29 August, 2014

Struts - In What Ways Does It Support Java Programming

Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has developers Struts as an open source web application development. The framework is being used widely by programmers to create Java EE internet applications. It enables web developers to create application by using model-view-controller (MVC) architecture by adopting and extending the Java Servlet API. The Java programmers also have option to use WebWork, a framework spun from Struts. Despite retaining the original architecture of Struts, WebWork comes with several enhancements and refinements. Thus, the Java programmers can rely on Struts to create large and complex enterprise application by keeping the model separate from view and controller.

28 August, 2014

Agile QA Process for Projects - Best Practices

As an incremental and iterative agile approach for software development, scrum is used widely by enterprises across the world to manage product development in a holistic and flexible way. Scrum requires the development team to work as a single unit for accomplishing a common goal. The agile approach further assumes that the clients can always change their mind about their wants and needs during the project.

Therefore, it becomes essential for both software developers and testers to explore innovative ways to deliver valuable features of business in short development iterations varying from 2 to 4 weeks.

25 August, 2014

Promising future for app developers with Apple's Swift

Apple has spent several years in making of Swift. Apple put down the foundation for Swift in order to improve the current compiler, debugger, and also framework structure. The memory management has been made easier with Automatic Reference Counting (ARC). The framework stack, designed on the strong base of Foundation and Cocoa, and also been modernised and standardised all around. Objective-C alone has developed to support blocks, collection literals, as well as modules, allowing framework adopting of latest language technologies with no interruption. Swift the latest programming language is recognized as the outcome of latest research for the programming languages, blend of many years of knowledge in developing Apple platforms. The specific features presented out of objective-C are introduced on a clean syntax that makes it much easier to read and manage. The primary concept regarding Swift is to make programming easier by following safe programming patterns & codes.

21 August, 2014

Why is Android considered to be the future of Microsoft?

A number of experts are considering Android to be the future of Microsoft. It’s not that they are making news out of air or are just trying to make it to the headlines. There are solid and valid reasons behind their opinions. Let us discuss them.

Microsoft has already made significant profit from Android

20 August, 2014

How will HTML5 Transform Mobile BI and CRM?

As a core technology markup language for the web, HTML5 comes with the elements and attributes required for developing robust web and mobile applications. A number of reports have also highlighted the effectiveness of HTML5 in building mobile business intelligence (BI) and CRM applications compatible with a wide range of browsers and devices.

Unlike Flash, Java and Silverlight, HTML5 is supported by most browsers and devices. So it becomes easier for developers to create rich mobile BI and CRM apps by integrating mail, multimedia and similar content. HTML5 further enables programmers to write code using HTML, JavaScript and CSS to make increate the application’s portability and compatibility.

19 August, 2014

Hibernate in Java - What Should Developers Know?

As the name suggests, Hibernate Object-Relational Mapping or ORM is an object-relational mapping library that is used in Java. The library provides a framework that helps in mapping object-oriented models of domains. The main objective of Hibernate is to solve the object-oriented impedance issues through the process of replacing the direct persistence-related accesses of database with functions that are involved in high-end object handling.

The primary feature that Hibernate comes up with is a unique mapping ability from various classes that are used in Java to the database tables and the same from Java data types to the SQL data types. The library also provides a string of retrieval facilities as well as a high end data query that facilitates handling the backend features. It also generates SQL calls, while making the lives of the developers easier, by automating set handling as well as object conversion. Besides, applications that use Hibernate also support SQL database with hardly any performance overhead.

18 August, 2014

What to expect from iOS 8 release?

The new products of Apple are generally released around the fall; thus those who are fans of their products wait with bated breath for the next releases around this time. In this context, the next releases from the Apple stable are supposed to be iOS 8 and iPhone 6 which will be released sometime around September. The news about iOS 8 release was publicized on June. Now, with just a few days left for the release, people are growing increasingly curious about the new additions or changes that might be introduced in it. Here is a sneak peek at some of the features which are expected to be seen in the new release.

