How to find the Top Python Programmer ?

Python allows you to write the same program with much fewer lines of code than PHP. It is estimated that a typical Python or Ruby program will require 5 times fewer lines of code than a corresponding Java code. And this is what makes Python attractive as an option for startups to get started with. Getting a high quality application developed within a short time and at a fraction of the cost of developing it locally is what Python developers offshore do. The best developers in Python have knowledge in a variety of frameworks and that is what enables them to work in multiple domains. Expertise in frameworks like Django, Pinax, Zope and web2py frameworks should be tested if you are planning to outsource your work to a Python team.

Mindfire Solutions is a company providing expert Python development India. Recently we worked in a project which was developed in Pinax. A small summary of the project and the work that we did is as given below:

Executive Summary
Client wanted to create a world class social networking and collaboration platform for a highly technical group of users. A key feature that client wanted was a quick and easy way for the user to create and add search content.

We decided and proposed using Pinax which provides an integrated collection of Django applications that provide the most commonly needed social networking features. We also proposed highlighting of relevant content as the user types and creation of dynamic tags.

Our Solution
We designed and implemented a Python Django based application that makes the tagging process automatic. Whenever a user posts either a blog or question or event, the content gets tagged automatically. We used OpenCalais API to get the tags from the content that the user enters. We also used Django Supertagging App to make all content tagging processes automatic. This included implementing inline highlighting of content as user types in the content. Along with Autotagging we also allowed users to enter their own tags to make the app as flexible and user friendly as possible. We used heavy Ajax implementation and used caching to avoid repeated calls to the OpenCalais API. Once the module was ready we integrated the code with design templates provided by the client.

Technologies Used
Python, Django, Pinax, niginx front end, apache backend, MySql, GIT, OpenCalais REST API for tagging.

The client was pleased with Mindfire’s effort and reckoned that they were happy to have discovered a professional offshore IT unit. We shall continue to be the service provider for the next versions of the client’s product. They have not only allocated the support and maintenance work of the current system to Mindfire but have also chosen us for future customization work.

At Mindfire we challenge ourselves regularly to keep learning and stay abreast of all the latest happenings in Python area. Be it a new framework or a new tool or a new way of application development, we learn aggressively and are always ready to take up new and challenging work. This zeal for learning and increasing our knowledge base translates to very good work for clients, that is why we our clients keep coming back to us again and again. Python developers at Mindfire are very professional and ensure that we always make high quality delivery and on time.

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

WordPress Website Development For Effective Websites

How can one get effective and fully functional websites by using WordPress for website development? This question is answered by the end of this article “WordPress website development for effective websites”.

WordPress is one of the most popular and widely used OpenSource blogging tool and a highly dynamic content management solution in the world. The fact that it is free and is supported by a large community of WordPress enthusiasts adds to the list of benefits of using WordPresss. Powered by PHP and MySQL, its customizable platform is practically the backbone of the Web 2.0 development. WordPress as a Content Management System is extremely user-friendly and offers significantly easy management of content. Undoubtedly when WordPress is touted as an unbeatable blogging platform and a great plug-in to develop a content management system, it has an immense capacity to customize and manage an entire website all by itself.

If you feel that WordPress is an apt Content Management System and are confident about its capabilities to build up a competent website for you and hence you want to hire the WordPress development services of a website development company to do this job for you, then look no further. Mindfire Solutions is also an offshore WordPress website development company which offers its 5+ years worth of experience for the benefit of your WordPress blog designing, WordPress CMS customization, Wordpress plugins and widgets customization, Wordpress cms development India and Wordpress website development inclusive of content editing and publishing initiatives. We try to optimize your business in exploring the array of tools and features of this portal and effectively making use of the various 'Content Management System' features it offers. This goes a long way in helping us meet your internet marketing goals and overall business targets. Whether your requirements deal with creating a new set of innovative plug-ins, customizing an existing set of plugins and themes, localizations, interesting themes and brand specific layouts that fit the requirements of a WordPress page, we specialize in all of the above. In order to give a fillip to your business growth, you can also leverage on our WordPress development capabilities that includes both innovative graphics, and WordPress programming capabilities that allows you to build an excellent page.

While we guarantee you exceptional website development services we gladly welcome you to experience our complete set of services which help you through the implementation as well as set up, migration from an alternative Content Management System to the WordPress portal, comprehensive solution development and deployment, integration of template designs that meet your SEO goals, constant up-gradation as well as porting services. Mindfire Solutions provides the one stop shop for all the above mentioned activities to have a fully functional website made using WordPress. Whether you intend to give your internet marketing strategies a push or you are interested to take up WordPress development initiatives in an innovative manner along with ecommerce facility, Mindfire solutions has the right set of WordPress website development professionals to meet your needs. Our skilled talent pool and flexible business model offers a large scope in expressing your brand personality and image on the web in a brand new perspective.

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

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Development: Where one should go?

