Category: Application Development

Why is CakePHP Popular For Web App Development

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Web application development is a competitive field with new frameworks and tools emerging almost every day. If you are looking to create a dynamic website or web app, you may be wondering which framework will best suit your needs. When it comes to choosing the right technology for your project, there are many factors to consider. Below, we’ll review some of the benefits of using CakePHP  and why is CakePHP popular for web app development.

What is CakePHP?

CakePHP is a free and open-source platform, which facilitates the developers to build highly affordable web-applications using the MVC framework. This is a robust and efficient platform for the developers to create exciting PHP web applications.

What Makes CakePHP Popular?

Here I would like to discuss the aspects responsible for popularizing CakePHP among developers.

  • Easy-To-Use Functionality

    Developers are constantly looking for ways to make development process easier and hassle-free. Hence we can use code generation and scaffolding features built-in in CakePHP to rapidly build prototypes.

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CakePHP facilitates this opportunity which adds to its popularity. With CakePHP, the application development is not burdened with writing complex codes for the application hence saves a lot of development time. The code lines are also simplified and reduced to facilitate the developers with productive development process.

  • Flexible And Versatile

    CakePHP is used for web app development is because the configuration is flexible and versatile. It can automatically cater itself based on the requirements of the developers and the changes made by them. Hence, it doesn’t require any elaborate configuration settings for project development. Most features and settings are auto detected in the system and require only the settings for database connections. It’s a feature rich light weight PHP framework comes with lot of features like code generation, translations, database access, caching, validation, authentication etc.

  • MVC (Model View Control) Architecture

    CakePHP development uses the model-view-control architecture which helps in distinguishing the business logic from data and design. It does a clear discrimination among the presentation layer, the business logic and database. It enables the developers to work independently on separate aspects of development at the same time. It enables the developers to develop faster and make optimum use of the resources.

  • Security

    The security of the application must be top notch such that they make the website full proof from any security breaches and is safe from the hands of hackers. CakePHP comes with built-in tools for input validation, CSRF protection, Form tampering protection, SQL injection prevention, and XSS prevention, helping you keep your application safe & secure. 

  • Friendly License

    CakePHP is licensed under the MIT license which makes it perfect for use in commercial applications.

CakePHP Development has become the foremost option for web developers as well as the Businesses to build exciting and unique applications. No wonder it is one of the most preferred MVC framework.

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Ruby On Rails Releases Fixes For DoS, XSS Vulnerabilities

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In 18th March, Ruby on Rails released four new versions along with fixes for a number of vulnerabilities, which could have lead to denial of service attacks and XSS injections. According to a post in company’s blog a total of 4 vulnerabilities were addressed in version 3.2.13, 3.1.12 and 2.3.18 of Rails. The company wrote “All versions are impacted by one or more of these security issues,”

The patches were released for symbol denial service (DoS) vulnerability (CVE-2013-1854) in ActiveRecord function and for two cross-sites scripting vulnerabilities i.e. sanitize helper (CVE-2013-1857) and sanitize_css method in Action Pack (CVE-2013-1855).

According to one of the warnings, an additional XML parsing vulnerability in JDOM backend of ActiveSupport could have also allowed attackers to perform denial of service attack when using JRuby (CVE-2013-1856) or could have enabled to gain access to files stored in the app server.

The XSS vulnerability could have allowed attackers to embed tag URL, which executes arbitrary JavaScript code.

The XSS vulnerabilities in particular could have allowed an attacker to embed a tag containing a URL that executes arbitrary JavaScript code.

Ruby on rails developer have fixed a number of similar issues in Ruby on Rails last month, which also included a YAML issue in ActiveRecord that lead to remote code execution

CakePHP is Faster Development Of Next Generation Web Application

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There are numerous PHP frameworks available such as Zend, CodeIgniter, Akelos etc. CakePHP on the other hand is the most popular framework among them and reduces significant coding time and investment. It is an open source web application development tool. It helps to build the web pages and applications faster and simpler.

Some features of CakePHP framework

  • Compatible with almost all PHP versions
  • Facilitates code scaffolding for faster development of prototypes
  • Doesn’t require any complex configuration
  • This framework is safe and secure:  It provides in-built tools for input validation, XSS prevention, SQL prevention for secure application development.
  • It provides built-in view helpers for AJAX, JavaScript, HTML etc.
  • It offers faster and flexible tempting features as well as data validation features

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These features make installation and use of CakePHP easy which in turn makes PHP more manageable. As it is an open source, it can be customized according to the needs of specific business requirements. It provides the CakePHP developers with MVC framework, Class inheritance, re-usability, Ajax support and many more to make the development process easier and effortless.  It assists the PHP developers at all levels and provide the ability to manage every part of project development.

