Emergence of Chatbots – Good or Bad
More clients are hiring our dedicated mobile developers at HireIndianProgrammers – be it android development or iOS development to develop a parallel website customised for their mobile visitors. Let’s face it, mobile web development is here to grow. People are getting more comfortable browsing on their mobile for various purposes – from browsing and buying products to getting support and even conducting voice searches!
The emergence of new trends like Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and so on will provide new opportunities for businesses to serve customers better than before. There has also been a growth in the number of internet businesses that primarily conduct business through mobile applications. As a result, we have been providing more mobile app development services – along with our web development services – in recent years for our clients. Our mobile app developers – both in Android and iOS have noticed a growing trend amongst our clients, especially marketers, opting for Chatbots. In this blogpost, we at HireIndianProgrammers seek to explain about Chatbots, where and how to use them and the associated benefits and ills.
Chatbots are basically virtual assistants embedded into any online application – be it mobile app or websites. Like any other virtual assistant, they help in addressing customer queries in a smart way. The Google Assistant, which many of us, are familiar with, works in a much bigger way. On the other hand, Chatbots are being implemented in several websites to make a fruitful user experience. For instance, a client hiring an android developer to orient his e-commerce website to mobile may want to implement a Chatbot application to enhance the user engagement by addressing queries in a chat conversation manner.
But here’s the catch. In our experience at handling several mobile app development projects, we can assure you that Chatbots do not address queries all the way. Certainly not to the extent of Google Assistant. Chatbots are not equipped to answer extensively. Rather, they are tuned for specific queries and adept at just that. Android developers and iOS developers would therefore do well to understand the client’s requirements with respect to the mobile application and assess whether even such an application is required.
Why, you ask? This is because users are preferring/ visiting your mobile app over others. Therefore, mobile app developers have to tread carefully while developing a Chatbot. Most often, Chatbots are not able to answer the human queries (which are wide ranging) and invariably provide a list of articles to the user. Not only does it add to the confusion, but it also forces to fend for themselves. To put it in another way, it makes for a bad user experience. The user is likely to switch to another application. The odds are greater if clients hiring mobile app developers end up implementing a Chatbot for processes where human intervention is crucial.
So, where can Chatbots be utilised productively? Mobile app developers working on Chatbots for their clients who hired them, can utilise them for simple and much importantly predictive queries. In this way, mobile app developers remove uncertainties from the system. For example, if the developer is working on an e-commerce app, he can devise a simple Chatbot at the checkout page with regard to any queries related to payment. The process can be further simplified with the provisioning of presets for customers to choose from, thereby rendering it hassle free.
Long story short, mobile app developers can look for simple and specific query tasks that can be easily achieved by a Chatbot, wherein the sample space for answers are limited. By implementing this, it also makes the conversation shorter.
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Web-programmers and developers providing WordPress development services, akin to our developer team at HireIndianProgrammers,have made use of various plugins in different web development projects. Plugins are basically tools that help in accomplishing a lot of tasks with just a few clicks. But there is a catch associated with using many plugins. Implementing multiple plugins can significantly reduce the performance of the website, reduce loading speeds, sometimes even causing crashes.
Therefore, our dedicated WordPress developers, in their quest to share their knowledge from years of web development to the wider WordPress development community, seek to give you an idea on deciding the right number of plugins. There is no golden number with regard to this but certain factors can help you determine the right number.
Understanding Plugins
Developers in WordPress development for long build plugins for clients to attract users to the site. Depending on the type of site, kind of visitors, functionality of the website, the kind of plugins also differs. Sometimes, there can be a case where developing a single plugin with multiple functionalities or there can be a case where developing many plugins for specific purposes is preferred. Either way, WordPress developers will have to assess the website requirements and also factor in the available time – developing a custom plugin can take time. One advantage of developing a single plugin for multiple purposes is the reduced testing time – issues can be easily fixed.
Good Host
One of the important factors for firms providing WordPress development services is to look for a provider that offers superior computing power and bandwidth. In addition to that, developers would do well to adapt themselves to PHP 7.X that is said to be way more powerful than earlier versions. In other words, the more resources developers are able to access, the more number of plugins they will be able to easily develop and get them running.
Testing and Configuring
Developers in WordPress development or even other domains will readily agree on the importance of testing. When it comes to coding, there are always better ways to run a program and plugins are no exception. If a particular plugin encounters performance issues, developers can always fix and improve it with testing.