In this fast moving market scenario one cannot run his business in a system where he tract each and every trigger of his business in day to day life manually. The most successful businesses these days are powered by certain platform which takes care of all your business logic and attributes with its “out of box” functionality. In this regards, First thing coming into one’s mind is Microsoft Dynamics CRM (Customer Relationship Management) which has power to manage all complex business logic with its ‘out of box’ feature. And it gives extensive facilities to customize it according to your business requirements as well. It is also true that a business cannot stick with one system or environment. Modern business solutions not only connect people inside and outside the organization, they also give them context and insight which drives better decisions and boosts productivity. You have to communicate your people and business with multiple systems. One live example would be Dynamics CRM with SharePoint. There are many instances where people run their particular part of business in SharePoint and another part is running in Dynamics CRM. In this case they need skillful Microsoft Dynamics CRM Developer who will develop such a system where Dynamics CRM system can communicate and exchange data with SharePoint system.

A business house, which is a leading service provider in the field of renewable energy and is operational in biomass and energy projects in Europe. They have managed their business with cutting edge technologies like SharePoint 2010 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM etc. They have developed their application to support their employee workspace in SharePoint 2010, and maintained all sales related activity in Dynamics CRM 2011 which helped their business build profitable customer relationship by shortening sales cycles and improving customer loyalty through day-to-day tasks for sales, customer service, opportunity etc. Their primary concern was to develop a system to communicate CRM 2011 interface with SharePoint 2010. To be precise, he wanted to create a project folder in the document library of SharePoint 2010 while an opportunity creates in the CRM System. Mindfire’s offshore Microsoft Dynamics CRM Development team builds a system which bridges a communication path between these systems.

Mindfire Solutions, 12 year’s old software development and testing company has extensive experience and expertise in Microsoft Dynamics CRM Development for more than 6 years and counted as leading company in Dynamics CRM application services in India. Several of its expertise are Microsoft and dynamics CRM 4.0 certified. Mindfire Solutions CRM team has deep knowledge on CRM 4.0, CRM 2011 and Online CRM. The CRM team has executed many offshore projects on Dynamics CRM 4 and CRM 2011 successfully across domain and of different complexity. The range of services provided by Mindfire Solutions on Dynamics CRM 4 and Dynamics CRM 2011 development services are Customization service on Dynamics CRM, Customer Management Software, Dynamics CRM Custom work flow development, Dynamics CRM Plugin development and integration, Third-Party integration in Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Custom SSRS Report Development on Dynamics CRM, Remote Support to maintain Dynamics application. The other service Mindfire solutions provides are Microsoft Dynamics CRM Consulting, MS CRM Installation and Role-based security definitions, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Implementation, Configuration and upgrades and Microsoft Dynamics CRM maintenance.

To hire Mindfire Solutions expert Microsoft Dynamics CRM development/developers or Microsoft Dynamics CRM Developers team call 1-248-686-1424 or email sales[at]mindfiresolutions[dot]com. We will be glad to help you.

iPhone app Development for Digital Marketing Companies

New research is indicating that mobile marketing is fast catching up and is about to outperform traditional marketing initiatives. It is no more being looked upon as a new strategy which is in its experimental phase. Use of mobile phones and especially the increase in the number of smartphones has become a game changer since the device allows users easy access to SMS, email and the web - anywhere and at any time of the day .From the marketing perspective, the Mobile Channel is providing less expensive options for targeted programs which has a great impact in increasing the response rates. Also, there are ways and means to track and measure the results of the campaigns. The sheer ubiquitous nature of the device is making this marketing channel very effective. All this has made it a necessity for Digital Marketing companies to have access to a strong mobile development team. This can be achieved either by having an in house development team or partnering with a company which has the requisite expertise in the area. This is where Mindfire Solutions, based on years of experience in iPhone apps development, provides Digital marketing companies with flexible partnering options to handle all their Custom Mobile development needs.

We have been the preferred iPhone offshore development partner for many Digital Marketing Companies for executing Mobile marketing campaigns for their customers. Our strength lies in our technical skillset and our domain expertise in customized iPhone app development. As an example, in one of the projects we handled the development part of a Branding campaign which a Digital Marketing company was doing for some of its clients. Our custom iPhone app development team successfully built an interesting game which had a set of logos and a set of questions related to each logo. Through the game, information related to the companies was easily passed on to the users. With 2 rounds, it was a good way to engage people and at the same time brand the companies.

Mindfire Solutions is the ultimate destination to hire services for dedicated iPhone app development work. Our iOS Application 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. Mindfire Windows iOS development India team’s technical expertise can be used for your various Mobile Marketing Campaigns like Mobile Social Networking, Location Based Services , Mobile Payment ,Mobile Commerce ,Mobile Email ,Apps and Games ,Mobile Search and Mobile Web. 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*.

Our engagement models are quite flexible. You can either hire a full time dedicated team of iPhone developers based out of India or augment your development team but having an extended team with us.

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.

Why use Magento ?

There are so many E-Commerce products available in the market – all claiming to be the best. Why then should one go for Magento? Let’s look at some of the amazing features Magento has which makes it the hottest thing in market at present. We at Mindfire have been working in Magento for quite some time and have a team of more than 10 developers who have very good working knowledge on all the features listed below. We have one of the best Magento development team in India and a lot of clients have done their offshore Magento development with us.

