25 PROS AND CONS OF USING PHP FOR WEB DEVELOPMENT
Web development is a very specific, yet demanded kind of work nowadays. The choice of the programming language is the very first step in the development of any project. It depends on such factors as budget, purpose, scale. Although, some programming languages are used fairly more often than others. Despite being old, PHP remains the most often used programming language for the back-end. About 80% of all websites including ones everyone uses on a daily basis are made with PHP. And this percentage isn’t going to reduce anytime soon.
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THE BEST WEBSITES BUILT WITH LARAVEL
Building websites for special purposes and services is difficult. You have to keep up with modern challenges as well as fight for the speed, performance, and security of the software you develop. To achieve this web developers often use frameworks to deal with tasks faster and more effortlessly. Since most of the websites, web services, and applications are built using PHP it is important to be aware of all novelties regarding frameworks for PHP developers. One of the most useful and popular frameworks for PHP programming languages is Laravel. This open-source framework is used for a vast majority of middle-sized PHP-based projects nowadays. But why is it that popular? Due to many things, actually.
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HOW TO AUTOMATE DATA EXTRACTION
So what is a data extraction and why would you automate it? Data extraction or scraping isn’t just searching for the information you need on the Internet. Modern challenges in web economics demand a bigger-scale approach. The amount of data you need to analyze grows exponentially due to a great number of factors. Only by gathering a huge amount of data simultaneously can you mine data and find necessary trends, which will provide new opportunities to your business.
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THE ULTIMATE GUIDE ON DEVELOPING YOUR FINTECH APP
Old-fashioned approaches to finances and economics are already history. Why is fintech getting so popular? It is faster, more accessible, and more flexible. Fintech apps’ appearance was one of the main recent trends in global economics. But what does one need if they want to design their fintech application?
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HOW TO BUILD AN ONLINE EDUCATION PLATFORM
Today neither students, nor teachers and professors can imagine their daily routine without online studying due to the ongoing COVID19 pandemic. Dozens or even hundreds of online services are being used daily by both scholars and education staff. However, it is not the pandemic we should give all the credit for online education to exist. Alternative ways of studying appeared as early as the XIX century. Advanced tech such as steam engines and the railway assured faster and more reliable correspondence delivery, thus making remote education possible. The very next important step towards online learning was made in the XX century with computers and the Internet being invented. In 1989 the University of Phoenix became the first institution to launch a fully online collegiate institution providing both bachelors and masters degrees. A few years later in 1994 the International University (Missouri) became the first fully online-based higher educational institution. Nowadays all major universities use online platforms to provide education services to their students. And again: it all has started even before the pandemic. Educational institutions used numerous platforms as secondary or even major tools in their work. The most advanced universities paid great attention to elearning platforms development. They used online platforms as a single place, where students could send their homeworks and get all the necessary materials to cram for their exams.
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WORDPRESS WEBSITES SECURITY. DANGERS AND SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE IT
One third of all websites nowadays are powered by WordPress. If we take into consideration only CMS websites, the number will rise to 59.5%.
How did the WP earn such a popularity in the global network? The reasons are several, but to put it shortly, WP is easy to use, develop, deploy and maintain.
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Web Development Team Structure at SapientPro
Being a client of a Web Development company doesn’t mean you have to know all the ins and outs of the development process. However, what may be interesting for you is the stages and main characters of the project delivery.
You cannot address front-end developer directly if you need to add a new payment method. Even this, as you may think, simple task involves a well-thought teamwork. So, here is a brief insight into the mechanism of SapientPro Clockwork.
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How we keep high quality standards at SapientPro
When it comes to money, we all want to have the best quality at the most affordable price. However, it is common knowledge that the better the quality, the higher the stakes. If being penny wise and pound foolish is not your case, read this article and find out about the quality standards we boast at SapientPro.
In order to assess the quality of a product, one should take into account certain benchmarks. What is essential in our field for the best performance and efficiency is diligent testing and the lack of bugs. Continuous examination of the product is a key to success and the remedy for possible this-thing-does-not-work splitting headaches. Let’s take a closer look at various types of software bugs, product testing and why these things matter.
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The Next Web (TNW Conference)
SapientPro will be participating on May 24 & 25 at Europe’s leading tech festival – The Next Web (TNW Conference).
Get in touch with our BizDev Aleksandar Shopski to discuss how we can increase the bandwidth of your development team or set up your own.
We’re looking forward to see you at the floor!
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SapientPro at Web Summit 2017
Hello everybody, we have recently built a broadcast application for our US partners who participated in Web Summit and got few funding proposals from Venture Capitals.
It was 30 days of extreme coding from the proof of concept till the complete application.
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