SharePoint Custom Solutions Development

SharePoint custom solutions development is used to leverage SharePoint’s true power by organizations around the world. SharePoint has been designed to be highly customizable and flexible. SharePoint’s core capabilities can be powerfully customized and extended to make it fit specific business contexts better. Organizations operate in their own unique ways and SharePoint respects their uniqueness. You need not change the way you do business to be able to use SharePoint’s power. Instead, SharePoint can be flexibly customized to suit the way you do business.

SharePoint Custom Solutions Development
No two organizations run completely alike and SharePoint has been and is being customized in simple to sophisticated ways by organizations around the globe to leverage its true power. For organizations that have been able to harness SharePoint’s real power through thoughtful SharePoint customizations and extensions, the benefits they are reaping are phenomenal. For some such organizations, SharePoint, from a mere tool, has gone on to become a competitive advantage. SharePoint can be used in two fundamental ways. You can either use the pre-built, off-the-shelf software to quickly deploy collaboration and productivity sites. Or you can develop any web-based functionality imaginable on top of the SharePoint platform to suit the unique needs of your organization.

You can powerfully customize SharePoint capabilities like Sites, Communities, Content, Search, Insights, and Composites to suit your business needs better. You can develop custom web parts and work flows, simple and advanced search features. You can develop custom application pages, content types, event receivers, timer jobs, delegate controls, web services, and reports. You can create custom actions, custom ribbon controls, utility apps using SharePoint object model and web services, etc. The scope and depth of SharePoint custom solutions development is limited by your imagination only.

Custom SharePoint Development Company
A custom SharePoint Application Development company can ease the process of SharePoint custom solutions development for SharePoint end-users. Certified and experienced SharePoint developers can not only understand business needs and suggest best ways of going about fulfilling them, they can also build high-quality custom SharePoint solutions using less development time.

Custom SharePoint development companies like Mindfire Solutions provide expert SharePoint development services backed by years of experience of providing SharePoint custom solutions development services for a variety of industries and customer needs. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Mindfire has 6+ years of SharePoint custom solutions development experience with 100+ projects for global clients. Mindfire's 25+ team of certified SharePoint specialists has earned it the trust of its clients and industry-wide reputation for delivering first-class custom SharePoint services. Mindfire is a one-stop custom SharePoint solutions provider offering the entire spectrum of SharePoint services with experience in all SharePoint versions including 2010, WSS, MOSS.

If you want to customize and/or extend SharePoint capabilities and need Custom SharePoint Development help, get in touch with Mindfire today – call 1-248-686-1424 or email sales[at]mindfiresolutions[dot]com – to leverage the strong track record and solid experience of Mindfire’s Offshore SharePoint development to personalize and extend SharePoint capabilities. Mindfire's flexible working model and fine-tuned processes will result in significant cost reductions and decreased development time which will greatly suit your budget and business needs.

Testing as a Service (TaaS) in India

Mindfire Solutions has a well-developed Offshore QA and Testing team, with supporting infrastructure and processes provides Offshore Testing as a Service (TaaS). Mindfire Solutions QA Engineers have wide industry experience, and many are developers who have moved to QA/Testing roles. The team has experience and focus on testing, both as part of the development team and as an external authority. Expertise covers test-plan development, test-case development, regression testing, bug maintenance, debug management and certification. Automated test scripts are developed where appropriate.

Mindfire Solutions is a leading IT service company in India today. And we strive hard to be the one stop solution for all software QA testing needs. We understand the needs of our clients and suggest them the best tool and technologies for their Software/ application/ product needs. One of our offerings is the offshore QTP Testing Services. Mindfire Solutions leverages its testing solutions for various verticals like, Healthcare Testing, Gaming (Mobile, Facebook and so on) , Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Content Management System (CMS), Publication Software/ Products, Mobile Application (iOS, Android, Windows Phone 7, RIM/BlackBerry, HP/Palm) etc. with lots of proven software testing tools such as Quick Test Pro (QTP), Selenium Testing, WAPT, Jmeter, Pylot, and Netsparker. Mindfire Solutions provides offshore software QA and Testing on all verity such as General Testing, Domain-Based Testing Service, Specialized Testing Services and Automation Testing Services. In General Testing Service Mindfire solutions gives wide range of expertise on Integration Testing, System Testing, Acceptance Testing Usability Testing, Sanity Testing, Functional Testing, Compatibility Testing, Accessibility Testing etc. and in the Automation testing Mindfire solutions provides Regression Testing, Ad-Hoc Testing, Data-Driven testing, Load testing, Stress Testing, Preformation Testing etc.

We have very proven track to test you product/ application. If you product runs in MAC or Window (with different OS) or you need to test you product on Mobile OS like iOS, Android etc. then you are at right place to outsource you application. Mindfire Solutions has s Central QA-Lab provides multiple machines in different configurations, for effective real-life testing. This includes Windows, Mac, Linux, Palm, PocketPC, XBox and PlayStation machines (all OS versions and Service Packs) which helps our QA team to perform testing. We always deliver a 100% bug free application to help our client to touch optimum level of satisfaction. To track the bugs/ error in the application, Mindfire’s Bug Tracking System was developed keeping remote development and testing in view. It is a highly focused, practical and usable system leading to real benefits. We give access to client to check the bug status in regular manner.

Our Offshore QA and Testing team can be hired directly by clients for testing their application/products. This is usually for a specific area of testing. Thus, the client may want us to do regression testing only, as pre-release testing. Or, our client may want us to develop test plans while they execute it. Mindfire also offer QA and testing services to the entire software release lifecycle. Our QA service helps our clients to deliver their Application/ Product with specific time-line limit having confidence and compete better in the market.

To know more about our expertise in QTP Testers India or to know more about our Offshore Software Testing and outsource your testing requirements, please contact us at sales[at]mindfiresolutions[dot]com or call 1-248-686-1424. We will be glad to help you.

Looking for NetSuite Customization Services ?

By the end of this article you would know where to contact if you are looking for NetSuite customization services.