The features are as follows:
Marketing Promotions and Tools
Flexible Coupons (pricing rules) with ability to restrict to stores, customer groups, time period, products, and categories
Catalog Promotional Pricing

Search Engine Optimization
URL Rewrites give full control of URL's
Google Site Map
Meta-information for products and categories

Catalog Management
Google Base Integration
Batch Import and Export of catalog
Downloadable/Digital Products
Advanced Pricing Rules and support for Special Prices (see marketing tools)

Product Browsing
Multiple Images Per Product
Product Image Zoom-in Capability

International Support
Multi-Lingual
Support for Multiple Currencies

Order Management
View, edit, create and fulfill orders from admin panel
Create one or multiple invoices, shipments and credit memos per order to allow for split fulfillment

Analytics and Reporting
Admin Dashboard for Report Overview
Abandoned Shopping Cart Report
Best Customers Report by Total and Number of Orders

Site Management
Control multiple websites and stores from one Administration Panel
Web Services API for easy integration between Magento and any third-party application
A/B and Multivariate Testing

Catalog Browsing
Layered / Faceted Navigation for filtering of products in Categories
Layered / Faceted Navigation for filtering of products in Search Results
Product comparisons
Product Reviews

Mobile Commerce
iPhone optimized

Payment
Multiple Payment Options Supported
Payment Extensions Available through Magento Connect
Configurable authorization and capturing of funds

Checkout
One-Page Checkout
Checkout without account/Guest Checkout
Shipping to multiple addresses in one order

You can click here to have a look at the expertise and skills we have – it has details about the Offshore Magento development team we have and the work we have done. You can also view the projects page to see some of the projects delivered by Mindfire in Magento.


Another area in Magento which is growing fast is Magento Mobile. With the increased use of mobile by people it has almost become imperative for all ecommerce sites to build a mobile version of it. Magento mobile clearly is one of the best solutions currently available in the market. Given below are some of the reasons which make it so famous:

• Magento Mobile native application support for iPad and Android.
• Push notification service with Urban Airship
• Allowing sharing of product information with all common social media including Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Consumers using a Magento Mobile store application can share information about their favorite online stores with friends using their social networks.
• Improved Image zooming capabilities with Magento Mobile.
• Easily managing multiple devices with a single installation. Easily extend your mobile presence to iPhone, iPad and Android devices.
  

Making app fully customizable: Deploy new device-specific features and branded themes with just a few clicks. Quickly update the colors and appearance of your app with the new Magento mobile admin, even after customers have downloaded your app. At Mindfire we have very good expertise in developing and maintaining apps developed using Magento Mobile. The Magento mobile experts at Mindfire are competent enough to build a mobile version of your application from scratch.


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

Qualitative Website Development using Zend Framework

Zend Application Development

A deeper insight into the PHP community and you find that this huge developer base is divided into two categories. There are those developers who choose the normal “out-of-box” PHP and there are the others who swear by their favorite frameworks. So whether you are in for the plain vanilla PHP or you support the frameworks way of doing things, it is all a matter of choice.

A PHP framework can be called a good one if it helps the developer spend lesser time on trying to improve the security, help him make websites that are subsequently easier to upgrade and should also significantly reduce the time spent on building websites and web applications.So the question arises that why should one use Zend Framework specifically for developing a qualitative website. Zend is currently the PHP framework of choice for enterprise businesses. One can say this with certainty because there is a high demand in the market for “Zend PHP certified” developers. But just going by the job boards does not make Zend popular, it is also a complete package of advanced features, plugins and free optional downloads. And Zend was built by the makers of PHP. Need we say more?

Here are some Zend products which make it so popular amongst the developer group. The first product is the Zend Server, a web application server meant for PHP applications that are crucial from a business point of view. The zend Server helps develop applications faster by offering a consistent, supported, and up-to-date PHP stack which includes in-built PHP caching APIs and Zend Framework built in.The Zend Server also contributes towards rapid and consistent deployment getting applications out into production faster and more reliably. Its ability to optimize application performance, faster problem resolution and scalability to handle load makes it a favourite amongst enterprise users. The second product is Zend-Right scale cloud solution which is the only solution that enables a business to easily manage a PHP runtime environment in the cloud. Not only does it help deploy PHP applications in the cloud and providing on-demand provisioning coupled with automatic scaling, but also is an enterprise grade secure PHP stack with high availability in the cloud.
The third product from the PHP stable is the Zend studio which is a development environment exclusively for professionals that includes PHP code editing, debugging, profiling, unit testing, diagnostics and more. Thus using the Zend Studio ensures developing and maintaining faster code, quicker problem resolution, cloud-enabled platform and availability of team-oriented development features to increase team collaboration. Finally the Zend Guard which is the most popular PHP encoding and obfuscation product on the market. Using the Zend Guard protects the PHP application from unlicensed use and reverse engineering thus protecting the intellectual property which is threatened by the increase in availability of commercial applications in PHP.

The products by themselves would not be of much use if you lack a technology partner to make the best use of all these wonderful Zend products to build your PHP application just the way you want it built. Mindfire Solutions, a software development company from India has more than 10 years of PHP application development experience and is perfectly equipped with a team of Zend certified programmers.

To know more about our Zend Certified PHP Programmer please refer to our page on Zend applications development or call 1-248-686-1424 or email sales[at]mindfiresolutions[dot]com. We will be glad to help you.

Needs on MS Dynamics CRM development, where should one go ?

