Digital Product Insights

It's not always necessary to mega scale Ruby on Rails projects to make them enterprise grade applications. And if you've poked around the Internet a bit, you may already be discouraged by the news that "Rails doesn't scale", but that's not entirely true.

For 8 years, the chasm between Apple's iOS and Android has shifted to grow wider as their design guidelines have evolved. But one truth remains the same: a successful app is one that achieves clear communication with its users.

Agile refers to a specific methodology used when developing a business application solution. This type of development actually includes methodologies designed to enhance organization through multiple self-reliant teams. Adaptive planning, time-boxing, and response flexibility are promoted when using this method to create software. It is based on the concept that interactions will occur during the development cycle and accommodates for these road bumps. Agile software development may be created through one or many sub-methodologies, with each of them promoting the same basic items collaboration, teamwork, and adaptability.

When you sit down at your desktop or your laptop the interface you use to interact with the software and operating system is pretty similar across a variety of platforms. Be it Windows/PC system, Mac, or Lynx. Sure there are some differences but the key elements of a screen, mouse, and keyboard are all there. For the most part if you can operate one you can operate all three. Furthermore a lot of the software such as Internet Explorer or Microsoft Office have an almost identical interface. Yes nerds, I know there are differences but for the most part they offer a similar user interface (UI.)

Today, website users are massively evolving as mobile devices and tablets continue to become more prevalent around the world. Half of the USA's population as well as 62% of people in the UK were reported to be using a smartphone or a tablet as of 2012. This signifies a great shift from website's access by customers through desktops. Nowadays, many people are looking to access information and products on websites through their mobile devices and tablets.

Hybrid or native? The pros and cons debate wages on without an end in sight. The only consensus is that that there will be no winner, just options to fit different situations. Which makes sense really, because the only way to find an answer as to which mobile path is right for your business is to know what your customers want do with or gain from your mobile implementation.

Systems are designed to meet business goals through the fancy features, and technological capabilities of software or hardware tools. However, these system design approaches omit the end user, which is an essential part of the process.

Whether you're a web developer or just a casual web user, you need to prepare for the future of responsive design in web development. Lots of web users probably aren't even going to notice the difference. However, if you develop websites, you're going to need to know how to put together a great website for the responsive web design age. Web developers never stop learning, and one of the most important new skills for a web developer today is the ability to code and create responsive websites.

With every aspect of business going digital today, business owners and entrepreneurs must focus on reaching out to more customers through this medium. While several professionals have focused on creating websites, some have overlooked the value of increased smartphone usage.

When your developers follow these best practices for architecting SaaS web and mobile products, they'll produce complex yet scalable applications at a far lower cost. These savings in the development phase will ultimately translate to lower costs for customers, especially if a pay per use pricing model is adopted.

You've probably been using the terms 'web application' and 'website' so many times that when asked to define each of them individually or to explain the difference, you're at a loss for words. It happens when anything becomes a substantial part of our lives. In addition to the fact that it is important to know the difference between a website and a web application, you should also know the most important characteristics of both of them.

There is a growing pressure for every app to be available on both Android and iOS devices. The issue we are faced with now is how to gracefully port an app from one to the other. Though attempts like Google's J2ObjC have been made, there has never been a straightforward system or methodology for porting in either direction and apps often never grew out of the OS they were originally built in.

Extending the runway of a startup is the unglamorous work every startup has to do if they want to give themselves enough time to get their product from the runway up into pure air. While it would be nice to think of a world where good, value-driven startups were so successful from the start that they didn't even need a runway, but that's not how it works. Even the best startups need this time to prove their product and shake their coffers for investors. It could mean years of plodding ahead, and lots of money spent.

Apps have strong appeal as evidenced by the millions of apps downloaded and installed across the globe. Websites have been around a lot longer than apps, but the two share a similarity. People are attracted to specific websites for the same reasons they may be attracted to a particular app. Something connects with the person who is perusing an app, website, or software program. In commercial settings, the attraction has to be strong enough to motivate a purchase.

Companies whether large or small set targets for growth and their aim is to make positive, profitable growth. Companies will experience pressure from the demand made by the equity markets to grow rapidly. Disruptive business models will place their main focus on creating, disintermediation, refining or re-engineering a product or service. Companies that incorporate the disruptive business models have distinctive competitive value. They make use of the models to crush all their competitors and remain at the top in the industry. There are various models that a business can consider, but below is a list of the top ten.