WordPress developers in particular can make use of various dedicated third party testing tools. If budget is a constraint, developers need not fret. There are a couple of testing tools like Query monitor which can help pinpointing possible issues with plugin. It can also help developers in choosing an alternative.
Finally, developers providing WordPress development services should also be able to configure the right settings for different plugins. With regard to this, it ultimately boils down to the necessity of using the corresponding plugin and how far performance takes a hit when it is turned off.
Hope you found this blogpost informative. For any queries regarding any uptake of WordPress Development projects, contact our developer team at HireIndianProgrammers here.
Getting your Website Popular on the Internet
Web-programmers and developers would be familiar with the concept of going viral. We, at HireIndianProgrammers – a leading web development company providing web development services, have faced our share of clients wanting to get their website viral. While there were exceptions, most of the clients hiring our programmers, did not have a full grasp on what it means and takes to go viral. In this blogpost, our experienced developers give some tips to getting your website popular in a sustained manner.
Why going Viral isn’t always good?
When a piece of information goes viral, it means that the said information will spread like a virus or a wildfire, but the duration is short-lived. But this is the internet we are talking about, where new websites/ brands are on the rise and existing ones are revamped almost on a daily basis. Moreover, programmers and clients must understand that to stand out from the myriad data in the long term, they must do more than just viral marketing.
Way Around
Web-programmers and business owners would do well sit together and chalk out a plan for developing a website and attracting, engaging and acquiring the customers over a long period – in other words – striving for organic growth. Clients hiring developers to develop websites along organic lines will be duly rewarded by Google too, for it encourages quality and recognises trust.
Personalisation is Key
The first thing that clients must do after they hire dedicated programmers for a particular web development project is to communicate the exact requirements and expectations – laying the groundwork. Programmers must focus on that element unique to the client’s business and use it as a template in everything in their web-designing. This ranges from layouts, colours, visuals, content and so on. When developers incorporate these elements on a continual basis, they are more likely to get etched in people’s minds. It also gives a consistency to the client’s brand.
Organic Content is King
Rather than going for paid posts that create impact for a short duration, it is always better to craft your way around. At the same time, developers can get in touch with their clients and get to know about the trends in their business. This can serve as inputs for generating quality content in the website – directly or indirectly contributing to sales or brand equity.Developers, by cashing on relevant trends, are also reminding customers about the brand in a non-gimmicky manner.
Final Thoughts
Ultimately, as aspiring or experienced programmers and developers, we have to try to explain to clients the reality behind going viral and that it isn’t always a good thing. Programmers must stress on having a long term vision and its associated benefits. The journey is slow but the rewards are huge.
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Top Navigation Ideas for Mobile Apps
Developers across the world will readily acknowledge the importance of navigation in web or even mobile app development. In fact, in our experience as dedicated developers for several projects at HireIndianProgrammers, we can certainly say that carelessly designed navigation will lead to a nightmare of a user experience. Ease of use, simplicity and speed are some of the things to look out for while designing navigation in mobile app development projects. With the proliferation of the smartphone, more people are browsing the internet from their handheld devices. This means there will be a need to develop websites customised for mobile.
To make matters more challenging, mobile app developers will have to cater to both Android and iOS. Clients hire android and iOS developers to design mobile applications correspondingly. In this blogpost, our mobile app developers in their journey to provide broader mobile app development services, seek to list out some of the top navigation ideas to the developer community. This may give different perspectives to both emerging and experienced mobile app developers while designing mobile applications, be it android or iOS.
Side Menu Navigation
This navigation design allows for more real estate in a user’s mobile screen and keeps things simple. The hamburger icon along with the transition effects is sure to amplify the visual appeal and smoothness of the navigation. Android developers can use the side menu for incorporating more responsiveness and minimum clicks.
Bottom Tab Navigation
Mobile app developers can use the bottom tab navigation for media applications like photos, videos and audio. For example, android developers can use it to for designing a gallery application that allows for neat categorisation of photos and videos and also enabling users to easily retrieve the same.
Colourful Navigation
The focus of this navigation design is on vibrant colours. Android developers can use this navigation element in those apps whose sole aim is fun and functionality – say a photo editing mobile application. Editing photos is fun and what better way to express this in an app.
Reach Navigation Search
Both iOS Developers and Android Developers can opt for this in app that is rooted in maximum utility. In this navigation, the search is included as part of the bottom tab and even simple filters are included within the tab. Developers can use this for simple searches within an application – for example photos app and also for advanced searches in e-commerce apps.
