Software Engineering Insights

Let’s imagine that one fine day you wake up as Captain America. An interesting proposition, isn’t it? In all probability, you would be excited to protect the world from the baddies. But what happens if you discover that you don’t have Captain America’s cool shield that acts as his primary offensive and defensive weapon? Chances are that you would feel all at sea even while being a superhero. This just goes on to prove that having the nametag of a superhero and the intention to do good is not enough, you also need the right equipment to attain your objective.

The constant need to improve user-experience is keeping developers on their toes and making them adapt to new technologies and trends that will deliver better results. One such technology that is attracting everyone’s attention due to its impressive features is the React JS. Its popularity can be gauged by the fact that even major apps like Facebook, WhatsApp, Netflix, and Instagram are making use of the React JS. So what makes React JS a preferred technology to develop kickass web and mobile apps? We list down 8 top reasons in support of it.

It is no rocket science that anything that Facebook does with its products makes a difference to everyone, especially marketers and developers. Now it doesn’t matter whether it is introducing a new product, acquiring one, or modifying something from its current portfolio of products. And the perfect place to get the scoop of what the social media giant has been up to and what is in the pipeline is Facebook’s annual F8 developer conference.

The adoption of mobile technology has grown exponentially in every aspect of our life. Just to put this in perspective, the number of mobile phones sold globally every day is much more than the number of babies born in a day. If a recent Millward Brown study is to be believed, people spend an average of 147 minutes a day on their smartphone and 91% of adults have their mobile device within their arm's reach 24*7.

Recently observed trends give us some hints that the leading names in the world of web as well as mobile technologies have started to push web a step up as they have unlocked it’s true potential. Perhaps, the mighty titans like Google, Apple and Microsoft have realized the amount of hitches the app developers suffer from and hits the business takes to keep up with mobile apps, has reached an alarming figure. So they are on to developing solutions for the future, and once again they are riding on web.

Did your ever so curious mind ever came across the question “why build mobile apps when mobiles have a web browser”. What exactly a mobile app can do that a mobile friendly, that is, responsive website or web app cannot? Let’s look at the apps you have installed on your smartphone. Sure, there must be WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, may be Instagram and Snapchat too. Don’t you shop online?

Interestingly today, I was going through the myriad of mobile apps on my phone, doing the nitpicking and checking out the ones that needed the axe. I have my usual set of apps, ones for shopping, travel, gaming, payment and suchlike.This is a task I do to make sure I have just the right amount of apps in my phone. But today I was held aback by the ballooning dependency I have developed on apps.

In the past few years there has been an explosion in mobile apps for healthcare. Over the next four years the market is expected to reach over $220 billion mostly in mobile health. There are a number of reasons why this is happening.

Do you know the only one thing which can impress your E-shop visitor? 

It is the product images!

Nothing can demonstrate your online store than a clear and rich product image. This is very important to engage a visitor and make him transact. Visual appeal is always appreciated. Research says that the chances of a person to buy increases when he/she gets a visual look of the product.

Technology does not only provide new ways of doing actions but also creates great influence on people. The biggest impact of technology is the change it can create in people’s perception. The digital revolution is changing the conceptual understanding of humans regarding the possibilities available to them in their lives. It has certainly changed the productivity, speed and work progression but it has far more reaching effects.