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Here’s a resolution for enterprise executives and IT leaders: This year – as you build your software products and solutions – resolve to give software estimating the focus it deserves. Any improvements your team makes will surely pay off by keeping your software on target.

If you’re not familiar with software estimating, it means specifying the time needed to create a software-based business product or service, which in turn informs and impacts go-to-market schedules and revenue goals. Project planning platforms, budget and financial systems, sales bids and pricing ingest data from these software estimates. Every software initiative needs an estimate to move forward, but the task is widely recognized as extremely difficult, if not impossible.

Still, we estimate

Steve McConnell, the CEO of Construx Software and author of Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art, believes people get sloppy about the meaning behind the term estimate. He explains in his blog how that leads to a key error: “One common mistake software professionals make is trying to create estimates when the business is really asking for a commitment, or asking for a plan to meet a target, but using the word ‘estimate’ to ask for that.” Thus, the estimate becomes a commitment to deliver a piece of software by some random deadline. That’s a setup for trouble, and trouble happens. Time and again, software projects fail because of estimation failures in some form or other. Some put that failure rate as high as 40 percent of industry software projects, according to an Open-works blog.

The fact that a software estimate is so important, yet acknowledged as “never accurate” makes estimating a puzzling thing. It depends on a clear understanding of what the software should do, user objectives and the skills of the programmers writing and testing the code — all nearly impossible to predict with any accuracy. Some call it a request to use unrealistic data to come up with a realistic amount of effort needed, calculated in man-hours or money.

Because there are so many moving parts that make up a software estimate, some professionals feel defeated before they even start developing the software. They know what’s ahead and understand the futility. A common practice is to pad the estimate, but by doing that, the estimate becomes inherently inaccurate anyway, so it doesn’t add much value.

It’s not surprising that novice software estimators overlook or miscalculate key areas. When you’re focused on software estimating, be sure to account for important areas such as these:

• Engineer experience, availability and productivity.
• Unforeseen defects, problems and last-minute requests.
• Learning, briefings and ramp-up period.
• Unanticipated testing.
• Scaling, performance and maintenance issues.
• Architectural flaws.
• Time for R&D, design, architecture and prototyping.
• Administrative and other related non-engineering work.
• Time needed for wireframes, visual design and UX testing.
• Enhancements and improvements requested by actual users of the software.

Software estimating and your outsourced team

If you outsource your software development, it’s tempting to just throw the estimating problem “over the wall” (or ocean) and let your offshore service provider figure it out. But how do you judge their estimating skills? That’s a serious level of responsibility to abdicate. Even if the supplier writes your software for a fixed-price bid, can you tolerate any delay if their estimate turns out to be badly off? There’s too much at stake to miss the mark. The bigger the software initiative, the better the estimate must be, but it’s also harder to scope at that scale. To circumvent this, make sure you work with a fully vetted or certified outsource provider for your software development, to help ensure the software estimates are more accurate.

A key advantage of outsourcing to experienced software developers is that their knowledge base is very deep. From their involvement in hundreds of projects or more, outsourced software teams have a broad foundation of data to draw on for much better estimating across a variety of software initiatives. There’s a consistency of trust, process and learning across teams that’s independent of the initiatives themselves. Good software development providers accumulate a trusted knowledge base that feeds into estimates and improves them over time. In-house teams don’t have that same exposure to many different situations, which can make their software estimating more challenging and unpredictable.

An estimate you can trust

However, while outsourcing supports better software estimating, a company should never make an outsourcing choice based on price alone; that leads to a less-qualified team, and the software initiative will likely overrun anyway (thus, the software estimate doesn’t really matter).

In the end, it looks like the best resolution for the new year could be to turn software estimating into the tool it was meant to be: one that keeps your software development on schedule. One way to do this is by outsourcing software development to a world-class team that’s highly experienced in software estimating. Another method is to focus on the often neglected areas listed above as you’re creating your own software estimate.

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It’s estimated that there are 111 billion lines of new software code generated by developers every year, according to the 2017 Application Security Report, recently published by Cybersecurity Ventures and scheduled for release next month. (Disclaimer: Steve Morgan is founder and CEO of Cybersecurity Ventures.)

That’s a whole lotta code that needs to be tested and secured before it reaches the fingertips of consumers, businesses, and governments globally.

A software assurance report published by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) estimates that 90 percent of reported security incidents result from exploits against defects in the design or code of software. Those figures were researched by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), a not-for-profit Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) at Carnegie Mellon University, specifically established by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to focus on software and cybersecurity.

The thought of 2 billion lines of new code being released into the world every week is rather concerning in light of SEI’s research and the amount of insecure code that already needs to be addressed. Watson — IBM’s star cybesecurity pupil — states that there are currently 75,000 documented software vulnerabilities. The number of undocumented vulnerabilities is even greater.