Interactive Navigation
As the name indicates, this navigation is used in highly interactive applications such as job portals. For instance, suppose a client hires an android developer to develop a new app for matchmaking consisting of a large database. The developer would do well to make use of interactive navigation at this juncture.
Google Newsstand Navigation
Developers and users alike might be familiar with Google newsstand. There are three different kinds of navigation built into it. The top focuses on topics and the bottom part focuses on the content. Developers of any OS can use this navigation design mainly for reading content applications such as blogs, news, current updates or affairs, random articles etc;
Side Navigation
Given that iOS emphasises on butter speed, developers, especially iOS developers can make use of this navigation to design mobile applications that calls for rapid browsing actions – like a file manager. Developers can insert the directory and other useful tools like copy, paste in the side bar which can expand and shrink by the click of the bottom arrow button. Clicking on an item will automatically shrink the side bar and opens up the item in full screen.
Hope you found this post useful. Check out our website where you will also find our list of completed mobile app development projects. Our developers at HireIndianProgrammers have provided mobile app development services for both android and iOS, separately and also simultaneously. If you wish to hire our mobile developers, contact us here now.
3 Important Reasons Why WordPress Is Best For Web Development
Experienced web developers and programming stalwarts who have been in the web development domain for a significant period, much like the developer team at HireIndianProgrammers, would be familiar with WordPress. Even though a lot of content management systems have emerged after WordPress, it still dominates the CMS market. A vast number of programmers, developers, bloggers, freelancers use the CMS to provide WordPress Development services to make a living out of it. Clients ranging from businesspersons, marketers, small scale entrepreneurs hire programmers to develop dynamic websites for various reasons. They may even hire developers to design rich mobile applications.
With every software that comes out, there are always updates in the subsequent years in order to satisfy developer demands or increase features or enhance the developer experience. All these updates seek to establish a loyal developer base and also to attract new web-developers. But, as in WordPress’ latest update – the Gutenberg block editor, not every update will succeed and can possibly become mired in controversy for the wrong reasons. But not all is lost. In this blogpost, as staunch developers and users of WordPress ourselves, we seek to let you know why WordPress is still great and why you must continue using it, in case you are one of those who might have lost trust on the CMS and on the lookout for alternatives.
Still gets the job done
WordPress was one of the first to launch in the CMS market and from then on, there was no turning back for the CMS giant. Given that a lot has changed and many features have been added, some of which not liked by all, WordPress still continues to be popular and undisputed leader of CMS. Why, you ask? Because of its incredible flexibility and abundant features. With regard to the Gutenberg editor, if programmers don’t like it, they can always switch to the classic editor. Change is inevitable and ultimately it is us who have to choose between staying in the present and adapting. Like always, WordPress still gets the job done in your projects.
Vibrant Ecosystem and Developer Community
There is no denying that WordPress has one of the strongest developer communities around. The best part of this vibrant ecosystem is the diversity of developers. They range from novices and freelancers to corporate IT people. With a range of backgrounds, there is bound to be an explosion of perspectives and sharing of ideas. In the WordPress Development ecosystem, there is always something to gain for anyone in this domain. Be it WordCamp or the online forums, programmers get to meet their contemporaries and participate in the culture of sharing knowledge. When that happens on a large scale, the software as a whole goes forward with positivity.
For example, suppose a client hiring a programmer wants her to develop a unique application that requires the installation of a new plugin. If the said programmer has just started providing freelance WordPress Development services and requires assistance, she can always take the help of the WordPress Developer community and also make use of the exhaustive library resources in it.
WordPress is here to stay
Programmers have to realise that the time they spend on learning a CMS is valuable and therefore they cannot afford to throw it away just for a few errors. WordPress in particular has grown over the last 15 years, updating itself to accommodate new requests of developers, in a sustainable way. With every major development, WordPress has managed to hold onto its reins and it will continue to do so. Programmers certainly do not want to get stuck with a CMS that is outdated or looking at bleak growth.Besides, who would want to let go of the fantastic WordPress Developer community?
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How to Deal with Inherited Code
As experienced programmers we would have undertaken several web development projects. It might be on any domain –WordPress, PHP Development or even mobile app development. Most times clients approach and hire developers for new projects. Developers and coders would have to sit with the client and discuss about the exact requirements and then proceed with the development. However, sometimes clients may also hire programmers to carry on with a prior project – be it for improvement or expansion. It could also be that the client may have been at odds with previous developers and wanted to reach out to a new developer. In such a scenario, programmers are handed a completed project – perfect or not perfect – and asked to continue with development for the aforementioned reasons. Having been used to executing web development projects from scratch, this sure might prove to be a serious nightmare for programmers. This is because of the fact that each coder has a unique style of coding and will most certainly differ from yours. One wrong deviation and the entire website could become buggy, to say the least.