NetSuite is a leading provider of cloud based financials and ERP software suites. The end users of NetSuite belong to industries broadly classified as Software, Wholesale Distribution, Manufacturing, E-Commerce, Services, Consulting, Media and Publishing, IT Services, Digital Marketing and Advertising. Recently, they have acquired a number of new customers across outdoor retail brands. These customers include HydroFlask, Solio and X-1, who adopted NetSuite cloud business management software to better manage financials, inventory, warehousing and third-party logistics (3PL), order management, CRM and B2B and B2C sales. Your company’s name may be a different one but you would be having similar requirements such as managing your financials effectively, better order management and inventory planning, greater marketing automation etc. And for that you would want to customize NetSuite to address your exclusive needs. NetSuite in itself is a powerful software application which consists of solutions for both mid-size businesses as well as large enterprises. For the users of Sage, Great Plains and Quickbooks it has proved to be the best ERP software that they can think of migrating to. However, when NetSuite is further customized to address the exclusive needs of a client, it becomes an even more powerful software application which is capable of addressing the exact business needs of the client and also contributes in reducing their operational costs to a great extent.

Mindfire Solutions has a footprint in all of the various industries mentioned above wherein our development experts have made use of NetSuite products like SuiteBuilder. SuiteTalk, SuiteScript etc. to flexible Customer Relationship Management applications, highly effective shopping cart applications, automated the printing of labels for a distributor operating in the electronics and semi-conductor market, sales order integration and kit item integration to name a few. In all these service offering we have customized NetSuite to accurately address the specific needs of the customers. This has endeared us to our customers who vouch for our reliable services and excellent project delivery.

Mindfire Solutions has deep expertise in the back end integration and creating customized NetSuite Application Development. In case you have a project which uses an external e-commerce application to take in orders online and then requires you to import these orders into NetSuite in real-time or batch mode, you can rely on our skilled NetSuite development professionals to adequately integrate NetSuite with any other application in your enterprise. If your back end integration activities require you to import new leads or enrich existing leads as in a sales force automation project or you would like to update an item catalog from external sources you can rest assured that all this would be done smoothly with the help of our seasoned NetSuite developers. Our developers have years of expertise in managing the entire integration which includes gathering requirements, implementation, testing and roll out.

Mindfire’s team of expert NetSuite personnel creates powerful web based applications that perfectly interface with NetSuite. You can take a look at our projects page which will give you a wholesome idea of the number of NetSuite customization projects that we have carried out for a gamut of industries over the last 4 years.

If this article has piqued your curiosity and you want to know more about our expertise in NetSuite Development Services and Outsource Netsuite application development, please contact us at sales[at]mindfiresolutions[dot]com or call 1-248-686-1424. We will be glad to help you.

Ruby on Rails Custom Application Development

We at Mindfire Solutions have been working in Ruby on Rails for quite some time now and have developed Rails applications for various industries. One big advantage Rails has over other open source web application development languages is the “time to development” effort required. Using Rails applications can be developed in a very short time. We have been developing applications for our clients in Rails and enabling them to cut their operating cost and ramp up their projects quickly to the next level with increased productivity.

We have good experience in using different gems available based on the exact need of the client. We have used gems like mini_fb gem for Facebook integration, Braintree gem for credit card validation and payment, Paperclip gem for image processing etc. We have also implemented other tools like Sass, for designing and styling web pages, Capistrano for deployment of web applications etc. Being active in the Rails community is something we value and practice. Recently we uploaded a gem in GIT which can be used for running surveys (GIT link: https://github.com/mindfire-solutions/survey).

In Rails we have expertise in the following areas:

Ruby on Rails custom application development services.
Ruby on Rails web-based application development services
Ruby on Rails porting and migration
Rails CMS Development services
Rails Blogs, Widgets and Social Networking site development
Rails E-Commerce Application Development
Rails Support and maintenance.


We have developed a wide variety of applications based on Ruby on Rails Platform, catering to different types of requirements for different industries. Few of the key areas where we have expertise in are as follows:

1. Social Networking
2. Blogs & Widgets
3. Ad-Media
4. Real Estate websites with complex google and custom maps

Mindfire's team of Ruby on Rails developers have good experience and knowledge in Ruby on Rails application development using Ruby on Rails and Ruby on Rails-supported technologies, and all the inbuilt gems provided by Rails. Mindfire's rich expertise in Rails development has been generated in the course of delivering many Rails projects for our clients located in different parts of the world. Technologies we have gained expertise and proven track record in Rails are as below:

1. Rails 2.3.12 & Rails 3.1
2. MySQL, SQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle 9i & Oracle 10g
3. HAML
4. SASS
5. Github

We understand the concerns companies have when thinking of outsourcing work to another place – that is why we provide a 2 weeks free trial period as well as we have different pricing models (http://www[dot]mindfiresolutions[dot]com/billingmodels.htm ) to make the work flow smoother.

If you want to ruby on rails development India or Hire ruby on rails developers India and need ruby on rails experts help, get in touch with Mindfire today – call 1-248-686-1424 or email sales[at]mindfiresolutions[dot]com – to leverage the strong track record and solid experience of Mindfire’s ruby on rails applications.

Application Testing With Selenium

Selenium testing services enable you to automate the testing of your web application across different web browsers and operating systems – faster and at less cost. Basic record-and-playback interactions with the browser can be done without learning any test scripting language. However, Selenium also provides programming language specific bindings to drive a browser for more powerful test automation possibilities.

What is Selenium ?
In essence, Selenium is a suite of open-source tools to automate web browsers. This power is taken advantage of by many popular organizations around the world today to create robust browser-based test automation. Apart from having become (or becoming) a native part of popular browsers, Selenium is also behind many other browser automation tools, frameworks, and APIs. Selenium is increasingly used by automation testers and organizations around the world for automating the GUI and functionality testing of web applications.

Selenium Automation Testing Advantages.
With the proliferation of web-based applications and agile development practices, using software tools to run repeatable regression tests is becoming increasingly common. There are a number of proprietary and open-source test automation tools available in the market today. Selenium is arguably the most widely used open-source solution for automated testing of web applications. Automation tools like Selenium facilitate unlimited iterations of test case execution, frequent regression testing, customized defect reporting, support for agile and responsive software processes, finding bugs missed by manual testing, etc.