In the today’s competitive and fast moving market scenario it is very important to maintain your business in a very modesty way, whatever information you want or need should display right away from your laptop screen in few clicks. One platform or application should be there to handle all you customer data in terms of sales, marketing, Human Resources, accounts, finance etc. If you to maintain your business better, then one solution would be to implement, i.e. Microsoft Dynamics CRM. These days many business houses planning to implement Dynamics CRM (Customer Relationship Management) to maintain their business or have already implemented it. In both case they need a reliable and trusted partner who not only study and understand the business logic but also provides suggestion and business solution time to time manner to improve the process. In the same hand they should have strong expertise in terms of Dynamics CRM Customization, Dynamics CRM Custom work flow development, CRM Plugin development, Third-Party integration in Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Custom SSRS Report Development in Dynamics CRM, Dynamics CRM Remote Support for development etc. for both on CRM4 and CRM 2011 which will make your task easy in day to day life.

Now the big question is, what is your situation? And what you want exactly to handle your business, do you have idea in your mind to implement Dynamics CRM in your business? Or you have been implemented Dynamics CRM already? Or you want to just connect your SharePoint system to Dynamics CRM platform? For all the requirements above you need to hire a dedicated Dynamics CRM partner who will support you to enhance and maintain your Dynamics CRM system.

Mindfire Solutions, 12 year’s old software development and testing company has extensive experience and expertise in Microsoft Dynamics technologies for more than 6 years and counted as leading company in Dynamics CRM Application development services in India. Several of its expertise are Microsoft and dynamics CRM 4.0 certified. Mindfire Solutions CRM team has deep knowledge on CRM 4.0, CRM 2011 and Online CRM. The CRM team has executed many offshore projects on Dynamics CRM 4 and CRM 2011 successfully across domain and of different complexity. The range of services provided by Mindfire Solutions on Dynamics CRM 4 and Dynamics CRM 2011 development services are Customization service on Dynamics CRM, Dynamics CRM Custom work flow development, Dynamics CRM Plugin development and integration, Third-Party integration in Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Custom SSRS Report Development on Dynamics CRM, Remote Support to maintain Dynamics application. The other service Mindfire solutions provides are Microsoft Dynamics CRM Consulting, MS CRM Installation and Role-based security definitions, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Implementation, Configuration and upgrades and Microsoft Dynamics CRM maintenance.

Mindfire Solutions is the ultimate destination to hire dedicated offshore Dynamics CRM programmers and developers India. You get the benefit of most flexible hours of working, affordable cost, experienced Dynamics CRM consultants and time savvy benefits. We have a highly experienced team of dedicated outsourced Dynamics CRM Developers with years of experience in Offshore Dynamics CRM application development services. We also have 100 hours risk free trial* for new clients.

To hire Mindfire Solutions expert Microsoft Dynamics CRM development/developers India call 1-248-686-1424 or email sales[at]mindfiresolutions[dot]com. We will be glad to help you.

Why Automation Testing necessary ???

In case there are no automated tools for software testing the principal attention concentrate on manual testing, that is gained to re-affirm so called “well-known” state of software after alterations. In such a way it can be tie up a lot of high-priced resources or just prevent modifications from being implemented successfully at just short notice.

Within such conditions any influence may bring to the shipping of software that has not been sufficiently retested after alterations. It may be dreadful after-effects as well. In order to save competitive ability, developers of software should be able to carry into effect modifications to software quickly and dependable. Therefore testing should be both fast and complete, leaving small option but to automate the testing process in order to support quick change.

Each software products are tested by development group, but sometimes delivered software has some defects. Testers try to detect them before the software output is released but they happen to creep in and reappear often, indeed with the great manual testing processes. Consequently, automated software testing is the most effective way to improve the efficiency and coverage of the software testing company’s work. Automated tools are really a gift for tester. When I was a beginner, I was using almost only manual testing methods and then I was really surprised how simplier the testing process could be! Automated Software Testing is often over sold however this is in great demand and no doubt that Software Test Automation is very essential. Hire Automation testers at cheaper rates from India.

Custom Automation has been designing and building quality software for over 12 years. Our experience combined with creativity and a commitment to delivering a job well done, will help your company gain an advantage. Along with delivering a solution that will produce for you, Custom Automation will be there to service the software products in the future. We are a team of 10+ dedicated automation testers. Regularly updated on enhancements made to Automation. We are 12+ years old outsourcing company follow Automated Test Development. We have clients satisfied with a cheaper and effective automation effort.

Every time application undergoes major changes the test cases undergo a maintenance cycle to overcome the changes. But even without any major changes we schedule test script maintenance at regular intervals to improve their scope and coverage. It is always a good practice to prepare an effective bug report. Fixing a bug depends on how effectively you prepare your bug report. At Mindfire we provide daily test report for our client which will help them to stay updated about the project progress. You are welcome to visit our Daily Testing Bug Report page to get details of the service.

Mindfire Solutions an Offshore software development company, understand the importance of quality in any software, hence we leverage our best offshore automation service using QTP to improve the quality for our client's project. Our deep expertise in QTP and QTP certified engineers help to generate powerful automation test cases and scripts in QTP. We have expertise on in build plug-ins for creating and maintaining automation test scripts on the following platforms like Active X, Web, Oracle, Microsoft.NET and WPF, Java ,VB. At Mindfire we provide daily test report for our client which will help them to stay updated about the project progress.

To view some of our Testing projects, please visit Testing Projects. To discuss about our software testing services, expertise and how we can help you, please contact us on sales at mindfiresolutions.com or call 1-248-686-1424.

