For this reason, most of the healthcare providers want to invest in mobile app development today.Today, doctors using a mobile app is staggering 83%+ numbers. Most of these are health and fitness apps, which enable the tracking of health parameters by users and provide users with interesting insight about their fitness level.Why we need healthcare in mobile is because of below reasons:– Improved Patient Care– Branding Advantage– Proactive Health Management By The Patients– Customization BenefitsHere are the 5 things you must consider while developing a healthcare mobile app:– Target hardware– Interoperability– API components– Data security– Device securityAt the end of the day, the driving need, the usability, and user-friendliness will decide the fate of your app.In this throwaway society, principally with respect to apps, where frequently the usage of an app may well be over a few weeks, the true value of a healthcare app will be established in the period of use.Developing a healthcare mobile app brings you close to your patients. So what are you waiting for, contact us now!!