Primary Tools in the Selenium Suite
Selenium IDE, a Firefox add-on, is used for simple record-and-playback interactions with the browser to create quick scripts for bug reproduction and aiding exploratory testing. Selenium WebDriver lets you leverage the power of multiple programming languages (e.g. C#, Java, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby) to drive web browsers to create robust regression automation and scale / distribute test scripts across many environments. Selenium WebDriver is the successor of Selenium Remote Control. Selenium WebDriver better supports dynamic web pages where page elements may change through Ajax without a page refresh.

Mindfire Selenium Testing Services
Mindfire Solutions provides expert Selenium Testing Services backed by years of experience of providing Selenium automation testing for a variety of industries and customer needs. Clients use our Selenium automation testing expertise to get more tested at less cost & hit the market faster. Mindfire’s Selenium testing services encompass the following:


1. Test data design; Test plan, test case development
2. Selenium test scripts generation
3. Batch running and defect logging
4. Multi-browser/OS/language/framework testing
5. Customized reporting; Daily testing bug reporting
6. Selenium test scripts maintenance

If you want to automate web application testing or Hire selenium testers India and need selenium testing help, get in touch with Mindfire today – call 1-248-686-1424 or email sales[at]mindfiresolutions[dot]com – to leverage the strong track record and solid experience of Mindfire’s Selenium test automation experts.

WordPress Site Development for End-user Business

And here is a detailed account of how Mindfire Solutions designed a WordPress Site for End-user business who operates in the luxury goods (watches) domain.

Mindfire Solutions has an exceptionally talented team of WordPress development experts who have had a good exposure to a number of industries. One of our customers is a reputed IT solutions provider from the United States of America who hired our services to design and develop a WordPress website for their customer who was a famous luxury goods (watches) manufacturer from Europe.

The watch manufacturer had conjured a website design which was based on the website of another internationally renowned watch company. He wanted us to create their website in a similar fashion. Apart from developing a customized WordPress theme for the website he wanted us to subsequently integrate a customized WordPress eCommerce plug-in on the website.

In order to make the ecommerce plugin effective it had to be integrated with USPS services to facilitate shipping label returns as well as coupling it with the Authorize.net shipping gateway hosted on a Unix server. Essential content such as images, prices, descriptions etc. as provided by the end customer was added to the website. For an enhanced user experience we added the scroll navigation functionality along with additional two links on the Collections page which will appear as simple pop-ups. While one of them directed to the Cancellation policy page another took the user to the Shipping details page. In order to enable visitors to save items for a future purchase, we also implemented a Wishlist functionality.

The execution of this project was done in a fairly short period of time by our expert WordPress developers who not only deftly picked up the website requirements but also innovated further to add a filter functionality based on Price, Category, Casings, etc on the page where the products are listed. Thus we ensured that the customer was extremely pleased with the end result. Thereafter, the customer has been doing business with us and this time it is not just for WordPress, but for other technologies as well which include Flex, Shopify and web based mobile apps development.

There are several web design and web development companies which specialize in creating custom web sites and custom WordPress themes all over the world. Mindfire Solutions, a 12-year old leading Software Development and IT services company from India with a strong track record of working with SMBs, has established itself as a professional WordPress development services provider and is one of the leaders in providing reliable Offshore wordpress developments services. Mindfire’s team of 20+ experienced WordPress developers offer experience, expertise and a sense of security to your business, having successfully executed more than 120 WordPress projects over the last 5 years for a basket of industries. The service offerings include Installation and Setup, Custom plugin/widget development, third party plugin customization, theme development, WebServices creation for native mobile apps, Mobile template design using WordPress, Third party theme customization, Xml-rpc services implementation and customization, Multisite and Multiuser and Multilanguage applications, Maintenance and Support services. Along with a guaranteed Mindfire promise of unparalleled quality, we also have 100 hours risk free trial* for new clients.

To know more about our expertise in Wordpress development services India and outsource wordpress development India, please contact us at sales[at]mindfiresolutions[dot]com or call 1-248-686-1424. We will be glad to help you.

Appcelerator Titanium App Development

Appcelerator Titanium App Development belongs to the exciting new world of cross-platform mobile app development.

Cross-Platform Mobile App Development:
What & Why Cross-platform mobile apps can run on multiple mobile platforms such as Android, iPhone, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, Symbian, WebOS, Bada, and tablets like iPad & Samsung Galaxy Tab. The mobile app development landscape is getting more and more complex with the rapid proliferation of new mobile platforms. Cross-platform mobile app development serves to simplify and streamline mobile app development by providing app providers and developers the ability to create a mobile app once and deploy it to multiple app platforms like iOS, Android, Windows Mobile, etc. Cross-platform mobile apps not only give you the ability to reach all of your target audience (across platforms) faster than your competition, but it also results in tremendous cost reductions in contrast to the prohibitively high costs associated with the development, maintenance, and upgrade of multiple platform-specific app versions.

Cross-Platform Mobile App Development:
How A number of modern cross-platform mobile development frameworks are available today that can help you quickly create high-quality apps targeting multiple mobile platforms. Appcelerator Titanium, Adobe PhoneGap, and Motorola RhoMobile are some of the more popular ones going by number of apps created by mobile app developers using these cross-platform mobile development frameworks around the world.

Appcelerator Titanium App Development
Appcelerator Titanium is a top choice for creating iPhone/iPad, Android, and mobile web apps. All from a single code base and with full access to each device’s API. Titanium apps are native – perform just like Objective-C (iPhone/iPad) and Java (Android phone/tablets) apps. They are also a lot easier and faster (up to 70%) to create. Appcelerator is also "the first mobile platform to combine the flexibility of open source development technologies with the power of cloud services." Applications built with Titanium can achieve compelling user experience with cloud services such as push notifications and check-ins.

Appcelerator:
At a Glance Appcelerator was founded in 2006. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, it has revolutionized the mobile development landscape. By now it has over 300,000 registered developers and more than 40,000 applications deployed on 50 million devices. Appcelerator Titanium is used by thousands of companies such as eBay, PayPal, ZipCar, Merck, Michaels, NBC Universal, Razorfish, Medtronic, BestFit, etc. In their 2012 Magic Quadrant report for Mobile Consumer Application Platforms, Gartner positions Appcelerator as Visionary.

