Because of the dynamic nature of Information Technology, Flash has been in consistent pursuit of innovation. This is to keep up with the saturation of competing products and to maintain the lead in the production of user-friendly technology. It is no wonder why offshore flash development is being considered by many investors.

Several reasons to consider offshore flash development:

• Costs. Offshore flash development can prove to efficiently reduce cost without the necessity of spending much in technology for development, acquisition of equipment, training people, and spending additional money in testing, product replacement, and quality administration.
• Feasibility. Offshore flash development is also an ingredient in maintaining presence in the market. The simultaneous creation of ideas for planning and development can be done with the aid of software outsourcing company. The variety of products named after Flash means a resonating name for it users and a chance to introduce newer product lines.
• Services. Offshore flash development is not confined to brainstorming. You can control how the development process is going and to contribute input along the way.
• Support. Whether a new version of a recent release needs to be developed or a user needs assistance, the stratified support an offshore flash development company is expected because of knowledge about the product.

Svitla Systems is an offshore flash development company. Our main office is located in San Francisco and we also have our production offices in Ukraine. If you are interested in Flash Development services you can fill in our QUOTE REQUEST form or simply call us: 650-917-9544.

Lets make a shortlist of the best PHP frameworks noted last year – codeIgniter, Zend Framework and cakePHP. Before going in-depth with these PHP frameworks, it’s recommended to understand the notion of MVC frameworks and their benefits.

CODEIGNITER

First in the list for the PHP Framework comparison is the codeIgniter. Users of codeIgniter are generally satisfied by the easy-to-use system that allows anyone to get started. The framework is also backed up with an easy-to-follow manual that even beginners can understand. For PHP Framework Comparison, codeIgniter is seen as very similar to CakePHP and quite different from Zend Framework.

Features:

• A framework with a small footprint.
• Exceptional performance.
• Broad compatibility with standard hosting accounts that run a variety of PHP versions and configurations.
• Requires nearly zero configuration.
• It does not require you to use the command line.
• It does not require you to adhere to restrictive coding rules.
• PHP developers is not forced to learn a templating language.
• Clear, thorough documentation.

ZEND FRAMEWORK

Zend framework is an excellent PHP framework and extremely popular. There are over 10 million downloads and over 500 contributors. It  runs with newer PHP version and viewed as pro since it can make you utilize PHP5, which is more focused on objects. In Zend framework you can select which features you prefer to use such as free source and development path. This works well especially for experienced web developers. However, zend framework apparently doesn’t follow CoC unlike cakePHP. Users also noted many unnecessary configurations.

Features:

• Extensible and well-tested code base
• Flexible architecture
• No configuration files necessary to get going

CAKEPHP

CakePHP is the third most popular PHP framework in 2011. Web developers found it very easy to use because of its type development. It also includes scaffolding configurations that let you to experiment on basic database and system design even without the need to create a single view. This PHP framework has also created functional load arrays of related model institutions according on your model and database set-up.

Features:

• No configuration
• Extremely simple
• Active, friendly community
• Flexible license
• Clean code
• Best coding practices
• Object oriented

Every company that enters the App store market faces at 2 problems: really tough competition and where to find iPhone app developers for hire. The competition problem is solved by creating useful and unique applications. Here are a few tips on how to create a good app for iPhone.

• Brainstorm on the benefit. If you have an idea for a good application, think about the benefits it has to offer. iPhone’s market extend to different demographics and your application should at least be a benefit to most of its users or a segment of it. Our iPhone app developers will work with you to make your concept alive.
• Think competition. Your ideal application may not at all be marketable because of the stiff competition. Think about how your application is different from the rest. You will never know if competitors have already had a similar application developed beforehand.
• Think business. Your application is also a business so protect your revenues. Think twice where you hire iPhone app developers. Offshore outsourcing companies offer highly professional dedicated developers at lower rates.

If you think you have substantial answers to the considerations above, it is time to check places where you can find iphone app developers for hire. They usually are job boards, freelance boards, forums, blogs and offshore software outsourcing companies. The last option is actually the best one. There are iPhone application programmers for hire in Ukraine with really impressive experience, skills and knowledge with amazingly cost-effective rates.

Svitla Systems is an offshore software development company dealing with web, desktop and mobile applications development. We always have almost endless number of iPhone app developers for hire.

If you decided to hire professional iPhone/iPad application developers from Ukraine you can fill in the QUOTE REQUEST form or simply call us 650-917-9544 .

