Summary: For many organizations, user adoption is a big problem. Developers spend months building applications that the users requested, only to see low adoption rates upon completion. How can your business can address this problem? How can developers deliver business applications that users actually use? In this article, we explore 9 tips for improving user adoption.
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Summary: In today’s always-changing technology landscape, agility trumps size. Your organization’s ability to adapt to changing trends is critical to your success. The problem is, many still struggle with bottlenecks which hurt their agility. In this article, we explore one common bottleneck, and a few ways to address it.

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Summary: Do your new development projects drag on for months? Do your executives wait around on the IT department for their reports and dashboards? Or, are you stuck with an outdated enterprise system that lacks modern features? Here’s a quick way to fix all of these issues (and more)!
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Summary: As technology evolves, web application development is playing an increasingly important role in the business world. More and more, development speed directly contributes to a company’s competitive advantage. The problem: Many companies still struggle in this area. Learn which problems slow them down, and how to fix each one.
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Summary: As technology evolves at breakneck speed, it brings new opportunities and challenges to web application development. If businesses want to create lasting, successful web applications, they must address these challenges.

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Summary: Application development is becoming more and more important to the modern business. Your ability to create and deploy applications quickly directly impacts your competitive advantage. But, most businesses can’t afford a team of developers on staff. How can these businesses create the applications they need without breaking the bank?
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Summary: As technology evolves, web application development is playing an increasingly important role in the business world. More and more, application development speed directly contributes to a company’s competitive advantage. The problem: Many companies still struggle in this area. Learn which problems slow them down, and how to fix each one.
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Summary: Responsive design is more than just the latest buzzword. It’s a design principle that you must apply to both your business website and your web applications. Learn why it’s so important, and a couple of easy options for making your site and apps responsive.
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Summary: As web application development evolves, it’s playing an increasingly important role in the business world. More and more, application development directly contributes to a company’s competitive advantage. How has web application development changed, and where is it going? Learn more in this article.
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Summary: What is a “productive developer,” and how do you become one? If you’re a developer, or if you run a team of developers, this article defines the term and offers some actionable tips to improve development productivity.

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Summary: As web application development plays an increasingly important role in the business world, many companies aren’t keeping up. They’re stuck using old development standards and haven’t yet adapted to modern principles. In this article, you’ll learn which rules developers should follow, and which mistakes they must avoid.
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Summary: What separates the successful web developers from the rest of the pack? Oftentimes, it’s not about what they do. It’s about what they avoid. Successful developers avoid the things that waste time, energy, and lead to unproductivity.
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In an article last week, we explored the growing IT “Skills Gap” problem. Employers say they’re having more and more trouble finding qualified workers with modern skills.

Why?

While the reasons vary, one big complaint surrounding the issue is the idea that students aren’t learning the appropriate skills in college. They come out of school completely unprepared for the skills demanded by the business world.

While that might be the case, I believe it’s a two-part problem. On one hand, some schools teach outdated technical skills. But, on the other hand, many of the skills required in business only come with experience.

Take web application development for example. A developer might learn technical skill in college, yet be completely unprepared for the real world. He/she might breeze through school, yet struggle to adapt to development in business. Why?

Web application development in the business world is far more than technical skill. It’s about solving problems. It’s about creating solutions that adapt. It’s about communication. I’d say that the lessons a developer learns outside of school are arguably more important than the technical skills learned in school.

What lessons are those? We posed that question to some experienced developers, who delivered some excellent advice. I’ve outlined their input below, along with some of my own thoughts under each point. Sound good? Okay, here are 9 web development lessons you won’t learn in school, yet are critical to your success:
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