Titanium App Development Services
Companies like Mindfire Solutions provide expert Titanium App Development Services backed by a strong track record of developing engaging cross-platform mobile apps using Appcelerator Titanium. The dedicated team of certified Titanium experts at Mindfire has made deep use of Titanium in successfully delivering many high-quality projects for global clients across diverse industries.

If you want to do cool Appcelerator App development and need some development help, get in touch with Mindfire today – call +1 248-686-1424 or email sales[st]mindfiresolutions[dot]com – to leverage the strong track record and solid experience of Mindfire’s Titanium App Development experts to bring your cool mobile app ideas to life.

Choosing a PHP Framework

At some point of time in their lives, the most proficient PHP developers would have blundered by choosing a PHP framework which proved to be unsuitable. May be that is what makes them the experts today.

Just about any developer can make a mistake when choosing a framework, however, it is a wise idea to learn from ones mistakes and subsequently limit these mistakes to develop web applications that run more smoothly. While mistakes are not uncommon in any type of programming, PHP frameworks go a long way to help to reduce these mistakes greatly by providing good quality code that is tested true right from the start of the software development process. The biggest advantage that comes from using framework is elimination of any mistakes that happen because of repetitive coding.

The most important point to bear in mind while choosing a framework is to ensure, that it should not be so small that it is unable to offer any support. Most of the times such small frameworks are created by developers who themselves lack in PHP proficiency. Ideally, while choosing a framework.

Unless you belong to the league of advanced PHP programmers, it is important you must use a PHP framework that is both easy to use and understand. Notwithstanding the above fact, you must always ensure that your database and web server are compatible with your chosen framework. This is another common mistake which occurs mainly because the developer believes that he has found the perfect framework, and in the midst of all that he forgets to check the technical feasibility. While PHP 4.3 is the minimum requirement, most of the frameworks work fine on PHP 5 along with its later versions. In case of MySQL, the versions 4.0, 4.1.x and 5.0 are all supported.

All the above mistakes could be the genesis of various issues to arise with your business applications and will eventually stunt their proper functioning. At the same time, if the above requirements aren't in place, your chosen framework will not give you the desired performance. Most importantly, using a PHP framework is a greatly beneficial when you are working on one of those projects which have tight deadlines, for it markedly accelerates the coding process. Another instance when PHP frameworks add great value to your work is when you’re working on projects with considerable amounts of repetitive coding. Here they help make the job much less tedious. This being said, if you face a crunch of skilled PHP developers you may want to outsource your software development project to a company with great PHP development skills, look no further than Mindfire Solutions. Mindfire Solutions is a leader in PHP development and has been successfully closing projects that require skilled PHP development personnel. While most of our 70 member team consists of Zend certified developers, we also undertake projects that deal with all the other Custom PHP development company.

Mindfire Solutions is a 12-year old leading Software Development and IT services company with a strong track record of working with SMBs like you who are present across geographies. Our 750+ spirited software engineers located across three advanced development centres in India have collectively executed more than 1000 projects for our 300+ client base. Along with a guaranteed Mindfire promise of unparalleled quality, we also have 100 hours risk free trial* for new clients.
To know more about our Offshore PHP Developments using PHP frameworks or outsource our PHP Framework Experts, please contact us at sales[at]mindfiresolutions[dot]com or call 1-248-686-1424. We will be glad to help you.

Content Management System with Kentico CMS

Mindfire Solutions is a 12 year’s old IT service provider having lines of service on Web Content Management. To know about our Content Management System (web CMS) service you can visit our website. One of Mindfire key strength on Web CMS is Kentico CMS service. Kentico is a Dot Net based Content Management System gives broad scale of facilities like, template designing, Webpart development and website building etc. The range of services provided by Mindfire in Kentico CMS development service are Custom Kentico CMS development, Kentico Extension Development, Kentico Customization and Integration Services, Kentico template Development and Design, Enterprise Kentico development, Kentico CMS Installation & maintenance, Kentico CMS webpart development, Kentico CMS e-Commerce website building , Kentico CMS Utility Customization, Kentico Troubleshooting ,Support and Kentico CMS Maintenance. Kentico CMS is an online application that enables you to build powerful web applications. Kentico CMS application development services are the best content management system available today in Dot Net platform. Kentico CMS application development services helps in the development of all types of website like corporates websites, intranets, extranets, online magazines, newspapers, ecommerce sites, online reservation sites, non-profit organization websites, and community based portals and other websites. Kentico CMS application development services produces dynamic content, give consistent look, customized look & feel and provides real time changes to your websites. Kentico CMS is the best content management system available today in Dot Net 4.0 frame work. Kentico CMS has online communities, blogs and eCommerce applications etc. Kentico CMS development system is SEO friendly, manages critical data of your organization, can run multi-lingual websites etc. The advantages of Kentico content management system are endless and the list goes on.

Mindfire Solutions kentico team is very skillful and regularly participates in kentico discussion in different kentico CMS forums. Worldwide Kentico CMS guru recognized our talent and appreciated it in different way in all the top rated forums. Our Kentico team developed few webpart and contribute it to the kentico website. One of our kentico webpart names as “Kentico-MailChimp” publish at Kentico CMS website in recent past. This webpart is available at FREE. Kentico-MailChimp webpart provides user a medium to communicate with other users by sending emails. User can send emails through a particular contact list. The Administrator has facility to add new receiver to the contact list. To explore more features of the webpart, please download and use it.

Mindfire Solutions is one of the leading Kentico cms development services India providing customized Kentico services to its clients. Mindfire Solutions have years of experience in executing various Kentico projects across multiple platforms and industries. Please browse through our offshore Kentico projects page for more details.

