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Thanksgiving is a time where we express gratitude for all the good things we have in life. If we look around, almost all religions emphasize on feeling thankful. Being thankful is not about being satisfied or not wanting more. Thankfulness shows your faith in God and starts a series of positive thoughts in your mind.

Ask any successful person, and they will agree that what you focus your mind on, increases in your life. By being grateful, we focus our mind on the good things we have in life and by doing this, we start attracting the more such things in our lives. If we do not have appreciation for what we already have, their value is reduced and those things leave us soon.

How much we achieve in our lives directly depends on how we feel about what we already have. For example, would you like to hire an employee who is constantly complaining about his current job? A person happy with his current job and looking ahead for better opportunities is more likely to be selected at a job interview. Sometimes, life is harsh on us and we tend to forget the things we have to be grateful for. It is our nature to take things for granted, specially when we have had them long enough.

This might be challenging, but is very much possible. And the results are miraculous!

This post is written by a web master at an SEO company.

The term bespoke means to customize or create anything as per the unique requirements. Bespoke software development is developing a software that is made according to the special requirements of the organization. Software or web applications can cater to the business needs better if they are created after in depth analysis and understanding of the business requirements of the client.

Most organizations opt for bespoke development to get their needs fulfilled and get a unique software custom made to their requirements. Such a software is unique for the organization it belongs to. These days, there are lot of unique emerging needs that require special software. Generic software would not suffice for many organizational needs and it can become even more troublesome if a generic software is installed in such cases.

For bespoke web development, the requirements analyst first takes note of all the user requirements that are clear at that time before starting the actual development process. The requirement document is reviewed and approved by the client and only then development starts. As the development continues, the client is kept in constant touch with the process.

Because of constant communication, the client can see the software grow and suggest the necessary changes while it is still feasible for the developers to make them. This results in better quality and better client satisfaction.

Nowadays, there is a lot of focus on customer satisfaction in every business and even marketing efforts have become customer centric. Companies have realized the importance of listening and almost every place we go or website we visit has an option to provide feedback. Customers are the best critics and can give a business a direction to move on, grow and keep them happy. Most big businessmen will agree, that customer feedback has given them ideas that have boosted their business manifold with a simple idea.

It is important to carry out other CRM activities, wish the customers on their birthdays and other occasions, send them important reminders etc, but the most important is listening. Everyone feels good when they are assured that their voice will be heard and their suggestions will at least be taken into consideration. If your customers feel like this, it builds trust in them and they would love to stick with a transparent and reliable brand.

The same also applies to employees, being heard motivates them, helps them think of new ideas and give their best for the organization they are serving. Listening is not just hearing but actually trying to understand the intent and the feeling that the speaker wants to communicate. With the right listening skills, any company can grow steadily.

This blog post is written by a webmaster at a web development company from India

There are numerous web development companies providing development solutions and software development services to their clients, but only few of them go for performance testing of the applications they create. Performance testing ensures that the system created is reliable, scalable and responds well under given workload. This is important for the reputation of the company that it delivers web applications and software that does not break down easily. Performance testing also includes load testing, stress testing, endurance testing and scalability testing.

Performance engineering is a latest approach to be used with the web design and development process that makes sure that the architecture of the system is created for delivering optimum performance. First a performance criteria is set based on several factors and then the system is tested to see if it meets the proposed criteria. Performance testing can also be done to compare two systems and select the one with better performance. Weak links in the system can also be identified and action can be taken accordingly to improve the performance.

More and more web development companies are now including performance testing as a part of their process, specially the ones handling large scale and real time software where performance matters the most.

As children we all have uncountable dreams and belief level so high that we see nothing as impossible in life. As we grow up and face challenges and defeats, our belief level tends to die. Some people compromise on living mundane lives with no hopes, dreams and goals while others do remember their dreams but choose to do nothing about them. While the fact remains that nothing is impossible for the one who believes, it becomes hard to do so. The people who have no goals in life are definitely missing out the best parts of their lives and not living it to the fullest.

