Thursday, February 28, 2013

Healthcare Services Provider Develops Exciting Application Using Symfony2

Symfony is increasingly being used by a gamut of industries. Apart from Healthcare, Symfony finds great application in industries like Information Technology, media and Entertainment, Retail, Education, Internet, e-commerce and Non-profit to name a few. Symfony is a chosen framework to rapidly develop enterprise level complex websites that cater to the business requirements at a very small notice.

There are two reasons for the increasing usage of Symfony framework in the healthcare industry. The first reason is that it is a framework of more than 20 individual components which can be used together or individually to significantly cater to common web development requirement. The word “framework” should strike a chord here. Here one may wonder why use a framework when we can build the application from scratch using PHP. Using a framework is not mandatory, however using the right one enables the developer a greater ease to concentrate more on the task (read business need) and less about creating an authentication form which may take up more than a couple of days of his time. The beauty of Symfony lies in the fact that the generic modules can be reused in the same project in different scenarios or in different of a larger projects in various other scenarios without being tied down to the framework itself. Hence not only does it reduce time taken to build an application but also make the development task a lot more easy. Not only that, use of a framework also is a viable business proposition as it provides the project owner an assurance that the application that is being developed is fully compliant with the business rules, is written in a structured manner and that is both maintainable, scalable and upgradable. This unfortunately is not the case when one develops an application from scratch.

The second reason which justifies the growing usage of Symfony in healthcare industry is the fact that the Healthcare industry is growing in leaps and bounds and finding new ways of using technology innovatively. Hence, for an industry that has become dependent on the ever-changing technology industry, use of Symfony framework which is made up of 20+ individual components offers the unique functionality of each of those components being used alone or in group. A recent case study showed how the Symfony2 framework was used in Healthcare industry to develop a Cloud Based Prescription and Medication Reminder System. This application could run on multiple devices used by the same person and would help remind the person to take medicines whenever they were due. The application had iOS as well Android versions to enable the patient use a mobile device of his choice. The use of Propel as an ORM enabled the data conversion for incompatible type systems. The business objective of this application was to have the reminder services on all the hand-held devices of the user and if the patient data is updated at any point of time on any mobile device, it should be synchronized real time on all the other devices and at the same time ensuring high data concurrency.

If you are a healthcare services provider and have come up with an innovative app for your users and cannot find the right person to do it for you then your search ends here. Hire
Symfony development services from us at Mindfire Solutions and realize what it feels to work with a PHP expert who professionally handles your software needs as you wow your users with your awesome app.

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Monday, February 25, 2013

Looking For An Affordable e-Commerce Application?

You are an ambitious retail store owner who wants to go beyond a particular area and reach out to customers over a larger geographical spread. Or probably you would like to set up your own retail store but do not have the necessary know-how to find the right location, rent a retail space, build up an inventory, select and hire skilled sales staff and appropriately market your products besides dealing with the legal aspects of setting up a brick and mortar store. In such a case, setting up an online store is the perfect solution to meet your needs , it also requires a lot less money, time and efforts from you allowing you to reach out to a larger customer base by selling your products on a global scale over the internet.

If you are sufficiently convinced about taking your store online, you will then need to have an e-commerce solution. And obviously, in order to save on cost and at the same time not compromise with the quality you would be looking for an affordable and effective e-commerce application that aptly meets your needs without costing you much. Needless to say, choosing the right e-commerce solution is a crucial decision to keep your business going great. Apart from bespoke e-Commerce apps, there are a number of languages with a number of e-Commerce platforms supported by them. However, you will mostly be advised to go along with a PHP based e-commerce application because most of the PHP based e-commerce applications are open source software which is free and customizable as per your specific requirements. Again, there are a lot of PHP based e-commerce application frameworks that are quite popular among the rest. Some of the favored names in the industry are Magento, Opencart, PrestaShop, Drupal, osCommerce and Zen Cart.
Magento E-Commerce development shows promises of a great future and has become the most favored ecommerce application most popularly used by Ebay . OpenCart which has a flexible codebase is used to rapidly get an ecommerce site online. PrestaShop which measures up well with Magento and OpenCart is viewed as a capable ecommerce platform using the Smarty templating engine that gives it an edge over its peers. While Drupal is not necessarily an ecommerce platform and mostly a CMS, yet owing to its large community and a vast library of downloadable extensions, it finds mention among the top six PHP based ecommerce platforms. osCommerce is the oldest ecommerce platform which is back by strong community support and Zen Cart is a fully customizable PHP based ecommerce platform that is easy to setup and runs from your own web server thus offering you full control of its features and capabilities.