14 August, 2014

Java Strings - Few things that Java Programmer Should Know

A Java class that is very widely used is known as string. It is considered quite special since compared to a normal class it contains some unique, special characteristics. It consists of some characters in a sequence; through the class the object can be created. There are many concepts which can be carried on through this and are worth knowing by most Java programmers.

Creation of objects or instantiation- The object can be created in two different ways- through new keywords and through string literal. Through double quote a string literal can be created. With its creation each time, the constant pool is checked by JVM first. If the pool already has the string then it returns the pooled instance’s reference. If the pool does not contain it then a new object is instantiated which is then placed there. Memory efficiency is increased by this. Through keywords, the object is created in a straight-forward manner by JVM.

13 August, 2014

FileMaker 13 - New Features and Updates

The 2013 version of FileMaker comes with over 50 new features. It also offers several enhanced design and development tools to make it easier for developers to build, maintain and publish a database on iOS and OS X. At the same time, the users also have option to access FileMaker Go on their iPads and iPhones to quickly add, edit, sort and search data, and create reports. These new features and updated make it essential for existing owners to upgrade to FileMaker 13 optimize the performance of their enterprise-level solutions.

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12 August, 2014

Selenium - How it fits in software company testing process?

The highly responsive and interactive software processes demand testing to be carried out so that the ultimate product that reaches the customer turns to be as perfect as possible. For this purpose automated tests find a special place amongst the various processes of a software company. In automated testing a software tool is used for running of repeatable tests on the application in question. There are several tools that can serve the purpose; amongst them a very prominent one is Selenium.

11 August, 2014

HTML5 - Top Reasons for Programmers to Choose

HTML5, the 5th in the generation of the technology markup internet language is designed to improve the language with the latest multimedia support that keeps it readable as well as easy to comprehend for the human, hardware systems and devices like the web browsers, parsers, etc. This makes the markup language, one of the most popular, in the fraternity of computer programming.

Let us discuss in details, the top few reasons for the programmers to opt for this language.

Few Reasons to Use QuickTest Professional

The UFT or Unified Function Testing software developed by HP, which was previously called DTP or QuickTest Professional software is designed to provide regression as well as functional test automation for various software applications as well as environments.

Now the question here is why should one use QTP for testing automation? Let us look into the issue in details.

The popularity of QuickTest Professional or QTP is due to the outstanding features that the package comes up with.

The first and the foremost reason why it is so popular is that it can be used in a wide variety of frameworks – from Modular driven frameworks to the ones that are data driven. It can also be used in frameworks that are driven by keywords along with other types of frameworks that are customized to meet client specific needs. Moreover, building frameworks becomes much easier with the help of QTP, irrespective of the type or variety.

The software is excellent in identifying the various products that are designed/developed by MS Office, in particular MS Excel. It also helps in easy reading, writing, modifying etc. It helps users to create an excel file or a file in word or outlook without any difficulty whatsoever.

When it comes to mere recording or playing scripts or test cases, QTP helps a lot by making the process much easier. It also helps in customizing, modifying, or playing back the selected text or cases. Besides, it also provides the option of recording the scripts in three different modes of recording, to meet the requirements – Analog, Low Level, and Normal.

QTP also features a long list of embedded or inbuilt functions that help in data manipulations, mathematics, determination of the date and time, conversion, etc. This makes sure that the users will not have to re-invest wheels. They will simply have to use it.

QTP also helps in picking up the errors and to carry out RTA or Root Cause Analysis of errors and recovery from the same. It also delivers timely as well as appropriate error messages along with the very best log reports. Besides error messages and log reports, it also features the option of providing setting break points and help in finding out the values that are stored at runtime, thanks to a fully featured inbuilt Script Editor and Script Debugging Mechanism. Then, there is a Recovery Scenario Manager that helps in recovering from any uncalled for events like statement failure, crash of application etc.