Conclusion

It has a lot of advantages over other PHP frameworks, such as less code, less maintenance, and more scalability. CakePHP team works tirelessly to make sure that programmers who want to use CakePHP can do so in an easy and enjoyable way. CakePHP itself is easy to use, and the framework has many features to make life easier for developers who need to create applications that work well and scale to large numbers of users.

Our CakePHP development team is highly experienced to deliver robust, logical, most reliable and effective solutions to our global clients. Our expertise in CakePHP development helps us for building cost effective apps that too matching customer budget with quick turn-around time.

What Is The Key Points For Successful iOS Development?

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After the introduction of iOS platform and the application development possibilities, it has paved new business opportunities for the IT industries as well as individual developers.

With the rapidly growing app industry it has become demanding to keep track of changing technology.

Here we have come up with some major key points which should be kept in mind by the developer at the time of iOS application development.

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    1. Drive revenue for your business by integrating  ‘Geo-Targeted push Notification’, ‘Geo-Targeted Advertising’
    2. Integrate NFC (near field communication) system to your application.
    3. Use App analytics to monitor the app’s influence on the market. Target your audience and bring market specific features to you app.
    4. Avoid these flaws in your mobile app development
    5. Irrelevant push notification in the app
    6. Sending unnecessary “Rate my app” request to users
    7. Integrating Facebook and other social networking sites unnecessarily
    8. Avoid using full screen ads. Users hate this.
    9. Try to prefer building Native Apps for iPhones to web apps, because some web technologies are still not compatible with the iOS platform.
    10. Design intriguing UI to compel the user to use your app. Take inspiration from other successful Mobile application to generate similar experience for the users.
    11. iOS development supports numerous programming languages other than Objective-C, such as Ruby, JavaScript, Node.js etc. Choose the language you are comfortable with.
    12. Design your app so that it uses minimal battery power. Users are more concerned about the phone battery rather than the app itself.
    13. Develop cross-platform apps, so that it can be released for other mobile operating systems.
    14. Never build iPhone app that mimics the look and feel of other operating system.
    15. Never overdo the application animations and graphics.

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iOS applications are the fastest evolving apps in the app industry.

That’s why at Andolasoft, our iPhone application developers keep their skills updated with the latest technology and latest iOS releases to match the competitive market.

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iPhone’s iWallet Patent Control The Spending Limit Of Kids

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Apple has published latest patent, explaining Apple’s new iwallet concept. It allows the individuals to configure number of accounts, which can be set-up to control the spending limits. This patent is called “Parental Controls” that could help parents to limit their child’s ability to spend money via an iPhone.

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The control can be configured for categories like, specific places where purchases can take place and the types of transactions which can be allowed. The patent also suggests that, parent will be notified about their child’s activity on the accounts, including the details of the online purchases. The app can also be set for the users, so that they cannot buy some unethical products. The E-Wallet app is enabled with a primary account that is connected to a credit card.

Users are able to use the app to manage transactions using their iPhone. The patent also hints that it will integrate mobile payment solution so that it can be used outside of its ecosystem in the future. It also reveals that the iPhone would integrate NFC (Near field communication) chip for convenience. This technology is still in its early stage of iPhone application development. So NFC enabled monetary transaction may not be secure completely.

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iPhone applications are the fastest evolving apps in the app industry. That’s why at Andolasoft, our iPhone application developers keep their skills updated with the latest technology and iOS releases to match this competitive market. Here we develop engaging iPhone application to meet our customer’s business requirements.

Facebook’s Free Call Service For US iPhone Users

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Facebook recently announced that iPhone users could enjoy free calls in the US over Wi-Fi Messenger for iPhone. This new feature facilitates people from the United States that allow them to use the Facebook Messenger app to place voice calls with friends using their internet connection or Wi-Fi.

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The feature comes as a “Free Call” button in the existing app and the users don’t have to update to take advantage of this feature.

A lot of users quoted “Free call feature is incredibly simple and useful”. But the app also requires the receiver to have Facebook’s stand-alone app installed on their phone.

If the app couldn’t sync with the receiver, the “Free Call” icon appears grey and marked out. The call features look and feel similar to conventional voice calls.

Besides the United States, Facebook has mentioned that they have started testing VoIP functionality in Canada.

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Facebook has also added a voice message feature for the iPhone users. It enables the user to send recorded messages to their Facebook friends. It works similar to a text message, whereas the text is replaced by a bar recorded with the sender’s voice information.

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