We at HireIndianProgrammers, consist of teams of dedicated programmers and developers. Having gained significant experience from handling an array of web development services for more than a decade, we seek to give you insights on how to deal with inherited code from a prior project, through this blogpost.
Documentation is key
While being handed over a website or any mobile app project, programmers would do well to request for the documentation for the same. A programming expert would more than make do with just documentation.
Patience is a virtue
It is true and trust us, it will reward you hugely in the near future. There are no shortcuts. Clients hiring new developers would surely expect better results than earlier. So, programmers will have to commit time and efforts in going through the entire documentation, understand the code – including structures, naming conventions, CMS, syntax and so on, add/ modify your own documentation. This stage of reading (not glancing) and understanding is crucial as it will help you in understanding the website (or mobile app), thereby allowing you to accurately carry out updates. Programmers can also familiarise themselves with all the webpages in the website.
Look out for anomalies and fix them
The very task of going through the documentation will enable coders to spot anomalies such as unused Javascript libraries, complex API etc; Clients hiring fresh programmers will, in all probability, give the entire story of the software development cycle including the possible issues with earlier versions or developers. Also, whenever programmers are fixing unknown functionalities, it is simply a good practice to add comments on it. This would greatly aid the next developer.
Adapt and be consistent
While tackling inherited code, the main objective of programmers must be to deliver a readable project having longevity. The best way to accomplish this is for programmers to adapt themselves to the system and tweak their coding habits a bit. Adding your own methods will only complicate matters for the next web development team.
Dig deeper into the system
Clients hiring dedicated programmers trust that their new website would perform better than earlier on a sustainable basis. To deliver optimal results, programmers would have to dig deeper and get their hands on more relevant data such as the kind of devices end users are using. These kind of data will help developers anticipate possible failure scenarios in testing stage of software development.Coders can make use of any speed test and design responsiveness tools to check for performance issues.
Finally, apart from these, there are always other challenges associated with inherited code. It might be tighter deadlines or scope creep. Whatever it may be, programmers would do well to focus on the work at hand, make room for improvement, display a positive attitude rather than indulging in a futile blame game.
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2022’s Best WooCommerce Themes for your E-Commerce Website
In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of internet business start-ups selling innovative products. Now, we all know that for e-commerce businesses to succeed, the website selling the products is important. The website, especially when it comes to e-commerce, plays many roles such as functional, branding, business, feedback, customer care and so on.That is why it would augur well for clients to hire experienced programmers to develop a rich website from scratch with all the bells and whistles. One of the prominent content management systems for e-commerce is Woocommerce.
As part of HireIndianProgrammers, a leading Indian WordPress Developmentservices player, we have taken the reins of several WordPress Development projects of different sizes and successfully executed the same. This includes our developers’ 24×7 support and maintenance, as per the client needs. Themes are a part of the web development process and more often than not, they provide an indirect image of your company to the end customers. In this blogpost, we take you through the top WordPress E-commerce themes so that you may be able to select the one for your web projects.
Naturio
If the client’s business involves selling of green, organic farm products then this theme is for them. Loaded with customisations, this theme allows developers to add or modify page layouts, change the look of the homepage or checkout page, make use of the jet plugins in an easy manner. No hiccups whatsoever. The minimalistic layout is sure to attract customers and therefore definitely recommended for hired wordpress developers to check it out.
Storefront
Storefront is high on functionality and minimalistic on design and colours. Developers providing WordPress development services for a range of e-commerce projects would find this useful because it is a general theme and can as such be modified in any way as the programmer wants. This theme does not have anything really going on for it, which ultimately does the trick. The lightweight theme focuses on just selling and does that perfectly. In other words, it is a no-frills theme.
Jazzy
As the name says, this theme emphasises style and class – aimed at menswear and men’s accessories related e-commerce business. Given the possible niche segment, clients hiring dedicated developers would surely stress on the quality of the website.Having a card layout for product display and slider mechanism for tweaking functionalities in addition to good animation effects, this tool allows developers to design a site, providing the perfect shopping experience.