When it comes to maintenance and reusability, QTP is the best. It is extremely easy to maintain the test scripts, objects, and functions that the application comes up with.

In spite of the fact that the tools of QTP only support the Windows based platforms, it can well be used to automate a variety of application platforms as well. It is not just limited to the likes of Oracle, Web Forms, SAP, Flex, .NET, Java, PeopleSoft, Siebel, Windows mobiles, WPF, Delphi, Stingray, Terminal Emulator in the Mainframe.

The Test Run Result Viewer is another feature that QTP contains. It helps the users to develop an executive summary page, rich with highly enriched test specific data, including pie charts, statistics pertaining to current as well as previous runs, a link that takes the users to the results of the previous runs and much more.

Besides all these key features, QuickTest Professional also features a string of highly valuable functionality, like Checkpoints (it helps to verify the likely output of a particular test to determine the test results) and Reporter (it generates a report stating the results of the test – pass or fail through a statement).

Most importantly, users get round the clock technical assistance over the phone should anything go wrong. Also, they can get an instant solution to any issues pertaining to the tools from various forums that can be found online. Technicians, having years of troubleshooting experience under their belt will come to the aide, resolving the issues at the earliest.

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08 August, 2014

Features of ColdFusion Splendor

Splendor, the Public Beta of ColdFusion version 11 comes up with a string of features that are really useful for the users. One of the most attractive features of Splendor is its tight integration for the mobile platforms. While previously Adobe tried its best to assist the users in front end designing, a vast majority of the designers/developers found it really hard to succeed, with all their hard work going in vain and their efforts getting bloated. Thus, Adobe came up with a developed along with a more user friendly version of a platform, which would help the development of mobile applications with the help of ColdFusion Code. And the new version 11, which is called Splendor makes development of native phone apps, pure web based apps, as well as a combination of both, highly seamless. What is more intriguing is the fact that while using ColdFusion codes help development of an application, the codes are compiled into JavaScript.

All said and done, let us discuss some of the features of Splendor is details.

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The new ColdFusion Splendor helps to improve the existing CFML (ColdFusion Markup Language) expertise for developing various types of mobile apps. It also helps in using the inbuilt integration with Adobe Phonegap in a flawless as well as easy manner. Besides, it also helps in delivering them as installed applications, which run on devices that are based on Android and iOS operation systems.

This helps the users to use a string of unique on-device debugging capabilities for identifying as well as fixing the loopholes or errors that can be found in the installed apps or various mobile applications that are browser-based.

Splendor also helps in enhancing the security features for negating as well as limiting the attack surface, by restricting the remote access to admin portal. They also help in developing application much faster and in a seamless manner. This is solely because every functionality that ColdFusion Splendor comes up with, can be accessed by using the CFSCRIPT.

The features also come in handy for improving the conversion engine from Adobe, for generating a superior quality PDFs from the HTMLS pages. Besides, they also allow the end users when it comes to accessing the web applications, with their personal accounts that they already have in various social media sites.

There is also a feature that helps in maintaining along with modification of the existing code in faster, seamless, easier way with the help of the member functions of ColdFusion objects. It also helps in securing the PDFs by using electronic signatures and alter, or manipulate them by using a holistic DDX support.

The application also is rich in certain features that come up with CFMobile. Though the codes and tags might look similar to the developers of CFML, they work only on client side. Some of the features include Easy Access of data by using the cfquery/queryExecute, Client side Object Oriented Programming (OOP) with the use of cfcomponent, the customary tags that come up with CFML, seamless error handing with the use of try-catch procedure, Interoperability between JavaScript and cfclient code.

So, with the introduction of ColdFusion Version 11 or Splendor with these value added features, the future roadmap plan of CF is quite clear. They have the next version, ColdFusion 12 in the pipeline, which is coming up very soon. This implies that ColdFusion is very much committed to serve its clients in an all new way to be in tune with the changing technology. The most important thing is that Coldfusion has remained pro-user. Even the programmers have remained comfortable with it. They are always waiting for the next version with optimal eagerness – a sign that clearly proves who popular is CF in the fraternity of the developers.

