Anurag Pattnaik, Author at Web and Mobile App Development | Custom Application Development Company

Why Android Shouldn’t get threatened from Windows 8

Posted on August 30, 2012August 7, 2025 by Anurag Pattnaik

Microsoft has announced its upcoming OS Windows 8 on February 2012 which will be launched in the coming Fall. There are loads of features in Windows 8, but will it be a strong contender in the tablet or smartphone war? Android now covers 50-55 percentage of mobile and tablet markets around the world and most the custom software development companies choose android application development as their primary expertise. One of the great advantages of Android over Windows 8 is its open source, free and customizable. Let’s compare some of the key features of the above two and see as below.

Home Screen:

Home screen in both Android and Windows 8 are great with amazing dynamic icons and widget controls. Windows 8 placed icons and widgets in a more dynamic and usable manner, which is great for first-party apps. But when it come to third-party apps icons, justifying them is a lot harder. But in case of Android everything is customizable as the widgets can be re-sized, icons adjust themselves as per space on home screen and widgets show a lot information.

Browser Syncing:

Google provides the Chrome for Android, which has a great desktop sync including bookmark and search sync. Browser Sync is virtually absent with the Internet Explorer running on Windows 8.

App Market:

In the app Market there are around 600,000 apps based for android platforms whereas Windows based apps count only to 100,000 odd. It seems in the coming days it will be very difficult for Windows to catch up with android the way it grows. Most of the individual developers and custom software development companies are releasing apps based on android application development to the app stores offering a steep competition to windows.

Price Comparison of Tablets:

Manufacturers of Windows 8 tablets will have to use Windows 8 RT licenses costing around 90-100$ per device to build the devices which is a lot of money if compared to the free Android licensing. So the windows tablets will cost 30-40 percentage more than the Android tablets.

Apart from the above, Windows 8 lacks functionality in Voice Commands, Maps and Call Features as compared to Android. Even if Windows 8 have some advantages on Office Suites, Video Chatting, Wallets and user-friendliness, but it still has a long long way to go to level with the standards of Android.

Android Application Development is one of the major services offered by Andolasoft supported by experienced android developers who build the best apps as per your requirements. We work in an agile and collaborative environment to bring success to every project. We’ve developed apps based on restoration management, online to-do list services, rigging capacity tracking, baby vaccination tracking and on many other projects. Andolasoft provides android development in Corporate business applications, Multimedia and gaming applications, Web based applications and social networking applications for small start-ups and large businesses.

Advance Java and J2EE Helps Java Developer to Built Enterprise Application

Posted on January 18, 2012August 7, 2025 by Anurag Pattnaik

Basically Java is an object oriented programming language. It was invented for the purpose of increasing the productivity of both developers and End Users. Java enterprise application development is not an easy task for a java developer being high risky. Before java, Professional developers were doing their jobs faster through COBOL, Pascal, C, or C++ in a complicated process and the end user can also build new creative mini applications using various. Now software marketer and enterprise application developers have rush to create creative new generation applications using java with less risk and more user friendly. The fourth-generation programming languages have gone to the back seat and the new generation developers giving more productivity to the market through advance java and J2EE.

Java came in the year 1990 with more portable option with C++ to develop embedded systems by Sun Microsystems. Sun Microsystems has offered java as a programming and development platform. It became an awesome choice for developer and software venders to develop high quality applications and software. Development of business and enterprise application development was bit complex at that time but after arrival of advanced java and J2ee it helped a lot. J2EE is the Java 2 Platform; Enterprise Edition helps in developing multitier enterprise applications. Before J2EE, the Java developers were also facing some problems during the application development because of the following reasons:

1. More use of modules in the projects. We are in the favor of modularity which helps java developers to work separately but when you have few line codes inserting many buckets the developer may face problem.

2. Developer can invent new programming language but Implementation can be done under the underlying platforms with traditional service provider.

3. The steady stream of new UI approaches reflects in the presentation layer due to Java’s lack of leadership.

4. The deficiencies of Java disclose in hibernate, spring, Struts, and other frameworks.

The advanced J2EE model provides modified and simplified approach to develop high quality java application development. The complexity of enterprise applications are managed through its components and application developers are free to stick on their logic. J2EE summarizes the layers of functionality in specific types of components. This helps in faster development in time, better quality, maintainability and portability of applications. It hides the complexity and create flexible user Interaction.

At Andolasoft the Java Developers are dedicated to provide quality Java and J2EE application developments that are robust and performance oriented. We follow Agile Methodology and this iterative process allows us to deliver enterprise applications quickly. Our team of skilled Java and J2EE Developers are highly experienced and ready to take on any technical challenges.

How To Generate PDF File In CakePHP

Posted on June 23, 2011August 7, 2025 by Anurag Pattnaik

TCPDF is a free and open source software one of the widely used PHP libraries in the world. This is because of the fact that it already included in the most popular PHP-based CMS and applications including CakePHP .

The installation is pretty straight forward and easy-to-use in CakePHP Framework. Many web applications use this as output documents like invoices, contracts or just web pages in the PDF format.