Mindfire Solutions is the ultimate destination to hire dedicated offshore Kentico CMS programmers and developers. You get the benefit of most flexible hours of working, affordable cost, experienced Kentico CMS consultants and time savvy benefits. We have a highly experienced team of dedicated outsourced Kentico CMS Developers with years of experience in Offshore Kentico application development services. We also have 100 hours risk free trial* for new clients.To know more about our expertise in Custom Kentico development company and Kentico cms development India, please contact us at sales[at]mindfiresolutions[dot]com or call 1-248-686-1424. We will be glad to help you.

NetSuite Integration Services

NetSuite is a great platform for many businesses both small and big. With the help of NetSuite, your business can have its multiple systems integrated into one small business ERP system which will give you a huge competitive advantage over your peers and help streamline your entire business operation. This in turn will ensure that you are able to work faster and coordinate a greater number of customers and sales.

NetSuite is favored by many businesses as the world’s highly customizable software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution. Advanced customization coupled with lucid industry standard tools allows your business practices and processes to be tailor-made so as meet your specific company and industry needs. You can pick any of the products such as SuiteScript, SuiteTalk or SuiteBuilder from the NetSuite products portfolio to enable you to build new functions, migrate from some other ERP vendor to NetSuite, seamlessly extend NetSuite to legacy systems, and personalize NetSuite with point-and-click tools. Since all levels of customization blend easily with the upgrades, it helps a lot to have your own unique software application by heavily customizing NetSuite as per the needs of your business.

Mindfire Solutions has deep expertise in the back end integration and creating customized NetSuite applications. In case you have a project which uses an external e-commerce application to take in orders online and then requires you to import these orders into NetSuite in real-time or batch mode, you can rely on our skilled NetSuite Application Development professionals to adequately integrate NetSuite with any other application in your enterprise. If your back end integration activities require you to import new leads or enrich existing leads as in a sales force automation project or you would like to update an item catalog from external sources you can rest assured that all this would be done smoothly with the help of our seasoned NetSuite developers. Our developers have years of expertise in managing the entire integration which includes gathering requirements, implementation, testing and roll out.

Mindfire’s team of expert NetSuite personnel creates powerful web based applications that perfectly interface with NetSuite. You can take a look at our projects page which will give you a wholesome idea of the number of NetSuite customization projects that we have carried out for a gamut of industries over the last 4 years.

Mindfire Solutions is a 12-year old leading Software Development and IT services company with a strong track record of working with SMBs like you who are present across geographies. Our 750+ spirited software engineers located across three advanced development centres in India have collectively executed more than 1000 projects for our 300+ client base. Along with a guaranteed Mindfire promise of unparalleled quality, we also have 100 hours risk free trial* for new clients.
To know more about our expertise in NetSuite Professional development Services or you can Hire NetSuite developers to outsource your NetSuite requirements. Please contact us at sales[st]mindfiresolutions[dot]com or call 1-248-686-1424. We will be glad to help you.

Custom iPhone Apps Development for Education Industry

Smartphones and tablet computers have radically transformed how knowledge gets accessed and shared. They have made it possible for us to stay connected with near-infinite volumes of data and information. Mobile devices can be used not only for consuming information but can also be used for creating information as well.

However new ideas and inventions only become innovations when they get adopted and utilized by the market While mobile technologies such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants) and digital music players have become ubiquitous, they are yet to find widespread acceptance as pedagogical tools in higher education. The education industry now needs new models and better frameworks to adapt mobile learning and avoid losing touch with the radically evolving needs of the current population. Like the television and computers which preceded it, mobile technology challenges educators to respond and ensure that their work is relevant to students.

There has been a mixed response to early adaptation of smartphones for children by schools .Although the prospect of having access to all the world's information from a handheld device sounds infectious and can make a huge difference to child’s learning, a lot of the schools have felt the need to be in control of what the children are learning and on the use of these devices . The obvious distractions of being connected at all times are worrisome to many college professors.

Some of the benefits of using smartphones in education include enabling learners and teachers to interact with each another anywhere, anytime. Both parties have access to infinite data which enables them to make more informed decisions. Use of required applications can enable the users to manage their business hours efficiently, manage their projects/commitments and improve their overall productivity .The ability to get connected to a network, anywhere anytime, enables them to interact with each other, share ideas, have online conferences/meetings etc. which besides saving time and effort has endless other benefits.

Mindfire Solutions has been on the forefront in providing iPhone custom software development for its clients for 5+ years now and has executed numerous projects for clients in the Education Industry. For clients who already use apps and want it to be ported to their iPhones/iPads, we have the provision to provide iPhone migration & iPhone porting services. We have executed multiple iPhone Software support and maintenance projects for clients who wanted support to their existing apps and iPhone web application development projects for clients who wanted a mobile version of a desktop application they used. We have a highly experienced team of iPhone SDK developers who can understand your complex requirements and execute projects successfully. We can develop Apps which can work as on-demand study tools for students get a deeper level of individualized learning.

Mindfire Solutions is the right destination for you to hire dedicated offshore Mobile programmers/Developers. Our iPhone Development team has an average experience of 4+ years and has successfully executed 50+ iOS projects till date .In addition to this you will also get the benefit of flexible hours of working at affordable cost. To get our new clients to understand and experience the quality of our delivery, we have the provision for a 100 hours risk free trial*.
To know more about our expertise in iPhone App Development and to outsource your Mobile Application Development requirements, please contact us at sales[at]mindfiresolutions[dot]com or call 1-248-686-1424. We will be glad to help you.

New Ruby on Rails Gem Announced by Mindfire Solutions

Mindfire’s Ruby on rails development team has created a gem called “Survey” and shared it in GIT (GIT link : https://github.com/mindfire-solutions/survey). Through this gem anyone can run a survey – all you need to think of is a set of questions and answers, rest all you need to do is add this gem to your Rails application.

Mindfire has been working in Rails application development for more than 2 years now and our development team has been contributing to the knowledge base by sharing our learning with the community at large through articles and tips (on new or useful things we learned during application development). This is one more step in that direction where we realized that there are no survey gems available for quick use by Rails developers worldwide, so we created one and shared in GIT.
Prerequisites for using this gem are:

• Ruby 1.9 or higher
  
• Ruby on Rails 3.1.3 or higher
  
• Application must have an authentication system with admin and normal user privileges.
  