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07 August, 2014

Has Robotium earned its place in automated testing

Robotium is mainly used to automate UI test cases and it also internally utilized for run-time binding for the Graphical User Interface (GUI) components. Robotium was introduced within the Apache License 2.0. Downloading of Robotium is completely free and that can easily be utilized by anyone and also by any enterprises and is developed on Java & JUnit 3. It would be very correct to consider Robotium as an extension from the Android Test Unit Framework. Robotium could even function with no application, in the test's source-code. The test cases written with Robotium either can be implemented on the Android Emulator (Android Virtual Device (AVD)). Programmers could write function, system, & acceptance test situations throughout several tasks. It is considered as the world's popular Automation Testing Framework, and several open source developers have been making contributions in bringing in many more amazing features in future releases.

Have you just now completed coding on your very first app, now stop before you launch that to the wild, it's essential to carry out extremely important action, that is testing. The majority of Java developers in the market are familiar with Selenium. It isn't regarding the metalloid 34Se. It's about the Java based automated application tester. Fortunately for the Android programmers, there is another similar tool known as Robotium. As stated in the Robotium project page, Robotium happens to be an Android test automation framework which has the total support for the native & hybrid applications. Robotium makes it simple to compose robust and powerful automatic black-box test cases. Due to the support from Robotium, test case programmers can easily write function, system and also recognition testing situations, spanning a number of Android tasks.

Fortunately, XDA Senior Member EatHeat has written an instructions manual that can help new developers to execute automated testing to their applications by using this tool. At the moment the manual addresses installation and the usage of Robotium to test out your applications, considering that there is a source code in your disposal. Then again, do not panic very much in case you do not have. EatHeat is also thinking about expanding his manual for including Robotium’s capability to test apps even if source is not available. Therefore now you just need to have the APK. You need to remember that you should now be able to test your application by yourself manually prior to releasing that to the wild. People who would like to do some added testing, Robotium could be exactly what you’re looking for.

To begin with, one should go with the Robotium project page in Google Code. When you have downloaded the necessary files, go into the original thread for the EatHeat’s manual. An open source automation testing framework, Robotium is needed to write a robust & powerful black box for the Android applications (the focus is mainly upon the black box test cases). This completely supports testing for the native & hybrid apps. Native applications have been live for the device, which is, designed for the particular platform and that can get installed through the Google Play Store, while Hybrid applications tend to be partially native and partially web applications. These could be also installed through the app store, then again need to have the HTML getting rendered on the browser.

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Hackers Attack Netflix Users of Microsoft

The reason Netflix represents one third of Internet traffic during peak hours in the evening, and also that it works on the Microsoft Silverlight platform, it is simply attracting a combo for the online hackers to pass up. Within the 2nd occasion during the 6 months time, criminal hacker communities were zeroing upon Silverlight vulnerabilities so that it could spread out malware which leads to system compromise and also loss of data for the victims. Now, hackers have gained access to another popular online ad community, AppNexus, through malvertising which redirects victims, usually over many hops, on malicious sites hosting on the Angler Exploit Kit, that has been equipped with a number of exploits for the Silverlight vulnerabilities. Silverlight, very much the similar to the Adobe Flash, is the plug-in of Microsoft's streaming media on different web browser which is perhaps the most recognized for getting used in the Netflix’s video streaming service.

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While watching Netflix on your browser, you must be aware, just before even you start watching a movie or any television program, installation of a Silverlight plug-in was mandatory. Very much like Adobe Flash, Silverlight deals with rich media content on MS Windows & Mac OS X. Additionally, there is an unauthorized Linux clone. Netflix is not the one service which uses Silverlight, however it is probably the most popular one. The techniques cyber criminals use in order to take advantage of Silverlight might appear complicated, however they are easy in practice. The criminals initial infiltrated the AppNexus through its corporate networks in order to put malicious advertisements throughout the Web. It is based in New York, an online marketing and advertising company.