Testcases are Important

One of the most frequent and major activity of a Software Tester is to write Test Cases. First of all, kindly keep in mind that all this discussion is about ‘Writing Test Cases’ not about designing/defining/identifying testcases. There are some important and critical factors related to this major activity.Let us have a bird’s eye view of those factors first.

a. Test Cases are prone to regular revision and update:

We live in a continuously changing world, software are also not immune to changes. Same holds good for requirements and this directly impacts the test cases. Whenever, requirements are altered, testcases need to be updated. Yet, it is not only the change in requirement that may cause revision and update to testcases.

During the execution of testcases, many ideas arise in the mind, many sub-conditions of a single TC cause update and even addition of testcases. Moreover, during regression testing several fixes and/or ripples demand revised or new testcases.

b. Test Cases are prone to distribution among the testers who will execute these:

Of course there is hardly the case that a single tester executes all the testcases. Normally there are several testers who test different modules of a single application. So the testcases are divided among them according to their owned areas of application under test. Some testcases related to integration of application, may be executed by multiple testers while some may be executed only by a single tester.

c. Test Cases are prone to clustering and batching:

It is normal and common that testcases belonging to a single test scenario usually demand their execution in some specific sequence or in the form of group. There may be some testcases pre-requisite of other testcases. Similarly, according to the business logic of AUT, a single TC may contribute in several test conditions and a single test condition may consist of multiple testcases.

d. Test Cases have tendency of inter-dependence:

This is also an interesting and important behavior of testcases that those may be interdependent on each other. In medium to large applications with complex business logic, this tendency is more visible.

The clearest area of any application where this behavior can definitely be observed is the interoperability between different modules of same or even different applications. Simply speaking, wherever the different modules or applications are interdependent, the same behavior is reflected in the testcases.

e. Test Cases are prone to distribution among developers (especially in TC driven development environment):

An important fact about testcases is that these are not only to be utilized by the testers. In normal case, when a bug is under fix by the developers, they are indirectly using the TC to fix the issue. Similarly, where the TCD development is followed, testcases are directly used by the developers to build their logic and cover all scenarios, addressed by testcases, in their code.

As a leading independent software testing company Mindfire solutions has been providing mission-critical software testing services to fortune clients, globally. Our flawless process, strict adherence to international standards, fully transparent functioning and flexible delivery models make us the most preferred testing partner to major technology companies, worldwide.

Our offshore software testing and outsourcing QA services ensure considerable savings on time, developmental cost and operational expenses for our customers. We are leading Offshore Software testing company who have certified Software Testers at your software quality service.

• Mindfire solutions follow good testing practices like:
• We Systematically test individual pages.
• Track bugs and confirm fixes.
• Conduct load testing to stress-test programming technologies and server hardware capacities.
• Write testcases and follow them for future references.
• Test your web site on multiple browsers and platforms.
• Test page optimization with every update.

Mindfire Solutions is the ultimate destination to hire dedicated Certified testers. You get the benefit of most flexible hours of working, affordable cost, experienced mobile software developers and time savvy benefits. We have a highly experienced team of dedicated testers with commendable expertise in this domain.

To view some of our Testing projects, please visit Testing Projects. To discuss about our software testing services, expertise and how we can help you, please contact us on sales at mindfiresolutions.com or call 1-248-686-1424.

Are Testers Creative ?

Imagination is the strongest tool for tester to use. Many times it isn't while directly testing the app that some thing falls apart it when you play with it. That's another secret to good testing. Play with the product. Example while testing a phone to send and receive SMS I was able to prove that it could send and receive and passed the test. I then tried to send and receive and the same time. The phone locked up. There was no test case designed for it. I was just playing with it.

Testers have to be creative with your test ideas. Think of scenarios that have not yet been tried. This is where you’ll save time by first understanding the duplicate bugs. It may sound hard, but it is time well spent in trying to understand the application and the scope for the test cycle. This creativity not only helps you for this particular test cycle, but will prove to be useful in other situations as well. So the point that you need to remember is this: Don’t just look for simple bugs. Go through the other reports logged and try to reproduce the bug and see if you can dig deeper for serious bugs. It does help to generate quite a few new ideas if you take some time and spend in reading other tester reports.

You will enjoy creativity in coming up with different attacks (methods for finding defects) to show presence (or absence) of defects. However, it is most likely that you will first have to execute tests created by others (less creativity here). Then you will have enough understanding of the different types of possible defects, and conceive new tests that others will execute (more creativity). Rather than executing test cases that have been written and executed over and over again, creative thinking testers adopt a more fitting and flexible approach to testing. Thinking testers delve into the unspoken assumptions and subject the product to a series of tests to determine its stability under different contexts and circumstances.

Creative testers are known to question the current testing methodologies and frameworks in order to find out the best-suited approach to a testing project. They will combine several different approaches to come up with a customized and suitable approach specific to the context of a project. If needed and feasible, thinking testers will rewrite old test scripts as well as write new ones. In some cases, creative testers may test randomly without writing a test case or following a series of defined test steps.

Thinking testers are known to think creatively, critically and broadly. They change the perspective of the whole team towards testing. Thinking testers adopt a brave and more flexible approach towards testing and challenge their teammates to do the same. Thinking testers take away the boredom that may frequently be associated with testing. Rather than simply testing the functionality and validating the product, creative thinking testers explore the product under different circumstances it may be susceptible to. Because of this, the delivered product is of a very high quality and has the highest chance of succeeding in the live environment.