Watson is poring through 10,000 security research papers that are published each year and 60,000 security blogs that are written every month — and is sure to be reporting on scores of new vulnerabilities in 2017.

Earlier this year, a CSO story took a look at how to remedy the epidemic of security incidents that result from exploits against defects in software. The big takeaway was that software developers aren’t baking security into their day-to-day development process (namely testing and scanning for flaws and vulnerabilities as they go) — and deferring to harden up web and mobile apps after they’ve been written.

When an app has been fully coded, there’s a rush to get it out the door. That’s hardly the best time to start thinking about security. At that point, it may be too late.

“The best thing (for software developers) to do is accept that security is just as critical to building software as safety is to building airplanes, and make a conscious decision to build security into your software development process” stated Frank Zinghini, founder and CEO at Applied Visions, Inc. (AVI), a software development company focused on cyber security, business applications, and command and control systems to government and commercial customers worldwide. “Worry about software security before you even start writing code, incorporate vulnerability scanning tools into your continuous integration system, and integrate security testing with your quality assurance process” added Zinghini.

There’s more than 18 million programmers in the world, according to a count by market researcher IDC a couple of years ago. Considering one survey that found two out of three developers are self-taught, it’s hard to know exactly how many new programmers are entering the field each year.

The SANS Institute 2015 State of Application Security Report helps explain the problem around securing code by stating that many information security engineers don’t understand software development, and most software developers don’t understand security. Troubling as that sounds, it’s hard to disagree.

In the U.S., students can graduate from any one of the top 10 computer science programs without taking a single course on cybersecurity. Computer science is a favorite major for aspiring programmers.

To sum up the problem… the world has a major application testing and scanning chore on its hands which has been created by self-taught and renegade programmers who’ve generated a massive amount of insecure code. Then there’s the younger programmers who lack formal security training and are charged with building new apps.

[ ALSO: Build security into software development ]

Manual scanning and remediation of software code defects is simply not possible.

There is hope. Poor software development practices are being changed over at large enterprises and more experienced programming shops which are standardized on Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) tools which automate the process of finding and eradicating harmful code.

Hybrid app security tools will gain traction in 2017, according to the Cybersecurity Ventures report. These next generation tools aim to bring real-time testing, analysis, and code remediation to developers.

Playing catch up is not a good place to be when it comes to security ​. Unfortunately, that’s the state of application security right now.​

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When I launched my software development company, I had one major mission: to design software that initiates change and creates a compelling user experience. I hoped the results would lead to meaningful and sustainable relationships between the user and the software.

But like any startup, the challenges were endless, from raising funds to building out the executive team. And the more I spoke with other CEOs and founders — both in the software development industry and beyond – the more I witnessed the similar struggles that all entrepreneurs face. R ecently, I spoke with a business partner who is launching another startup, and he asked for some pointers. The following is what I told him — the most important pieces of advice that I believe can have a major impact, particularly for startups in the software development industry.

Focus On Quality

Quality is everything, and it supersedes quantity. Many startups make the mistake of pushing too much product or too many services out too early, without worrying about the quality. Take time in the beginning to relentlessly refine your product until it’s better than everything else out there.

For software companies, deadlines make this tricky. Some clients will ask for quick turnaround time, but make sure you stress the importance of quality first, even if it does take extra time. Provide a client with a high-quality product, and you’ll have a customer for life. But provide them with something so-so — even if they ask for something quick — and you can say goodbye to their business.

Seek Only Top Talent, And Spread Their Passion

Just as you should deliver top-quality products, you should also seek only top talent, even if it costs more. In my experience, paying a higher salary during the initial stages is worth it when you can serve a client with only the best. This also helps your business’s sustainability, creating a steady revenue flow.

Resumes say a lot about experience and prior success, but make sure to conduct your own research on every prospective employee. There are many gems out there with minimal experience who have the energy and passion to achieve much more, but often you can only see this through an interview.

On the subject of passion, most CEOs and company founders have this. Make sure to express your passion daily, as it spreads quickly and can have the same effect as continued education for your staff.

Network Constantly

Networking is a true factor for success, especially for a startup. Try to meet and befriend people who are successful within your industry. The easiest way is by becoming connecting on social media platforms like LinkedIn and Facebook, as well as attending relevant conferences.

Through networking at conferences, I met the founder of a mobile app development agency and a digital marketing agency. We’ve since worked together, assisting each other by essentially bartering services. We’ve become partners in a few business ventures. I’ve also received some software work from his clients, and in return I’ve sent some marketing projects from my software clients his way.

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The software development world is governed by many forces beyond our control. There’s so much to do and so little time, there’s so much to learn and experience, and on top of that, software development keeps changing and mutating all of the time.