One of the leading outsourcing directions is Java software outsourcing. Being one the most popular programming languages today, Java and its developers are in demand. As a programming language, Java has a lot of advantages over its competitors. It’s universal, fast and modern. But unfortunately Java developers are also known for their high rates. It may cost a fortune to build a complex application.

In order to minimize development expenses software development companies may look in the direction of offshore Java software outsourcing. Many outsourcing companies offer their services that streamline productivity, expertise, quality, and marketability and it may be a challenge to choose the right company to outsource Java programming.

Reasons to choose Svitla Systems as your Java software outsourcing company:

• Expertise. We are proud of our Java Developers team. They have developed numerous applications and the customer was always satisfied. The area of expertise covers the following: system navigation, software development, automation, administration, maintenance, migration, integration, and security.
• Technology. Our Java programmers work with numerous technological tools and frameworks including J2SE, J2EE, Java Struts, Spring, JavaBeans (EJB), JDBC, Tomcat,  JBoss,  Web Logic,  JNDI, JAAS, XDoclet, JavaMail, JNI, RMI, JMS, Sync4j, Web Services.
• Client Needs. Our Java software outsourcing services are focused on client needs and include areas of expertise like the following: e-Commerce, security and encryption, games, billing, and even medicine, pharmaceuticals and accounting.

Svitla Systems is an offshore software development company from Ukraine. We have our main office in San Francisco. If you are interested in offshore Java software outsourcing you can fill in our QUOTE REQUEST form or simply call us: 650-917-9544.

The post is inspired by webinar of Kevin Ciccotti. Here you will find the main tips and compare to your experience.

All Project Managers have 3 biggest common mistakes:

1. The Project is more important than people.
2. Ignoring  ”people problems” hoping that they’ll go away.
3. Feeling you have to “know everything” and not asking for help.

Please make a pause after each statement and think if it’s about you.

What are the reasons of these mistakes?

All of us have our own patterns at every level of human development and sometimes we need to turn to psychology to be able to understand our needs.

Here are 6 main human needs:

Survival needs

• Certainty (comfort, security, predictability). Are you control freak? Fear is the base of certainty.
• Uncertainty or Variety (change, surprise). Your level of happiness is connected to level of your uncertainty. We like surprises that we want to happen.
• Significance. We want to feel wanted. One of the biggest contributor in your teams.
• Love or connection. If you are not in connection with your team members – you are in mistake. Help people to understand each other better.

Driving needs

• Growth. People happy when they’re making the progress. Only life long learners people could be successful.
• Contribution. To make contribution to others

For every person there are top 2 needs. Their understanding really helps a lot.

To find out these needs we should build a trust. For creating trust there are 5 words that help:

How can I help you?

For motivation you team.
Give your team autonomy. Never micromanage it.
Treat them as significant. Right word in right time could change people’s life.

These short tips really worth of thinking and analyzing.

Svitla Systems has a strong project management services that make our software outsourcing services more efficient for you.

We are ready to realize your project. Let us know about it and we could help.

The Agile software development life cycle is a set of methodologies as follows:

Scope. The Agile software development life cycle recognizes the complexity of system development. The development process is inclusive of more than the traditional perspectives in Information Technology. This means adopting multiple plans and seeing how the processes can attain the full cycle of development. The multiple scope of the development cycle then expands as the plan progresses to being developed and being operational.

Planning. The planning stage of the Agile software development life cycle involves the following considerations: specifying the opportunity available at hand, strategizing, and feasibility. The goal of the planning stage is to determine development potentials.

Initiation. The actual field work starts on this state. It involves funding, seeking for stakeholder support, determining the scope of the project, team building and environment set up, project estimation, and establishing an operational development model.

Construction Iterations. This step in the Agile software development life cycle involves arriving at quality software output. It involves analytical and repetitive work to determine viability in preparation for production.

Release Iterations. This stage in the Agile software development life cycle involves final output testing, defect-finding steps and improvement measures, documentation, training for both users and support teams and dispatch or endorsement to production.

Production. This means manufacturing the systems and taking steps to effectively launch it in the market and ensuring that the system will be used. Opportunities for releasing enhanced system versions may be seen.

Retirement. This is the part in the Agile software development life cycle where a part of the system or the entire system is going to be pulled from production. Several and complementary reasons for this happening may be system replacement, being outdated and redundancy.