Successful projects are a result of good people allowed to do good work. The characteristics that make someone succeed as a tester on an agile team are probably the same characteristics that make a highly valued tester on any team. Creativity, openness to ideas, willingness to take on any task or role, focus on the customer, and a constant view of the big picture are just some components of the agile testing mind-set. Good testers have an instinct and understanding for where and how software might fail, and how to track down failures.

Mindfire is a complete Agile software testing partner have have creative testers who do a good job of testing and delivering value. It is a 12 year old Offshore software testing company which holds creative testers and offer quality work in their projects and follows An “agile testing mind-set” is customer-focused, results-oriented, craftsman-like, collaborative, creative, eager to learn, and passionate about delivering business value in a timely manner. Its has 1000+ testing projects, 750+people with 4+ years of Average Experience ISTQB and QTP Certified QA Engineers, 75+ team of certified Testers , Experience on tools QTP, Selenium, Jmeter etc Experience in various verticals such as Healthcare, Mobile etc.

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

How to Protect Data Corruption by Testing ?

In today’s information-driven enterprises, business critical information must be highly available, from internal company-sensitive data to applications that manage crucial partner and customer relationships. Outages are costly in lost revenue and damaged reputation, and can be crippling to the business.

Without the ability to reliably maintain the integrity of data, computers would be useless. No one would rely on a system that scrambles bank accounts, garbles inventory data, or loses order information.Customer's business are critically dependant on every component of a computer system having a high degree of data Integrity. Data Integrity problems are most difficult to detect with traditional testing techniques.

Validating data integrity requires testers to think differently from other programmers. Testcases that programmatically determine when an error is encountered and consists in gathering diagnostic data are very powerful . Expose bugs that do not surface in cursory testing, such as memory management bugs, memory leaks, buffer overflows, etc.

Ensure that the application meets the performance baseline established during performance testing. This is done by running regression tests against the application at a specified maximum load. Avoid modifying your system registry or over-clock your hardware to yield performance boost unless you're absolutely sure of what you're doing. You don't wish to fry your computer.

Do not share or allow network access to any unknown users. Your computer data can be prone to theft and modification if anyone on the network can access your files freely. When you receive mails with attachment from unknown senders, do not open it. Attempt to create tests that have minimal requirements on configurations and other system attributes. Also keep the test execution simple. This makes it easy to port te tests from test system,share the tests with other testers and ensure lots of reuse.

In contrast, some emerging software disciplines such as extreme programming and the agile software development movement, adhere to a "test-driven software development" model. In this process, unit tests are written first, by the software engineers (often with pair programming in the extreme programming methodology). Of course these tests fail initially; as they are expected to. Then as code is written it passes incrementally larger portions of the test suites. The test suites are continuously updated as new failure conditions and corner cases are discovered, and they are integrated with any regression tests that are developed. Unit tests are maintained along with the rest of the software source code and generally integrated into the build process (with inherently interactive tests being relegated to a partially manual build acceptance process). The ultimate goal of this test process is to achieve continuous integration where software updates can be published to the public frequently.

Mindfire hires certified testers to prevent data corruption and protects clients data most securely without fail. It is a leading dual shore outsource software development product and software testing company. Being an Agile software testing partner , we create cutting-edge software products exclusively for small to mid-size technology companies. Contact us today and we will connect you with the best Agile partner to help you ramp-up your software development quickly and safely! At Mindfire we provide daily test report for our client which will help them to stay updated about the project progress. We have hands on experience in Offshore Enterprise Application Testing, Expertise in Modular testing approach, Experience in testing successful deployment in actual environment.

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

Custom App Development in Windows Phone 8

The incentive for Windows Phone 8 app development is huge since it is based on the same core technologies that powers Windows 8. Effectively it means that the apps that are developed will run on the same base platform that powers a billion PCs around the world. By sharing overlapping code between the two platforms, developers will have the liberty to easily leverage their apps. Such a move will provide a good impetus to app development on Windows Phone - as desktop developers will have to make minor coding fixes to port their app to the new mobile OS.

With Windows 8 Phone support for native code in C and C++, writing apps for multiple platforms will become very easy and quick. There is also support for native DirectX-based game development. App makers will also have the option to sell virtual and digital goods and services within their apps. In addition to providing a supplemental revenue channel it helps to extend the shelf life of the app by allowing the app owners to add new items to keep the customers interested. Windows Phone 8 also provides opportunity for developers to build custom enterprise apps which can be licensed by them. The custom app framework which has been provided can be used by enterprises to develop their own hub experiences. Also there is support provided to deploy Line –of-Business apps to enterprises devices for those enterprises interested in keeping their Lob apps in house.

With apps being made available for download from Marketplace in more than 180 countries and regions, developers have a greater opportunity to generate revenue by building popular apps. Mindfire Solutions’ Windows Phone 8 development services India experts have all the required skillset and cross industry experience to develop apps to exactly meet your requirements. Having previously worked on Silverlight they are also adept in native code development, HTML5 and XNA. Share with us your brilliant app idea and we have the technical proficiency to become your trusted development partner for Windows Phone 8 app development work.

