What is the most important goal in creating an effective reporting application? In my opinion, the answer is simple: It must communicate the data to the viewer in the clearest, most concise manner possible. In most cases, a traditional reporting application (like this one) will do the job just fine. However, some reports require that… Continue reading »
Sep
10
Don’t let weak passwords harm your company
We’ve seen some major security breaches in the last few months, with hackers gaining access to user information at Yahoo, Linkedin, Dropbox, and others. Do you know what I’ve learned from all of these breaches? People are really bad at making passwords. How bad? Some of the more popular passwords are “123456”, “password”, and “111111”.… Continue reading »
Jul
30
How to add fixed headers to any application
A while back, we added a useful template to the Project Exchange called “The Fixed Header Report.” It let m-Power users create reports with fixed headers that always remained visible, no matter how far down the page they scrolled. As you can see from the demo application, this template is incredibly useful when creating reports… Continue reading »
Jul
16
New template lets end users have it their way
You can’t please everybody. That’s true both in life, and application development. Some end users will love your applications. Other users won’t. There will always be a few users telling you that the application should be different in some way. If that’s ever happened to you, I have some good news. There’s a new application… Continue reading »
May
07
New template lets you print custom labels straight from the web
If you, or anyone in your office regularly prints mailing labels, there’s a new m-Power template in the Project Exchange that will make your life a lot easier: The Custom Label Creator Template. Feel free to check out the demo right here. This new template creates web applications that pull data from your database and… Continue reading »
Apr
09
The Timeline Template: A great new way to visualize events
There’s a great new template in the project exchange that lets you create applications that display event data in an intuitive, timeline format. If that sounds confusing, visit this page for a detailed explanation, or just check out the demo. As mentioned in the overview page, this template lets you build a variety of applications.… Continue reading »
Mar
26
Improve efficiency with…bar codes?
We’re surrounded by bar codes every day, but have you ever stopped to think how they could help your business? The fact is, bar codes aren’t just for retail stores. They could help all sorts of businesses become more efficient. How so? This article gives some great ideas, like inventory control, asset management, invoicing, and… Continue reading »
Mar
13
One way to fix the spreadsheet problem
What types of problems do spreadsheets cause? Big, expensive problems. Here are a few examples: A well-known drug maker accidentally disclosed confidential information, forcing them to revise their financial forecasts, which lowered their share price. The London 2012 Olympics accidentally oversold 4 events by 10,000 tickets. A spreadsheet error led to a $153 million error… Continue reading »
Mar
05
Create data visualizations with minimal effort
There’s another new template in the project exchange that you will love. It’s called the “Google GeoChart Visualization template”, and it lets you make some great looking data visualization web apps with minimal effort. To see it for yourself, check out this live demo. What does it do? This template lets you plot your data… Continue reading »
Feb
20
The Quicksand template wants to animate your business web apps
There’s a great new template in the project exchange that you have to check out. It’s called the “Quicksand template”, and it uses a really cool jQuery effect to bring animated sorting and filtering to your web apps. As you can see from the demo, it creates a pretty slick, yet unique interface. As with… Continue reading »
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Joe Stangarone is a 30+ year veteran of the IT industry and president of mrc—the software company behind the award winning development platform, m-Power. Joe shares his leadership and technology insights through the Cup of Joe Blog, focusing primarily on ways businesses can save time, money, and increase productivity using technology.
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