Free’ Shop
As the name gives you a hint, this theme is completely free. This theme can be used by those hired developers for those clients who are just starting out in a small scale. Programmers can make use of this theme to design a simple site that satisfies the basic criteria of an e-commerce website – visual appeal, ease of use, product display information, checkout page, all of which it satisfies.
Zakra
This Woocommerce template is cut out for a modern online fashion store. That calls for bright visuals, adequate number of widgets, popular and frequently bought products on display and so on. Developers will find this theme to be appropriate for designing websites for a mid-range player in the fashion industry.
Marketplace
WordPress developers would find this theme apt for online businesses focussed on volume which means a fast navigation website with a rich product display providing accurate information. In other words, customers will know where to go to buy what they want in a matter of minutes as soon as they reach the website. The overall layout is a bit crowded which is good from an advertising point of view. People will notice more products. The highlight of this theme is the extremely smooth navigation.
Gutenberg Starter – Free Woocommerce Theme
This list would not be complete without Gutenberg Starter. Developers in WordPress development for a significant period would be familiar with the Gutenberg editor. This free theme allows programmers to design simple websites with ease with room for a lot of customisations. There are also some cool features like slider mechanism and the parallax effect. What’s more? This theme works in hand with Gutenberg functionality.
Hope you found this article useful and implement in your next WordPress development project.
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The Ultimate Testing Tools For Responsive Design
As a team of dedicated developers and programmers, we understand the importance of testing – one of the crucial stages in the software development cycle. Over the past decade, various clients from the U.S and other markets have time and again hired the services of coders working at HireIndianProgrammers. With that experience, we know that websites and business websites in particular cater to different segments of people. In addition to that, the proliferation of the internet powered mobiles mean that client’s website and applications must run efficiently across devices.
In this blogpost, our programmers seek to list out the top tools to test your application with ease. All these tools satisfy certain criteria in some or the other way and have different levels of user control. Experiment around and opt for the tool that is most suitable for your needs.
Screenfly
With Screenfly, programmers can test their client’s website on any screen size including desktops, tablets and mobile phones etc; Developers can also add any custom size they want. The provision of simple tools to rotate, scroll and click makes this tool an easy recommendation for us. What’s more? If you are working as a team of developers hired by a big client, you can share your designs across and work on it together in their browser itself.
Responsive Design Checker
This is a great tool for programmers preferring to manually tweaking the controls. It displays your creation i.e website into a window under different orientations without really having to changing the browser size – be it mobile or desktops. Developers will also find it useful to take screenshots for later assessment.
Google Mobile-Friendly Test
SEO is no more a technical term. Tech savvy clients who are starting their online business are very much aware that their website must follow Google’s standards so that their page ranking may improve. Clients hiring dedicated programmers expect them to invariably incorporate it. With this tool, developers and coders can see for themselves the visibility of the webpages that they have developed. This tool is also useful for programmers in that it has the mechanism to recognise those issues and places where the website might be sluggish. It allows for easy fixes. However, it is limited to only mobile devices.
Responsive Web Design Testing Tool
The emphasis of this free tool is ease of use. This simple tool allows developers to type in the URL in the space provided and compare your output across orientations within a few clicks. Developers can also use this tool for testing in a set environment.
Lambda Test
With two versions of this tool available for programmers – the lite one and the paid one – LambdaTest is one of the better options in this list for the following reasons. In addition to making it possible for programmers to take screenshots, this tool can achieve a lot more. It allows the programmers to test in a holistic way checking all parameters – compatibility, user experience and so on in a real time scenario. The paid version enables programmers to debug errors, if any.
Designmodo Responsive Test
This tool is loaded with a lot of features and toggles. Another reason for developers to really check out this design testing tool is the clean interface. Programmers hired along tight deadlines will find this small thing to be a boon. The free tool also has colour accessibility options and bootstrap templates to improve the overall website design.
XRespond
XRespond allows programmers to check the consistency of their websites. This will be especially useful in cases where the client has a large base of customers of different kinds. For instance, suppose a client is hiring a programmer or hiring a developer to develop or improve an e-commerce website. Now, regular customers do online shopping from different devices, increasingly more of smartphones – be it android or iOS. In such a scenario, programmers would find it extremely useful to test their design responsiveness across devices at the same time.
Hope this article gave programmers of different calibre an idea on how to go about choosing a good tool for testing design responsiveness.
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Web Development through the Ages
Every invention in human history has had such a profound impact in the evolution of its civilisation. All human inventions from fire, wheel to space exploration and the internet have continually raised the bar on what we can achieve.