A dream becomes a goal when you put a date to it. Setting your goals fills your life with enthusiasm as you have something to chase, a direction to move towards and put your energies into. Once you set reachable goals, you also need to monitor your progress. You can divide your main goal into sub-goals, daily and weekly goals and see that you meet them. Make a list of things that you need to do in order to reach the goals you have defined. Acknowledge yourself when you reach the milestones to keep yourself motivated and in expectation of more success.

The author of this post is a webmaster at SynapseIndia, an offshore web development company from India.

Creating good website designs is not only about having enough knowledge of the underlying technology but also about creating a good user experience. Users don’t care about the details of the technologies used, the challenges faced and the differences in system environment. All that they care about is how convenient it is for them to use the website and get the desired benefits.

A web page design has a lot of power that can bind a visitor to the page by making him comfortable and providing the assurance that he is at the right place. It is a fact that no website can be built perfectly, every website has some bugs or issues that occur at special scenarios. It is a good practice to to handle all the probable exceptions well and in a user friendly manner.

Blaming the tool or medium does not solve the purpose or make the website any better. It is the responsibility of the website designer to create a robust website that does not throw unfriendly errors at every little deviation from the suggested configuration.

There will surely be issues with the Internet, the browser or the tools that are used, but robust web development solutions are those that make the website ready to face these situations.

Testing might not be the favorite part of the website design and development process but is unquestionably very essential. It is not extraordinary for a carefully built website to have some bugs, and it is always preferable to uncover at least a few of them before the real users get a glimpse of the website. Users expect the best from a brand new website and would not tolerate any issues. Testing a website includes checking the content, visuals functionality and purpose of the website. Here is a brief overview of the types of tests a website requires:

Visual Acceptance: The website must look the way it was intended to look showing consistency in layout, colors, fonts etc. The website must also be displayed properly in different browsers and resolutions.

Functionality: Check the website for broken links and other functionality that the website offers like filling forms, search, shopping carts etc.

Content:This aspect is often ignored but it is very important to check the content of a web page. Not only should you check the typos, spelling and grammar of the content but also the trademarks, brand names etc.

Compatibility: The website should be opened with different browser and system combinations. This sounds too simple but bugs are usually found here. Also, try to simulate the kind of environment that the users will have.

For Database driven websites, mainly two languages- PHP and ASP are used for web development. India has also adopted both the languages and the choice of language used for a particular website depends on certain parameters. ASP.net is a Microsoft product while PHP is open source and platform independent language. ASP.net requires IIS on a Windows server platform and MS-SQL for database connectivity, both of which are paid products by Microsoft itself. On the other hand, programs developed in PHP can run on Linux and open source MySQL for database connectivity. Keeping this in mind, PHP can provide more affordable web development as compared to ASP.net.

PHP codes are light weight and hence run faster than ASP codes that use server space for execution due to their COM architecture. Also PHP is comparatively easier to learn for budding web developers as compared to ASP.net. PHP programs are more flexible for execution on different platforms like Unix, Linux, Solaris and Windows.

Even though, ASP.Net has its advantages, but when it comes to affordable web development, PHP wins the race. The choice of language depends on the requirements as well as the budget. PHP works well for small and medium web development solutions while ASP.net works better for large scale businesses.

LAMP is a bundle of open source technologies that is used for website design and development in most of the web development firms today. LAMP includes of the following:

Linux - Operating System

Apache - Web Server

MySQL – Database System

Perl/Python/PHP – Scripting Language

Initially these programs were developed independently of each other and not necessarily to work with each other but with time, they turned into a package and started being widely used together. The reason for their popularity together is also that all these software are open source and are available free of cost. Being open source not only makes the software free but also highly adaptive which makes it a popular choice among developers who can enhance the technologies as they use them.

When LAMP technology is used, web browsers can receive both static as well as dynamic content from the web server. LAMP is widely used for web development in India because it is both flexible as well as affordable. The users are able to provide quality solutions at a very reasonable price and are also free of paying the licensing fee etc for using the software. LAMP is still developing and holds big promises of the future.