Armed with this knowledge your next step is obviously to find the right software development partner to customize any given ecommerce platform to perfectly suite your needs. If you have been searching for a partner who has considerable custom PHP development knowledge especially in the ecommerce area, then your search ends here.

Mindfire Solutions is your ideal ecommerce software development partner who will help you leverage on the software aspect of an ecommerce platform and customize the ecommerce application to fit your needs. To know more about Magento development India and the expertise, please contact us on sales[@]mindfiresolutions.com or call 1-248-686-1424.

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Unlimited Possibilities With .NET Development

Microsoft .NET provides a powerful programming model and an extensive set of APIs spanning all Microsoft platforms. Custom .NET development leverages these to create solutions to fit any business need you may have – covering desktop PCs to smartphones to the public and private cloud.

.NET Development Possibilities
Depending on your business needs, a custom dotNET development company can help with creating the most appropriate .NET solution for your context. For example, the following are some of the common custom .NET development needs:
  • 1. Large-scale web applications and high-performance websites using ASP.NET.
  • 2. Cloud and distributed apps using Windows Azure. (If you want to go to market and scale elastically in the fastest possible time, you will find very few solutions that can match up to Azure.)
  • 3. Windows GUI applications (Windows Forms or WinForms).
  • 4. Windows Console applications to read from and write to the Windows console.
  • 5. Rich interactive apps and media experiences for the web, desktop, and mobile using Microsoft Silverlight.
  • 6. Mobile Apps for Win Phone 8, Windows Phone 7, Win Mobile.
  • 7. Windows Store apps for Windows 8.
  • 8. Rich Windows Smart Client apps using Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).
  • 9. Service-oriented apps using Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).
  • 10. Workflow-enabled apps using Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) that enable you to create workflows mimicking real-world processes with a defined order of execution and interrelationships.
  • 11. DotNET Web Services.
  • 12. ASPdotNET WEB API.
  • 13. Windows Services to provide long-running background functionality running in their own sessions.
  • 14. Windows Runtime Components to be used by any other programming language which supports Windows Runtime.
  • 15. DotNET Class library design.
  • 16. Customization and extension of .NET-Based Products, such as (SharePoint, Dynamics CRM, DotNetNuke, Umbraco, Sitefinity, NetSuite)
  • 17. Microsoft Office Add-ins.

In addition to the above .dotNET development needs, a custom .NET development India company can accelerate some other .NET application development scenarios such as:
  • 1. Migrating to .NET from Java, ColdFusion, etc. Upgrading to newer versions of dotNET from its earlier versions. Modernizing your legacy application through dotNET.
  • 2. Performance analysis and tuning of large-scale dotNET applications.
  • 3. Third-party tools integration, e.g. Telerik, DevExpress, RAD Controls, Infragistics, ComponentOne, etc.
  • 4. .NET Data Management Solutions with Reporting & Analysis.

Mindfire .NET Development Services
Mindfire Solutions, a Microsoft Gold-Certified Partner and an expert custom dotNET development Company, has over 10 solid years of .NET application development experience for diverse customer needs. With hundreds of .NET projects delivered to global clients spread across a variety of industries, Mindfire’s team of certified .NET developers has earned it industry-wide reputation for delivering first-class service. Mindfire is a trusted one-stop custom DotNET cevelopment Company offering a wide range of dotNET services with experience across all .NET versions and related technologies.

If you need to Hire .NET developers India or you are interested to know more about our Offshore .NET development services, please contact us at sales[@]mindfiresolutions.com or call 1-248-686-1424. We will be glad to help you.

Saturday, February 16, 2013

You Can’t Go Wrong By Choosing Symfony

You can’t go wrong by choosing Symfony and here are some solid reasons to justify the thought. For those who are still not aware of this wonderful enabler, it is a comprehensive open source PHP framework which is made up of a collection of more than 20 individual components that work in tandem and are designed to solve common web development problems. It is also one of the oldest PHP frameworks.

