The next big trend in business application development is driven by a growing reality: Regulating how users access your web applications is quickly becoming impossible. Maybe they’ll use a tablet. Maybe they’ll use a smartphone. Maybe they’ll use a PC. You don’t know, and it’s difficult to control. This creates something of a problem for… Continue reading »
Mar
30
Weekly recap: 7 facts and myths about HTML5, analytics trends, and more…
Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on HTML5 myths, trends in analytics, javascript plugins, and more. I hope you find them useful: 12 essential javascript form plugins Forms are everywhere in business applications, but they don’t offer many… Continue reading »
Mar
16
Weekly recap: Best cities for IT jobs, dealing with a skills shortage, and more…
Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on the iPads in business, best cities for IT jobs, and more. I hope you find them useful: iPads are starting to replace business PCs While we’re probably a few years away… Continue reading »
Mar
06
7 things to look for in a web application development tool or IDE
The difference between good and bad development tools/IDEs is like night and day. A good development tool will reduce development time and turn anyone into a web developer. A bad development tool will cause headaches, restrict your options, and even harm the company. With so many options, how can you distinguish the good from the… 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 »
Jan
03
Build a web (and mobile) app in 30 minutes without programming
If your company plans on building mobile apps this coming year, or if you just wish there was a faster way to develop enterprise web applications, you should really try the newly revamped m-Power Test Drive. The m-Power Test Drive was recently updated, and now also lets you build a mobile web app. In roughly… Continue reading »
Dec
19
This 2-person IT staff might put larger IT staffs to shame
What is your IT department’s biggest barrier to success? According to our 2011 survey, the most common answer was “time.” There’s just not enough time to address all of your company’s needs. I’m not so sure. Now, I do understand that many people have more on their plate than they have time to handle. But,… Continue reading »
Nov
04
How to complete difficult IT projects without the proper skills
Here’s a short story that might sound familiar to those in IT: Fred is an IT professional. His list of “urgent” projects is growing larger, users keep running into urgent problems that require his assistance, and he’s generally pulled in all directions all the time. There’s just not enough time in the day to do… Continue reading »
Sep
06
Build enterprise web applications without programming
The term “enterprise web applications” sounds scary. It implies a high level of difficulty. Enterprise web apps must include strict security measures, be pleasing to end users, and fit your company’s specific needs. Depending on who you talk to, building enterprise web apps takes weeks or even months of coding. What if it was easy?… 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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