Svitla Systems is an offshore agile software development company. We offer cost-effective and fast software outsourcing services.

We are ready to realize your project. Let us know about it and we could help.

1. Great idea.

To find a great idea for the market that you decided to build an app for you must be a marketing expert. You must know what apps already had many downloads and sell pretty well. Of course you should know what problem your app is solving and what features are making it unique.
Great idea could easier be born after comprehensive marketing analysis and knowing your customers’ needs.

2. Wireframes.

This step is describing the logic of your app. There are special tools for making wireframes that are a great help and you shouldn’t draw something like that:

3. Mockups.

Now you can show sketches from previous step to a designer who makes mockups – images how exactly your app will be looking like.

Developer is thinking about the architecture of the future app, what API should be, what queries are expected, load, used libraries etc.

4. Core development.
This is the step where magic happens: all these wireframes, sketches, storyboards become real application through programming. Yes, you can finally see your app and play with it! And you will need the next step for sure.

5. Testing.
Polishing your app to make it work excellently, fixing the bugs in different browsers or versions of operational systems – is a huge amount of work. Obviously, you can’t do everything, but you should be prepared for the first release .

6. Deployment and support.
You need to deploy your app into the Appstore, Android Market or other places where users could find it. Don’t forget to release updates for your app with fixed bugs. Pay attention to feedback of a social media about your app and make changes that users are asking for.
Promotion of your app is the next step of its evolution and can take 3-4 times more money than development did.

Are you ready for making a great app for your business? We are here to help!

Take a look at some of the new features found in the latest magento product types:

1. Order management – you will notice that some of the major changes in these magento product types include the proper management of orders. The call center module helps administrators in having the right amount of control over their store. It is easier to move the products from their wish list onto their shopping cart. You will also see changes in the order status which helps administrators to customize the status of each order.
2. Payment schemes – a new payment gateway has been added to the latest magento product types. By adding PayPal as well as authorize.net, the administrator can easily customize the payment methods. Now, customers can pay through any of their major credit cards, online gift cards and debit cards.
3. Authorize.net Enhancements – the latest of magento product types provide you with additional features that will comply with the policy of authorization.net regarding payments. The first added feature is the balance response wherein both administrator and customer has the ability to access the balance information on the card while confirming the order. The second is partial authorization which allows the customer to pay his or her order through a maximum of 5 debit cards. They can also use prepaid cards and gift cards for their transactions. And lastly, authorization reversal is an added feature used in cases where the customer cancels an order. The administrator is free to release the payment even without waiting for customer information.
4. Gift options – new versions of the magento product types allows both customers and the administrator to send gifts with a personal message and gift wrapping options for individual and complete orders.

Are you ready for making a great e-commerce website for your business? We are here to help!

Ruby on rails ecommerce helps programmers enhance their ideas in order to create applications that can generate interest from your target market. With ruby on rails, you do not need to be anxious about configurations; therefore it helps save time and improves productivity level.

Business owners prefer ruby on rails development because it gives more value for your money without compromising performance and flexibility. Most online businesses benefit from ruby on rails e-commerce because of its user-friendly features as well as modular approach in developing a website. Groupon, the famous e-commerce business, is also developed at Rails. Features seen in high-end suites like bulk uploads as well as updates to describe the product and include photos can be found in this amazing framework. It is not a surprise why RoR is such a hit among web designers and online business people.

You will notice that e-commerce sites built on RoR are quicker to launch. Fast ruby on rails ecommerce development makes it possible to launch the site within 6 weeks instead of the usual 12 weeks. Its modular design and leaner code-base allows you to save time and money as well. In case you need to make any changes, you need not worry because future modifications are not hard to do even after launching the website. Because you are able to launch quickly, this enables you to get your website up and running in no time. This is done without sacrificing the actual performance and quality of your site.

Outsourcing ruby on rails e-commerce development can save your time and money. Svitla Systems has a team of professional web developers from Ukraine that will develop your e-commerce website at reasonable price.

Have you e-commerce project to develop or maintain? Please let us know.

With bowling:

Laser Battlefields:

Carting, Ice-skating, Aero-hockey and other activities and games.

Such possibility to be together helps to switch off from day-to-day routine and makes a huge impact on team building processes.

2011 year, as Andriy Galych mentioned at after-party, was very successful for the company, Svitla has shown a significant growth.

Thanks to everybody who shares his experience and time with company’s projects. We wish you great results in 2012, take care and be safe!

Happy New Year!