Mindfire Solutions is the ultimate destination to hire dedicated Windows Phone 8 offshore development work. You get the benefit of most flexible hours of working, affordable cost, experienced mobile software developers and time savvy benefits. We have a highly experienced team of dedicated experts who have commendable experience in Windows Phone 7. Mindfire Windows Phone 8 development India team’s experience with Handheld devices and related technologies go a back a long way. We have kept pace with the rapid evolution and have executed numerous projects on Windows Mobile Operating system and on devices ranging from Pocket PCs to Smartphones. Our expertise goes from mobile apps development from Windows CE operating system to Windows Mobile 5.0 to Windows Phone 7.0. Given our background and expertise we can be reliable Custom windows 8 Development Company. We also have 100 hours risk free trial* for new clients.

Our engagement models are quite flexible. You can either hire a full time dedicated team of windows 8 developers based out of India or augment your development team but having an extended team with us.

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

Automated Regression (QTP Testing) Testing

Mindfire Solutions is a leading software testing provider in India today. Be it manual testing or automation testing, Mindfire Solutions is the one stop solution for all software testing needs. We understand the needs of our clients and suggest them the best way to test their product/ application irrespective of technologies. Mindfire Solutions provide offshore automated regression testing services. You can outsource you application/ product and our testing specialist will analysis it and suggest you the best automation tools for it to get optimum quality. We have worked in wide range software applications across varied industries, please visit our offshore QTP automation application testing project for more details.

Mindfire Solutions is the best company to hire offshore QA (Quality Assurance) & automated testers and Outsource Automated & QA testing services. Mindfire Solutions provides expert software testing and quality assurance services. Mindfire also specializes in building up regression test suites, that saves us noticeable time each time application undergoes a change and major tests need to be carried out. You can also hire dedicated Quality Assurance testers from us. Our expertise in Quality assurance testing comes from our long association with testing practices. Please browse through our offshore testing projects page to know more details about our outsource Automated & QA testing services. We have 6+ years of experience in testing and we are very much familiar with changes and trends in testing tools and applications. We have 200+ happy clients today in US, Europe, Australia. A robust application can exist only if there is a strict testing process and procedures. Therefore our experienced testers take lot of pain in detailing out the master test strategy, test plans and test scripts for you.

Mindfire Solutions provides its clients unparalleled testing services on a much larger scale on both Automation and manual testing with at a much lower price than traditional in-house testing efforts. Our key focus are on Automation Testing by using different tools like Quick Test Pro (QTP), Selenium, WATIR etc. and Domain knowledge based Testing including Healthcare Testing, Game Testing , CMS Testing etc.

In addition to that Mindfire Solutions is a professional software testing company providing daily testing reports to the client on demand. Below are few dummy “daily/ weekly” test reports on specific technology.

If the client/ prospect interested in QTP testing but don’t have license in-hand or having less budget for QTP license then we can offer our QTP testing like,

1.You can use our license

2. We have expert who will generate the QTP test scripts for your application every day or regular interval of time they sent you report of your application.

3. Even we can sent you the test scripts for future use, if you purchase QTP license you can use those in future.

Mindfire Solutions is the ultimate destination to hire dedicated offshore Automation QTP test engineers. You get the benefit of most flexible hours of working, affordable cost, experienced QTP consultants and time savvy benefits. We have a highly experienced team of dedicated outsourced QTP Testers with years of experience in offshore software testing services. We also have 100 hours risk free trial* for new clients.

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.

Custom iPad Development

The immense popularity of iPhone / iPad has lead to a phenomenal success in the mobile application development across the world. If one were to look at the smartphone market reports of the second quarter of 2012, Apple's shipments of 26 million iPhones were up 27.5% year-over-year with a current market share of 16.9%. Although Android is ahead of the race by quite a margin , if one were to go by the sentiments of the developers and the customers, Apple seems to be geared for betters results in the future.

From the perspective of applications developers, the presence of a flexible and technologically advanced environment to develop applications is irresistible. The growing demand of iPhone apps simply says it all. From developing web applications to simple and complex games, programmers are offered a host of tools to expand their creative and innovative horizons besides having the latest technologies at their disposal to apply them .All this makes the whole experience of development is highly enjoyable. Hence, it does not take any effort to draw the interest of programmers worldwide to iPhone / iPad development. The widespread use of the device amongst end users has opened up the possibility of developing apps across a range of industries. All this results in high financial benefits of developing iOS applications. From developing focus on one particular field to expanding or widening the horizon to others, one is only limited by one’s own inhibitions.

The steady growth of smartphone users around the world has had a positive impact for the increasing demand for mobile application developers. Especially for small and medium sized business owners, it makes more sense to collaborate and partner with a reliable offshore development firm for the requirements than to follow the traditional path of hiring application developers themselves to perform the job . The financial investment involved is quite high in the second case besides it not being an area of focus from the business perspective . This is where Mindfire Solutions with its experienced team of iPhone application developers has successfully partnered with many of its clients across various industries. From iPhone / iPad software support and maintenance work to iPhone migration and iPhone porting projects, we have executed 50+ projects till date .We were ranked as the 4th Best iPhone development Company by BWDA for the breadth and depth of our services in iPhone / iPad app development which include iPhone web application development and iPhone widget development also. Our apps are designed keeping in mind the exact workflows of our clients to help them get the maximum leverage out of them.