The researchers in Cisco spiked during 7th May and 13th May, accounting as higher as 18% from the overall HTTP requests for the sites that hosting the kit. The kit of this campaign equally hosts exploits for the Flash and Java, although not any of the Java exploits were triggered. Victims have been effected through drive, by downloads in which a malicious advertisements redirects web browser to some other malicious banner that redirects it back on to the Angler Exploit Kit landing-page. The moment it is there, the exploit is sent and the Trojan makes a link among the effected computer as well as a remote server, that Cisco has confirmed to be based in Brazil. Hackers behind the campaign are most likely banking on the belief that the industry has already been consumed with the Flash and Java exploits, each of which have already been patched several times during the past 2 years, and now have started to target Silverlight. Although this Silverlight campaign was quieted down because vendors like Cisco have included detection signatures and also abilities for the same, this has been a significant dip in waters for such attackers. DNS requests for these types of Angler domains have always been spread out around the different parts of the world, focused greatly in the Europe and the North America.

During the month of November, exploit code targeting 2 memory vulnerabilities in the Silverlight surface, although the bugs had been fixed during the month of March by the Microsoft. Cisco anticipates even more Silverlight exploits in order to surface with nearly 60 % of RIA supporting it. According to Craig Williams, Technical Leader, TRAC ( Threat Research Analysis and Communications) in Cisco, Java and Flash have always been greatly exploited for many years, while the vendors are growing effective in writing engines which identify vulnerabilities out of those libraries. Silverlight hasn't been exploited a lot. There are a few limited CVEs, however some are widespread. He said that they would be looking at a tipping point in which Java exploits could be identified and any alternative formats which criminals might take advantage from. According to another Technical Leader, Levi Gundert at Threat Research Analysis and Communications (TRAC) at Cisco, This delivery uses moving XOR encryption to obfuscate exactly what was happening. This one was an essential update in the campaign. He further informed that, this suggests that possibly they are very committed exactly what they are doing. Obfuscation makes this a challenge to detect and it is very clear that they wish to evade researchers.

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05 August, 2014

Does Filemaker score over Bento in user friendliness?

According to Katsunori Shigeta, a FileMaker Database Developer & Trainer, the big difference among FileMaker & Bento happens to be its mechanism of relationship. FileMaker is able to deal with a lot of different relationship. Bento likewise has easy relationship, but it is enforced and can not be changed by user. He further explained exactly what the "relationship" means? It means connection in between the tables. And the table means the place of storage data, along with row & column. It is just like bookshelf. When you need to deal with real world data (for instance consumer, product, or perhaps transaction), one particular table will manage just one real world entity. Consumer table will manage consumer's data alone, product table works only with product's data. If you wish to handle several entity, such as consumers & products, or perhaps students and classes, make sure you consider relationship in between such entities. You may function many kind of entities on the FileMaker, however, Bento includes various limitation. If you'd like to create address book, Bento is a great one. Simply because address book handle person as well as their attribute. If you would like to manage two or more entities, and then make relationship among them, FileMaker is definitely is a good option. it isn't very simple, however as soon as you have an understanding of distinction between "table" & "table occurrence" with FileMaker terms, it isn't really difficult.

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There were lots of opinions over the Mac App Store regarding the current version in Bento to become quite disappointing. Is that FileMaker thinking about phasing it out? FileMaker, Inc. reported that it might discontinue Bento so that it could put the focus on the FileMaker product family. It will eventually carry on supporting for Bento till July 30, 2014. FileMaker does not provides the Bento consumer products. It was informed that they'll give tech support for the Bento products through 30th July, 2014. This particular change had been a part of the greater concentration on the FileMaker products. FileMaker Pro are going to be suitable for different users of the Bento for the Mac. They encourage Bento for the Mac consumers to see their "Is FileMaker Pro Right For You?" page to find out distinctions between Bento & FileMaker Pro and also to download a cost-free trial of the FileMaker Pro.