Where it all started
When Tim-Berners Lee founded the world’s first web browser in 1990, almost 3 decades ago, only text could be displayed on a webpage. However, as we all know, web development became more sophisticated with the addition of new design elements such as images, media, gif, tables, frames and what not.
Programmers and developers who have been in the web development space for long, will readily acknowledge the massive developments that had taken place in the past two decades. From first gen software applications like Dreamweaver and FrontPage, we now have automatic drag and drop rich web design applications like Wix. It has made web design creation possible even for the non-technical people like marketers, bloggers, businesspersons and freelancers. It is now possible to develop websites in a short period of time – in other words fostering a do-it-yourself culture.
In the initial stages of web development, there was a lot of coding involved. Clients who hired programmers and coders had to wait for several days for their final output. Nowadays tools like Affinity designer or even buttons make it easier for developers to create good designs in an efficient way. This increased efficiency is the hallmark of today’s web development.
The Web we know today
The massive improvements in web development also spurred the shared hosting mechanism and several free website builders, providing a workspace-for-all scene. These kind of developments prove to be beneficial to the web development community as a whole. Then arrived the era of outsourcing and software as a service (SaaS). Experienced and skilled programmers, coders and developers could now be hired for customised packages at very affordable rates from developing countries. The advent of outsourcing and SaaS meant that more time could be devoted to maintenance with a consistent stream of revenue. Several web development firms that sought to provide 24×7 services of coders and programmers cropped up in the early 2000s.
At the same time, with so much perceived progress, there were also certain downsides with regard to this industry, mainly concerned with the negative aspects of the gig economy – not providing the needed benefits to employees. Overworking was massively prevalent amongst programmers and coders hired by virtue of a contract. Although, things have improved in recent years. As with any other industry, those in the web development field also fear obsolescence owing to the abundance of code-free web design tools.
Yet, programmers must remember that web design is a creative field and thus a market. With new businesses sprouting up and business people wanting to promote them in the most innovative or targeted way possible, there will always be clients to hire dedicated programmers and developers.
The key take away from this blogpost is that web development is here to stay for a long time, even though it may change forms occasionally.
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Are we heading towards a Single Browser Web?
The advent of the internet in the 90s saw the rise of the first gen web browsers like Lynx, Mosaic, Netscape, Internet Explorer and many more. Long story short, until the last decade, there were a number of browsers catering to end users. However, fast forward to 2019, programmers and consumers are stuck to mainly 3 browsers with a significant market share namely Google Chrome, Apple Safari and Mozilla Firefox. Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge have a paltry share.
Anyone in business would acknowledge that competition is desirable, encourages innovation and brings out the best in everyone. But, given the current scenario, it looks like Google’s dominance is here to stay. So, where does that leave programmers and developers and what does it entail for them in a single browser world?
For a long time, Microsoft was ruling the web. Then Mozilla’s Firefox and Google’s Chrome happened and it literally changed the browser game. These two browsers prioritised speed and ease of use and consequently became a haven for web designers, developers and hard-core programmers. Companies providing a wide array of web development services preferred these browsers that provided the latest features. End users almost always turn a blind eye to the default buggy Internet Explorer and use it only once – just for installing Chrome or Firefox. Things took a dramatic turn with the boom of smartphones and the not-so-gradual shift of consumers towards mobile browsing.
Given that Google bought Android and Apple pioneered the touchscreen, it was show-time thereon for both these companies. While Chrome was the default browser on android phones, Safari was the default browser on iphones. When it comes to browsers, users and developers, tend to stick with the default option provided by the Operating system, representing huge entry barriers. This is especially true with mobiles.
Developers must be aware of the problems posed in such a scenario, where one huge player dominates the market – case in point Google. It does not augur well for a truly open web. Tying the browser with the OS reflects a practice of anti-competition. For webdevelopers, this means that they have to design for one major entity and bend their designs as per the directions of the player.
On the other hand, having just one browser means easy work for developers, right from design to testing and maintenance. If there were a large number of browsers, they would have to deal with each one of them, leading to more time consumption for things like browser testing.
However, things are bound to change in a market. There might be a new player in town, posing a serious challenge to Chrome or Firefox itself could rapidly re-engineer themselves or Microsoft may be able to finally deliver on the Internet Explorer we really need or Google could fall prey to any legislative policy changes. Anything might happen and programmers must be on the lookout for such signs. They must be able to quickly adapt to the new browser – the one end users are likely to shift to. Developer forums could of be of use to individual developers because they will stay connected and be aware of the current trends.
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