• As we are using jQuery in the gem, so your application must support (include) jQuery-rails gem.
  
  

Details of the Survey gem:
Survey is composed of various modules those are listed and explained below:

1. Categories: All the questions and the answer sets are categorized. An admin user can add categories and a normal user can just view the categories.
   
   
2. Questions: Questions are the basic module of Survey. Questions can only be added by an admin user. They are broken into following types:
   

• Text Box: A question with a text box as an answer field.
  
• Text Box (Date): A question with a textbox and a calendar. Accepts only date as answer.
  
• Drop Down: A question with a drop down of choices. One of the choices needs to be selected to answer the question.
  
• Check Box: A question with check boxes. When a question can have multiple answers.
  
• Radio Button: A question with radio buttons. It can be used for selecting one out of multiple options.
  

3. Selections: Selections are the pre-defined choices/options for the questions of types Drop Down/ Check Boxes/ Radio Buttons etc. While creating a question if one chooses the question type to be any of the above three, a link is provided for adding a selection. A question can have as many selections as needed.
   
   
4. Validations: For the questions with Text Boxes, we can limit the input by adding validations. Validations can be chosen from the pre-defined list that appears if the question type is Text Box.
   
   
5. Question Sets: A Question Set is set of questions and sub-sets. Each question/sub-set that is added to the question set is called a Question Set Item. A Question Set is classified as follows:
   

• Assembly: A question set that cannot be integrated into other sets. Only Assembly Question Sets can be evaluated.
  
• Sub-Assembly (Sub-set): A question set that can be integrated into other sets.
  

6. Question Set Items: A question set item is any item that is being added to the question set. It can be a question or Sub-assemble question set.
   
   
7. Conditions: If the question set item is a question then we can add a condition based on the choice a user would made. For example, if the item is a question that states “Which car do you own?” and the selections are “A. Skoda, B. Audi, C. VolksWagon etc” now we can add condition if the user chooses selection A then we can show a question/set of questions, if user chooses B then we can show a different set/question or may be nothing. A condition can be applied to a question with Text Box too, but instead of using selections as a base the validations would be considered. If the question type is Radio/Dropdown the multiple selections in a condition would mean, if either of the selections. While in case of check box multiple selections would mean all of the selected options need to match with the user selections. Text Box (Date) type questions do not have any conditions.
   
   
8. Evaluation: Evaluation is sort of answering the questions in a set. A published and assembly type question set can only be evaluated. Any user can participate in the evaluation of a question set. Though they can view/edit evaluations made by them, they are not allowed to view evaluations made by other users in the system.
   

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Why do we use frameworks in PHP development ?

It helps a lot to understand why we use frameworks in PHP development before zeroing in on a particular framework. A PHP Framework forms the basis of the platform that allows software developers to develop web applications. Hence it provides the detailed structure to develop an application.

The advantages of using a PHP Framework are manifold. First of all it helps save time. Secondly, it helps avoid the need to produce repetitive code, and thus helps the developer go for Rapid Application Development (RAD). Therefore one can always imagine how difficult it would be not to have a PHP Framework in place. These difficulties manifest while producing applications because the developer has to repeatedly code a lot of PHP. Notwithstanding the above fact, it also becomes imperative for the developer to execute the connection between his database and the application that he has been trying to develop from scratch. In these circumstances using a PHP framework makes custom PHP development easier by ensuring that this connection remains intact.

Essentially, PHP development is based on the Model View Controller (MVC) fundamentals which is an architectural pattern featured in a number of popular programming languages. The MVC architecture helps separate the domain logic from the user interface. Hence it is often quoted that, the key to understanding PHP Frameworks better comes through a thorough knowledge about the MVC architecture.

Although it may seem very convenient to pick up the most popular PHP framework in the market, it is also quite important not to get confused with what you need your framework to do and the features that are already bundled in the framework. Not every PHP Framework offers the same support for databases, communities, and an easy to follow user guide. At the same time if you are an end user company and you would like to build a content management system for your company using PHP, then you would obviously require some expert counsel from a professional PHP development company. When you are at this juncture of the software development phase then you can always approach Mindfire Solutions to address your PHP development needs. With over 10 years of custom PHP development experience along with deep expertise in the numerous PHP frameworks widely available in the market, Mindfire Solutions can be your ideal software development partner to help you from start to finish of your project. Not only will it help you decide judiciously on the framework to be used, it will undertake with utmost professionalism all the tasks that are essential towards the completion of the project.

Mindfire Solutions is a 12-year old leading Software Development and IT services company with a strong track record of working with SMBs like you who are present across geographies. Our 750+ spirited software engineers located across three advanced development centres in India have collectively executed more than 1000 projects for our 300+ client base. Along with a guaranteed Mindfire promise of unparalleled quality, we also have 100 hours risk free trial* for new clients.

Drupal Development Services

Drupal development services enable Drupal users to customize and extend Drupal’s core functionalities and add new features to suit their unique needs better. Drupal was originally written by Dries Buytaert to be used as a community message board in 1999 for his group of friends. By 2001, Drupal had garnered wider interest and contribution and was made open source. Drupal.org – the one-stop Drupal website as we know it today – came up in the same year with an aim to enable others to experiment and extend the platform and allow new paths for development. Drupal CMS witnessed accelerated pace of development around 2005 gaining widespread acceptance and usage. Today, Drupal is one of the leading open-source content management systems in the world powering millions of websites – from simple blogs to industrial-strength enterprise apps. Drupal has been famously used for US political campaigns in the past and by top corporates and governments around the world.

What Sets Drupal Apart
Due to the rapid proliferation of content lately, content management systems (CMS) are one of the hottest application segments and a lot many of them, including open-source ones, are in use today, e.g. Drupal, WordPress, Joomla, Magento, SilverStripe, Concrete5, ModX, Umbraco, etc. Each CMS has its own strengths and weaknesses making it ideal for specific site requirements. While Drupal may be overkill for a small, single-author site with static content, it is increasingly becoming the CMS of choice for a wide variety of sites, including personal blogs, community sites, e-commerce portals, corporate, political, and government websites. Drupal has a powerful core, great extensibility, and the largest active web developer community. The availability of thousands of add-on modules and designs lets one create any site one can imagine. Drupal offers a sophisticated programming interface for developers and Drupal development services come in handy here. Expert Drupal development services can not only expedite the process of Drupal customization, it can also make it painless and worry-free.