In case you are using Bento, it will continue to provide what you need for a long period. When you choose to export your data from the Bento to some other application, there are helpful tips regarding your options. FileMaker Pro in considered the greatest user friendly commercial database for the teams and the companies. FileMaker Pro just isn't as easy to use just as Bento, then again is much flexible and extensible. Along with FileMaker Pro, you could develop custom solutions, that usually appear and function absolutely the manner in which you want. FileMaker Pro usually takes more work to setup as compared to Bento. Yet it is at the same time a lot more flexible. For instance, in Bento you could drag-out a field then Bento would automatically setup the different fields however it would certainly space them the way Bento believes is better. With FileMaker Pro you need to move fields personally however you could put things just as you want. with Bento you'll be able to select an address field & Bento will likely to have it set up. However there aren't many changes you can create in order to the way the address field performs. With FileMaker Pro you need to set-up every single portion of the address field by yourself (street address, city, state, etc) however you could make different types of address field you want.

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01 August, 2014

History of Python - Versions, Features, and Upgrades

Python is a hugely popular general-purpose as well as high-end programming language that is based on code readability. The syntax of Python provides the programmers the unique option of expressing concepts by writing new codes that are better than what is needed in case of other languages like C or C++. The language helps in creating constructs that are designed to develop clearer programs on a large scale as well as a small scale.

It can well be termed as an interpreted, high level, object oriented programming language, that comes up with a series of dynamic semantics. The high end data structures, that are combined with dynamic binding as we’ll as typing, make the language so lucrative, especially when it comes to RAD or Rapid Application Development or using the language for scripting or as a glue language for connecting the existing components with each other. It is simple and its syntaxes are all extremely easy to learn. They put more focus on readability. Hence, they come in handy in reducing the expenses of maintaining the program. The language also supports modules as well as packages. This encourages program modularity as well as reuse of codes. The interpreter and its extensive customary library are present in source as well as in the binary form and they are freely distributable.

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Python is designed to support multiple programming models that include object-oriented, functional, as well as imperative programming patterns. It also comes up with automatic as well as system memory management along with a comprehensive standardized library.

Python is generally used for scripting for web based apps and for facilitating these apps, a standard API has been designed with WSGI or Web Server Gateway Interface. Various web app frameworks such as Pylons, TurboGears, Tornado, Zone, Flask, and the likes, support the developers when it comes to designing or maintaining the complex applications, while IronPython and Pyjamas are used for developing the client side of the Ajax-based apps.

Like any other dynamic programming language, Python can be used for scripting though it is also possible to use it as a non-scripting language. The codescan can also be used as a standalone program, especially with the use of certain third party tools like Py2exe and Pyinstaller.

Python, technically speaking can be termed as a multi-paradigm language that is used for structured, aspect-oriented, as well as object-oriented programming. It uses dynamic typing technique along with a combination of cycle-detecting garbage collector and reference counting for the purpose of memory management. Another very significant feature of Python is its dynamic name resolution mechanism that binds method as well as the variable names when executing a particular program.

Python saw the daylight for the first time towards the end of 1980, while the implementation commenced from the month of December, 1989 and was considered as a successor to ABC programming language.

Python 2.0 was ultimately released on October 2000. This version came up with a number of fresh features that also included a full garbage collector along with Unicode support. However, the most significant feature that this particular version came up with was the development mechanism that was followed. It involved a major tilt towards a process that was more transparent as well as community-backed.

The next version, P 3.0 was released in December, 2008 and this version came up with a lot of features that have been back ported to the 2.6 and 2.7 versions.

Then came the next version, P3.0, which is also called Py3K or Python 3000, which was designed and developed for rectification of the fundamental designing loopholes that were earlier detected in the language.

The language has successfully been embedded in quite a number of products like Abaqus alongside a few 3D animation languages like Max, Cinema 4D, Houdini, Maya, etc.

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