Following are the steps to integrate TCPDF in CakePHP MVC framework.

Step 1:

Go to http://www.tcpdf.org and download the latest version of TCPDF zip file.

Then unzip the zip file and save under the Vendor folder in cakephp framework(app\vendors)

This creates a directory tcpdf there with tcpdf.php and more in it (app\vendors\tcpdf)

You can configure the PDF file Like header Logo Image, Page Title, page Margin etc. in the TCPDF configure file (app->vendors->tcpdf-> tcpdf_config.php)

Step 2:

You can create your own header and footer page of your PDF file. Create a page “xtcpdf.php” under app/vendors with these contents as shown below.

App::import('Vendor','tcpdf/tcpdf');
class XTCPDF extends TCPDF
{
var $xheadertext = 'PDF created using CakePHP and TCPDF';
var $xheadercolor = array(0,0,200);
var $xfootertext = 'Copyright © %d XXXXXXXXXXX. All rights reserved.';
var $xfooterfont = PDF_FONT_NAME_MAIN ;
var $xfooterfontsize = 8 ;
/* Change header text and font size as per your requirement in the above variable*******/
function Header()
{
list($r, $b, $g) = $this->xheadercolor;
$this->setY(10); // shouldn't be needed due to page margin, but helas, otherwise it's at the page top
$this->SetFillColor($r, $b, $g);
$this->SetTextColor(0 , 0, 0);
$this->Cell(0,20, '', 0,1,'C', 1);
$this->Text(15,26,$this->xheadertext );
}
function Footer()
{
$year = date('Y');
$footertext = sprintf($this->xfootertext, $year);
$this->SetY(-20);
$this->SetTextColor(0, 0, 0);
$this->SetFont($this->xfooterfont,'',$this->xfooterfontsize);
$this->Cell(0,8, $footertext,'T',1,'C');
}
}
?>

Step 3:

Create your layout under app/views/layouts/pdf.ctp;

header("Content-type: application/pdf");
echo $content_for_layout;
?>

Step 4:

Here is the Controller code which will display output code of generating PDF file;

function view_pdf($id = null) {
if (!$id) {
$this->Session->setFlash('Sorry, there was no PDF selected.');
$this->redirect(array('action'=>'index'), null, true);
}
$this->layout = 'pdf'; //this will use the pdf.ctp layout
$this->render();
}

Step 5:

Create a page under your view directory (app/views/) named as “view_pdf.ctp” (this name can be change as per your controller method) and write your HTML code/PHP code.

IT Consulting Services & Its Offerings

Posted on June 8, 2010August 7, 2025 by Anurag Pattnaik

In this era of stiff competition, everyone wants to capitalize on the cost-effectiveness factor. Lower is the cost; higher is the profit margin for any organization.

IT consulting services not only offer to garner more profits for your business, they enable your business to reach the pinnacle of success.

The dimension of IT consulting services can be manifolds. Starting from website designing, development, testing to data migration, monitoring, and maintenance, etc.; IT consulting covers it all.

Consulting service providers develop target specific IT solutions as per their clients’ business requirements.

IT consultation has facilitated and brought a Win-Win situation for the clients. With the right quality of service, you not only reduce your operational costs but also improve your productivity for your business.

And since service providers take care of most of the issues like conceptualizing, developing, and implementing your business plans, you can concentrate on your core business to maximize its performance and growth.

Do you want to catalyze your business growth and profit aspects?

Then Andolasoft’s IT consulting services can be a trusted choice. Andolasoft offers a full range of IT service consultations including strategic consulting, system integration, monitoring to outsourcing.

We have the best technical pool of resources to meet any type of business challenge. Our developers work with our clients to understand their problem areas and accordingly develop solutions by applying the right mix of services.

With expertise in cutting edge technology, in-depth business insight as well as industrial experience, our IT consultation services help you make wise technological investments in sync with your business objectives.

SEO Helps You Make Money Online!

Posted on December 10, 2009August 7, 2025 by Anurag Pattnaik

SEO is considered as one of the most cost-effective forms of marketing available. Today the optimized result pages of most search engines are just like the yellow pages of earlier times.

Starting from business names to product names to the type of services in the offering; people now prefer to look for search engines for any kind of information.

SEO will widen up your business to the online market segments which you have never considered earlier.

Getting a higher rank on the search engine page will help you attract higher traffic. But getting higher traffic is not the solution; you need to get quality traffic that can turn to be your potential business leads.

Only a quality SEO service provider like Andolasoft can generate quality traffic for your site.

Unlike other search engine optimization service providers, Andolasoft doesn’t guarantee an overnight result for your website.

There are sites that might be using Google Adwords or Yahoo Search Marketing to bring your site to the top.

But then these methods are more like pay-per-click engines where you will have to pay for each click on your link. Moreover, it’s no guarantee to reach through your target audience.

At Andolasoft, we don’t claim to make your site into the top of the search engine result pages (SERP) because it depends on several factors.

What we can guarantee is our efforts for ethical SEO services. Our successful clients’ list is a guarantee of our successful stint in the SEO service arena.