Drupal Development Services
Depending on your business needs, you might be interested in Drupal implementation, Drupal customization, Drupal extensions development, Drupal theming, Drupal integration, Drupal custom solutions development, etc. You may want to migrate to Drupal from a less versatile and powerful CMS, like many companies are migrating to Drupal from enterprise content management systems like Vignette, SDL Tridion, Polopoly, Sitecore, etc. You may want to add modules relevant to you from the thousands of modules made available for Drupal, e.g. Views, Token, CCK, Pathauto, CKEditor, TinyMCE, Lightbox2, IMCE, Image, IMageAPI, ctools, Google Analytics, Admin menu, Ubercart, Moodle, Drupal Commerce, etc. You may want Drupal integration done with other applications you would be using. There are endless possibilities with what you can do with Drupal.

Companies like Mindfire Solutions provide expert Drupal development services backed by years of experience of providing Drupal services for a variety of industries and customer needs. If you want Drupal customization / extension and need some development help, get in touch with Mindfire today – call 1-248-686-1424 or email sales[at]mindfiresolutions[at]com – to leverage the strong track record and solid experience of Mindfire’s Drupal experts to personalize and extend Drupal capabilities.

Why QTP Automation Testing is Beneficial ?

QTP Automation Testing

People often think how to produce high quality software and make their customer happy along with make-out more revenue out of it. When testing coming into the mind then it diversified, whether it will be Manual Testing or Automation Testing. The time taken to implement testing strategies is very significant. If you go with manual testing it will involves lots of time as well as you need sufficient budget for it. And if you go with Automation testing then you have to choose right tool and skillful expertise to perform your testing. The cost of investment in today's testing tools can also be significant. Test automation can bring great benefits to an organization by shortening the testing cycle and thereby reducing testing costs and you will get more Return of Investment (ROI) even. These benefits can only be realized by choosing the right tools for the job and targeting the right areas to be automated.

Mindfire Solutions is a 12 years old offshore software service provider and has successful footprint on software testing. All our test engineers have solid knowledge on QTP Testing with ISTQB and QTP certification, which helps to set off a high-level methods, ideas, and techniques to test application. Our certified QTP test engineers are more than 5 years of experience in Automation as well as manual testing. Lack of knowledge of test design and test-scripting languages often means automated testing projects fail in their objectives and test tools often end up as scrap.

Our excellent QTP service comes with significant success story of our client. We provide our offshore Quick Test Pro service to test different domain like, Content Management System (CMS), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), HealthCare industry, E-Commerce, Mobile applications etc. Our QTP team sent automation testing work report to the client in daily basic or weekly basics. Sometime our dedicated offshore QTP tester explain critical bug to our customer if at any case our client fail to understand the step to find the bug. If our customer demands the test scripts we generate during the testing execution phase then we help our clients to send functional test scenarios with QTP test script to enabling them to create a reusable and repeatable test repository. This enables our clients to save a lot of time, resources and effort in functional and regression testing if they want in future.

In case you don’t have a QTP License in hand or your budget does not allow you to buy QTP license, we do have a special offer for you. You can use our license to perform QTP automation testing for your product.

If you have any running project or you have a developed project (application or product) then drop us a note to understand how the certified software testing company, Mindfire Solutions, can assist you. You can hire our testers who would work remotely on your projects you would get the best dedicated QA and QTP Automation testing engineers or a team of people to maintained best quality of your developed product/ application through sales[at]mindfiresolutions[dot]com or call 1-248-686-1424.

Application Development for Windows Mobile Handheld Devices

While selecting mobile computers and rugged handheld devices, it is equally important to have the right software applications installed to serve your business requirements as it is to have good quality and dependable hardware. Focusing entirely on acquiring devices with powerful processing capability alone is only one part of the job. As an organization, your foray into this area will provide a good return on investment and a low total cost of ownership (TCO) if you are successful in identifying the right IT vendor for all your software needs. Enterprise handheld applications are in reality an expansion of the functionalities provided on desktops. This enables desktop and handheld application to converse and transmit data with each other.

We have the capability to provide enterprise mobile handheld solutions across multiple mobile platforms to streamline your business processes. Our enterprise mobile and handheld solutions can be easily integrated with your ERP applications. Our experience with handheld devices started with Palm. These devices are easy to use and include many applications to help organize work schedules and tasks. Different Palm models have different operating systems and functions and most models can synchronize with PC and Mac. All contain programs for managing your calendar, notes, tasks, and contacts. For more details on our expertise you can click on Palm Expertise. With Windows Mobile Handheld, we have a dedicated team of certified developers with cross industry experience. Their advantage of using devices on Windows Mobile OS is the ease and convenience of having Microsoft Office and other Microsoft applications such as Outlook, Internet Explorer Windows Live etc. at your disposal. Windows Mobile devices can be broadly classified into two categories: the Pocket PC and Smartphone. Pocket PC phones come with a stylus that one can use to touch the screen. Smartphones on the contrary do not have a touchscreen or stylus but can securely connect to POP3 and IMAP accounts, as well as Internet-based e-mails such as Yahoo, and Google.

If you are looking for a reliable offshore vendor for your Windows Mobile app development Handheld needs, Mindfire Solutions has the required expertise to meet them. With our experienced team of Windows Mobile developers, we have successfully partnered with a number of companies across various industries. Our team of experts is competent to handle Full lifecycle Windows Mobile /CE development. They can help in designing the System architecture to suit your existing wok flows. Our apps are designed keeping in mind the exact workflows of our clients to help them get the maximum leverage out of them. We assure quality through the consistent application of uniform processes in our services.

Mindfire Solutions is the right destination for you to hire dedicated offshore Windows Mobile programmers/Developers. Our Windows Mobile Development team has an average experience of 5 + years. In addition to this you will also get the benefit of flexible hours of working at affordable cost. To get our new clients to understand and experience the quality of our delivery, please contact us for a limited risk free trial.