Mindfire Solutions is the right destination for you to hire dedicated offshore Mobile programmers/Developers. Our iPhone / iPad Custom 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 iPad development services India, please contact us at sales[at]mindfiresolutions[dot]com or call 1-248-686-1424. We will be glad to help you.

Benefits of Having WordPress Apps for Mobile Devices

There are huge benefits of having WordPress apps for mobile devices. Read on to know more.

Firstly, we can assess the prevalent situation in the following manner. WordPress is practically treated as the gold standard of content management systems owing to its great popularity as an easy-to-use, flexible and of course an open-source blogging and Content management System. There is not much to say about the mobile revolution except for the fact it has drastically changed the way people use the internet. With an explosion of mobile devices in the market and specifically the smart phones, more and more people are using their smart phones not just for blogging but also for researching products and services and making decisions to buy them. So while relying on WordPress is becoming the standard for delivering content, a growing number of users are using mobile devices to consume that content. At the same time from a business perspective, the significant increase in tablet computing and mobile technologies is encouraging more and more companies to take advantage of these devices in order to differentiate themselves from their peers. And they do this by developing apps for mobile devices such as iPads and smart phones in order to give themselves an edge over the competition.

A few years back, WordPress was one of the first significant apps available on the iPad and iPhone devices and, while initially it struggled to be useful, it has graduated into quite the handy app. The latest version 3.1 of the app is all the more better with an updated look and the inclusion of WordPress.com stats, a new simple post preview, and a brand new Friend Finder feature which helps the user find friends who are blogging on WordPress.com. The WordPress app for android version 2.1 is an Open Source app that empowers the user to write new posts, edit content, view stats, and manage comments with built-in notifications. In fact, WordPress for Android supports both WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress (3.0 or higher) blogs. A BlackBerry user who has a WordPress blog and fancies blogging on the go, just needs to grab the latest version of WordPress for Blackberry v1.6.3 from the BlackBerry App World. This version comes with some reliability improvements, support for stats and better error messages should they happen. The WordPress for Windows Phone version 1.5 includes apart from crash fixes and minor UI improvements and updates a brand new Stats button for bloggers, Posts Scheduling, comments management involving multiple comments for bulk moderation, infinite scrolling and media uploading. These apps contribute greatly by enhancing customer experience.

Mindfire Solutions has a team of more than 30 expert WordPress development professionals as well as a highly skilled Mobile Applications Development team who have more than 8 years of Mobile apps development expertise. We have successfully executed a number of projects which required us to develop or customize WordPress apps for Mobile devices leaving our clients extremely satisfied and enabling them to tap into the mobile devices user segment.

To know more about our expertise in Wordpress cms development 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.

Custom Drupal Development

Choices abound when it comes to selecting a content management system. No two content management systems are exactly alike and, depending on one’s specific needs, one may have an edge over the other. Three content management systems dominate the current open-source landscape: Drupal, WordPress, and Joomla!

These are three very powerful platforms with vibrant ecosystems – thousands of end-users, commercial vendors, and developers. Thousands of add-ons have been contributed for each CMS by extremely active developer communities, which help create dynamic and powerful websites much faster and a lot easier. For example, if you want built any of the common (and many of the not-so-common) web app features in your site, chances are you would find them already available as add-ons! It would be interesting to note that all three of them have been written in PHP, use MySQL database, and are licensed under the free GNU General Public License.

When to Use Drupal
WordPress, with its installation simplicity and content presentation paradigm of treating all articles as either blog posts or web pages, is the best starter CMS and very intuitive for new users to grasp. Diverse plugins and themes make its use even simpler.

Compared to WordPress, Joomla sites require more coding to get them to look and behave the exact way you want. Hence, it is a better fit for more complex sites managed by persons with stronger technical skills. The availability of numerous extensions and themes make the job easier here, too.

Drupal is relatively harder to learn, but once you are up to speed on its learning curve, it has much more flexibility compared to WordPress and Joomla to scale up a site in terms of complexity. Driven by a powerful core, great extensibility, superior content presentation paradigm, and aided by the largest active web developer community, Drupal has the ability to scale up to very dynamic and complex sites catering to a variety of business needs.

Custom Drupal Development
Today, Drupal is powering millions of websites around the globe. Drupal sites range from personal blogs to industrial-strength enterprise applications. Drupal is behind some of the most popular e-commerce portals, community sites, corporate sites, government sites, etc.

Drupal offers a sophisticated and powerful programming interface for developers which lets one create a site of any complexity one can imagine. Custom Drupal development services enable Drupal users to powerfully customize and extend Drupal’s core capabilities and add new features to suit their unique needs. Expert Drupal development services, offered by Drupal service providers, can expedite the process of customizing and/or extending Drupal's core functionalities. Custom Drupal development services can also make the whole process painless and worry-free.

Mindfire Drupal Development Services
Custom Drupal development companies like Mindfire Solutions provide expert Drupal development services backed by years of experience of providing custom Drupal solutions for a variety of industries and customer needs. Mindfire's team of Drupal specialists has earned it the trust of its clients and industry-wide reputation for delivering first-class Drupal services.

If you want to reach out to a Custom Drupal development company to customize or extend Drupal’s functionalities or 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 Drupal development India experts.