The first reason why using Symfony will do you a world of good is that it is fast, favors performance and consumes far less memory space than its peers. This acts as a panacea for all those who seek performance optimization right from the very beginning of application development. Secondly, Symfony2 especially offers unlimited flexibility whether you want to develop a complex application with a number of functionalities or you build your framework brick-by-brick as per your needs or you seek to build a standalone micro framework to address a specific functionality in a project. Symfony’s dependency injector and Event Dispatcher make this possible.

The third compelling reason to choose Symfony2 framework is the expandability it offers. Since everything from the smallest component to the core is presented as a plug-in, this helps adding more functionality to the existing framework as well as letting it to be reused in another project without having to reconfigure completely. Stability and sustainability, the two major assuring factors for any technology provides the fourth reason to choose it as the framework of choice. Created and promoted by Sensio Labs, all the major versions will be constantly supported throughout with regards to security issues. The fifth reason for choosing to go ahead with Symfony framework can be seen from a developer’s perspective. It provides a highly functional environment for a great software development experience. It also allows the developer to focus on the business need of the application by providing him with a much desired comfort level. Symfony’s Web Debug toolbar is one such facilitator which provides the developer with a lot of useful information as he is developing his application. The information ranges from the number of database queries to the rendering time, with a full logger built in. It also acts as a learning tool for newbie Symfony developers who are eager to learn more about this framework. Accessibility forms the sixth reason for choosing to go ahead with Symfony framework. Backed by a vibrant community of Symfony enthusiasts, supported by abundant and elaborate documentation and readily available professional support makes Symfony one of the most accessible frameworks ever. The fact that it is made up of the best of the PHP components allows the developer to build applications using the best practices available in PHP frameworks.

Now that you are sufficiently convinced about using it and would like to build a Symfony development project in healthcare sector or a Symfony development project in Energy and Utilities sector and are looking for an Offshore
Symfony development India team to take your existing software development application to the next level then your search ends here. Contact Mindfire Solutions, an offshore Software Development Company that specializes in Symfony development to aptly address your business needs and develop the application you have always wished to own.

To know more about our Symfony Web Application development services and to hire Symfony developers, please contact us at sales[@]mindfiresolutions[dot]com or call 1-248-686-1424. We will be glad to help you.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Game Development Will Not Be a Headache Anymore. Hail HTML5!

Was game development ever a headache for you? If it was then forget those nightmarish days. Hail HTML5 which has become a game changer.

Game development has never been an easy affair. While games are centered on fun and entertainment, it forms the bread and butter for a number of companies worldwide. The success of Zynga heralded the entry of a number of companies and spurred the Game development revolution. With an increase in the number of mobile devices the gaming industry has now got to cater to the palates of a large clientele. Hence the significance of having cross platform, responsive game apps which are compatible on a number of different screen sizes and a variety of mobile devices have become the order of the day. Needless to say, the demand for such game app developers has also spiked up. Also with the significant increase in a number of companies especially those which are not into software development as their bread and butter activity trying to woo customers through innovative games that sell their product, game apps development companies have found a large and diverse customer base which results in more business for them. While there are a number of tools available for game development, HTML5 along with JavaScript has become a preferred choice of Software development companies because of the easy availability of a large number of JavaScript libraries to help them construct the games that they want to develop.

There are two popular options that can be explored by companies for game development. They can choose to hire a development team which means setting up an internal software development team, explain them the concept and employ them to develop a game for them. The other approach is a time-tested, easier and cost effective way which ensures fewer headaches in term of software development and having a software development team on the company payroll and greater accountability in terms of work. For those who have understood it yet I was referring to the concept of outsourcing your game app development activity to a professional game app development company. There are a number of companies all over this world who are proficient in game development. These companies employ the skilled services of expert game app developers who use latest technology and platforms for the development of highly interactive games. They are skilled at developing game apps which can be installed or web-based and accessible on a variety of devices such as laptops, tablets and mobile phones.

One such reliable and extremely professional software development company which offers expert HTML5 App Development Services is a 13 year old offshore development company, Mindfire Solutions from India. Not only have they made use of HTML5 in a variety of
HTML5 development services but they have made specific use of HTML5 in a project which involved game development for an entertainment company. It is always recommend to outsource game development to a professional software development company who is adept at game development and concentrate on own’s core business which could be in the field of entertainment, retail, real estate, hospitality, education etc. to name a few.

To know more about our Flash to HTML5 Migration expertise or if you need to Hire HTML5 Developer India, please contact us at sales[@]mindfiresolutions.com or call 1-248-686-1424. We will be glad to help you.