Competitive analysis is an integral part of the marketing of any business. After all, the company operates in a competitive market. And to form a strategy, you need to consider the specifics of the product or service and understand those external factors that directly or indirectly affect the company’s development. The analytical methods of classical marketing are difficult to adapt to digital reality: they require...
Looking at different stages and digitalization areas, one thing becomes obvious quickly: No matter the project size, industry type, or the method of implementing new technologies, the challenges remain the same. The COVID crisis is another factor reshaping our world. Many countries are still bound to lockdown restrictions, while others dared loosen some of the prohibitions. People are returning to old places that have grown...
In 1976, Niklaus Wirth published a book titled 'Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs.' In the 2020 decade, that statement still stands true. Data structure is the arrangement of data in memory. They are essential for organizing, processing, retrieving, accessing, and storing data.Data structures usually work together with algorithms. They hold the data while algorithms solve problems using the data.Data structures are one of the...
Technological innovation in commerce is nothing new as we continue to embrace digitization across all industries. The internet, rising from a commodity to a household asset in two short decades, played a significant role in changing the course of its foundation. eCommerce is challenged and forced to evolve in the COVID era, pushed to embrace innovation more rapidly. Among these solutions lies live chat, a...
The COVID-19 pandemic ground the world to a halt. Millions of lives were lost to the virus, and a significant percentage of the workforce were laid off as businesses closed or downsized. Some jobs remained steadfast amidst the economic upheavals. First responders, hospitals, all the essential sectors are still running. One of the jobs that remain somewhat in demand is in the IT sector. Software...
Getting success in an eCommerce business is not going to be the proverbial cakewalk in 2021 and beyond. During the Covid-19 pandemic that struck in early 2020, we have seen countless companies across the world downing shutters for good or declaring bankruptcy. And quite a lot of these business owners revive their enterprises by going online, thanks to the powerful eCommerce. Furthermore, we see a...
Object-Oriented Programming, also called OOP, is a high-level programming model different from procedural and functional programming most developers learn and work it. This model of software programming focuses on data and objects rather than functions and logic. To work with OOP, developers have to combine a group of related variables and their functions into a unit. This unit is the object. The practice is called...
User experience (UX) increases a website’s quality and makes business or personal websites stand out. Among many competing UX strategies, you might wonder which ones are effective for you and boost your brand. What Is UX Design? UX design is about putting customers first through meaningful product design. In practice, UX design often applies to any website and mobile app development. It combines research, usability...
Expectations from front-end developers have increased significantly in recent years, mostly due to the strengthening of browsers and comprehensive front-end frameworks. Both raise the bar high, and people need to adapt fast. We have a thing or two to say about that. A good front-end developer is no longer someone limited with doing stuff like navigation menus and pop-ups. Front-end experts are now people with...
In a perfect world, the internet computing environment would consist of a single gigantic computer and hard drive that stored all data without worrying about hardware failure or losing data. Of course, our computing world is not perfect, and interconnected computing environments spread computing requirements over many different computers, networks, and storage systems. In failure, data is backed up or replicated on multiple storage units,...
Let’s face it - managing a team of developers can be challenging. Developers are expensive, picky, and some managers even go to the extent of calling them lazy. In the end, though, developers are people, and they have their reasons for everything they do or don’t do. Stages of Team Development Historically there always have been theories about following a model when building a capable...
As a relentless proponent of the Agile methodology in software development, the time and material model has a natural blend to our work practices. We like the flexibility it brings to a project development environment, and what’s even more remarkable – customers prefer it too. The inherent inflexibility of Fixed Price Model Although the FPM carries apparent disadvantages, it is a viable option given the...