To know more about our Windows Mobile Development expertise and to outsource your Windows Mobile app development requirements, please contact us at sales[at]mindfiresolutions[dot]com or call 1-248-686-1424. We will be glad to assist.

Why talking to Magento experts before Customizing helps ?

At Mindfire we have expert Magento developers with a good exposure to all the features of Magento including Magento mobile development. Among the e-commerce products available in the market Magento is easier to develop and maintain and it minimizes the cost of maintenance of the systems. In addition, it provides a variety of features like Easy-to-Use Admin System, Single Page Checkout, Ship to Multiple Addresses, Change Prices, Site-wide quickly, Administer Multiple Websites and move data easily using DataFlow. Using Magento, Mindfire enables customers to set up online stores fairly quickly and at reasonable rates.

Mindfire’s Offshore Magento Development India vertical has rich experience in Magento Customization, Custom Magento Design, Magento Extensions Development, Magento Template Development, Magento Mobile Development and Magento Custom Module development. Mindfire’s Magento Development Services have been used by global customers who vouch for our expertise, quality of work and commitment to business growth of our customers.

At Mindfire we have worked for projects involving various challenging features and work. For example recently we worked on a project where the challenge was to create a personalized shopping experience for the users of our client’s website. Our client, who is into selling “unlock codes” for mobile phones, wanted to build an application which should be very simple to navigate and use. Client wanted to use Magento for this, so all existing features of the e-commerce application were trimmed down and made simple to use yet retain the efficiency.

The site incorporates over 10 customizations and extensions to Magento's already robust core functionality. The site offers enhanced usability, with navigation and filtering features designed to create multiple paths to product discovery. Consumers can tailor their products, through an online product creation facility, like carrier, manufacturer and product name to cater to their needs. Personalization features like one-step checkout were implemented to help customers avoid filling lengthy request forms. A “hot products” functionality was build to give the customers an idea of what other users are buying. Customized admin end sales order grid for unlock codes listing. Customized product management section for establishing correlation between unlock code products with cell phone accessories. Customized Mini-cart section for better usability. Customization was also done to the shipping module to auto select zero shipping for products which don’t need shipping where as allowing shipping to shippable products.

We implemented a “change currency” functionality to improve purchasing experience for users all around the world. PayPal’s express checkout process flow has been simplified to include minimal steps for better usability and easy shopping. All the customizations and implementations were done to combine closely and tie together the shopping and social experience, extending the time spent on each site visit and driving overall sales. Simplified checking out of product, payment and shipping options made it easy to browse and shop – there was a significant jump in sales for our client because of all this.

Mindfire Solutions is the right destination for you to hire dedicated offshore Magento programmers/Developers. Our Magento application team has an average experience of 3+ projects and has successfully executed different domain projects till date .In addition to this you will also get the benefit of flexible hours of working at affordable cost. To get our new clients to understand and experience the quality of our delivery, please feel free to discuss with about a limited period risk-free trial.

To know more about Mindfire’s expertise in Magento development services and to outsource your custom Magento development needs, please contact us at sales[at]mindfiresolutions[dot]com or call 1-248-686-1424. We will be glad to help you.

Real Studio Cross-Platform Application Development

Cross-Platform application development is becoming increasingly important for application providers in keeping pace with changing customer expectations brought about by proliferation of platforms and the Web. There are a number of tools available to facilitate the process of developing cross-platform software today. These tools enable one to create software applications that run across multiple desktop operating systems without rewriting the source code. In doing so, they help leverage the one-time software investments across multiple platforms and customer segments, shorten time-to-market, and increase productivity.

Real Studio Application Development:-

Real Studio is a popular cross-platform application development tool developed and marketed by Real Software. Real Studio rapid application development (RAD) environment enables creation of powerful native applications for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and the Web. (Real Studio was formerly known as Realbasic. Post 2010 Release 1, it was named as Real Studio. However, the object-oriented programming language used in Real Studio, a dialect of BASIC, is still named Realbasic.) Real Studio comes in two flavors: Real Studio Desktop and Real Studio Web editions.

In Real Studio Desktop Edition, you can choose any or all of Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Linux platforms under Build Settings before building the code. And voila!... Realbasic code is directly compiled to the machine language for each of its supported platforms. With drag and drop interface, object-oriented language, native user interface controls, extended database support, native reporting tools, and quick-and-easy builds, cross-platform application development was never this easy!

Real Studio Web Edition, which began shipping since December 2010, enables rapid development of rich Web 3.0 applications. Real Studio Web Edition, armed with a completely visual interface builder and a single language for application logic, makes web application development a lot faster and easier. And since Real Studio Web Edition applications are created as binaries, they not only perform much faster than interpreted programming languages but also are a lot more secure.

Real Studio Development Services:-
Real Studio development services provided by companies and consultants can help you do the following and more:

1. Create native cross-platform software for Mac, Windows, and Linux platforms.
2. Create powerful, fast, and secure Web 3.0 applications.
3. Migrate your Visual Basic / legacy applications to powerful cross-platform apps.
4. Create powerful database applications with Real SQL Database.
5. Create smart Real Studio plugins.
6. Create cool graphics for multimedia apps or games.
7. Support, maintain, extend your Real Studio (Realbasic) applications.
8. Independently verify and validate your Realbasic applications.

Mindfire Real Studio (Realbasic) Services:-

Companies like Mindfire Solutions provide expert Real Studio development services backed by years of experience of providing Real Studio (Realbasic) services for a variety of industries and customer needs. Mindfire Solutions is a 12-year old leading Software Development and IT services company with a strong track record of working with SMBs like you who are present across geographies. Our 750+ spirited software engineers located across three advanced development centres in India have collectively executed more than 1000 projects for our 300+ client base. Along with a guaranteed Mindfire promise of unparalleled quality, please ask us for a limited risk free trial.
If you want to do cross-platform software for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and the Web and need some development help, get in touch with Mindfire today – call +1 248-686-1424 or email sales[at]mindfiresolutions[dot]com – to leverage the strong track record and solid experience of Mindfire’s Real Studio Application Development experts to bring your cool cross-platform software development ideas to life.