There are forces of software development that remain the same regardless of technology. They are timeless and do not change. To fully control the software that is our creation, we professional software developers must master the five disciplines (which all mysteriously start with the letter “D”).

1. Design (and Architecture)

This is the act of deciding what your software will look like before it’s even written. Design is also a balance between what we know now, what we expect to happen, and some wishful thinking. Design can be abused by overthinking. Over-design happens when developers just want to use the latest technology or when someone reads a good book about design patterns and completely misses the point.

A good software design is understandable, maintainable, and flexible. A good design is easy to change as requirements are added, bugs are found, and customers change their mind. Design can be created using a pen and a napkin or grown over time using tests and lesson learned. There are projects without architects but very few with architecture (they are a mess). The lack of a guiding hand and clear development path gives birth to unmaintainable ugly that later becomes a story to frighten junior developers in years to come.

A good developer knows how to design enough and can choose the right tools and technologies that best fit the task at hand.

2. Development

This is the act of writing the code. Some think that is the only thing that software developers are good for. Writing software starts at the developer’s mind and becomes reality with the keyboard (and sometimes the mouse).

It is what software developers do (hence the name). However, it’s more than hitting your keyboard as fast and as hard as you can. It’s about how clearly a developer can express complex and sometimes contradicting ideas using code.

A seasoned developer knows how to employ his or her development environment of choice to create elegant code. He or she knows the keyboard shortcuts and knows how to refactor and navigate the code. The real tool of a good developer is the ability to learn. New technology, new paradigms, new programming languages, all bring more tools to use.

Software development is more than just writing code. It’s making sure that code works and employing the right methodology so that that code continues on working.

3. Debugging

An overlooked art of finding and fixing past mistakes. Debugging is rarely talked about but carries a lot of power in the hand of a real professional.

There’s more to debugging than pressing F10 countless times. Mastering debugging is hard. A bug catches you when you least expect it. When debugging happens, a developer is most likely concerned with getting back to work than finding ways to reduce the time and pain of trying to solve yet another issue no one has thought about.

In order to be good at debugging, a developer must understand the code top to bottom, as well as how that code interacts with other parts of the system. Debugging can require finding information that no longer exists that happened during conditions that are no longer valid. A new set of tools needs to be used under pressure from peers and managers while time runs out.

4. Deployment

Your code does not begin and end on your machine. In order for clients to use your code, they need your code to magically move from your machine all they way to the client’s, passing testing and staging environments on the way.

Deployment goes hand in hand with automation. Your code should be built and tested on another machine and if you get it right, update the next machine all the way to the production environment.

Although some developers think that deployment is none of their business, a smart developer will learn a lot by participating in the journey of his code and understand valuable lessons while contributing to the overall success of the project in ways that transcend “just writing code.”

5. Deadline

The deadline is the beginning and end of every software project. Having no deadlines sounds like fun, but without deadlines, there is no project. The art of deadline is also the art of trying to estimate work, of prioritizing and dividing tasks to create an iterative progress that guarantees that even if the project won’t be finished on time, at least your client (and boss) will be happy.

So, there you have it: the five Ds of software development. Now go write some code!

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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 30 (Reuters) – At least 15 enterprise software companies are preparing to go public in 2017. Here’s a rundown of their plans and business models.

Anaplan: The San Francisco-based company that helps companies with business planning is in the early stages of prepping an IPO for 2017, according to sources familiar with the matter. It has not yet selected underwriters for its offering, the sources said. It said in August it would surpass $100 million in annual revenue this year. Anaplan declined to comment.

AppDynamics: The applications management company based in San Francisco made its IPO filing public on Wednesday. For the first nine months of the year, its revenue increased to $158.43 million, up from $102.79 millin a year earlier. It posted a net loss of $95 million, a slightly wider loss than a year earlier.

Appian: The software company based in Reston, Virginia focuses on business process management and has spoken to banks about an IPO in 2017, according to a source familiar with the matter. Appian could not be reached for comment.

Apttus: The software company based in San Mateo, California helps salespeople come up with pricing quotes for complex bundled products. The company told Reuters it is exploring an IPO for 2017. “Running the company without investment for our first seven years, totally bootstrapping, is another reason we feel very strongly about operating as a public, profitable company in the near future,” Apttus chief executive Kirk Krappe said. AppNexus: The New York-based advertising technology company, which makes software that forecasts and helps target online ads, filed confidentially for its IPO late this year, according to a source familiar with the matter. The company declined to comment. Avalara: Reuters has previously reported that U.S. tax accounting software company Avalara Inc interviewed banks late this year to help prepare for an IPO that could come in 2017 and value the company at roughly $1 billion. Carbon Black: The Boston area cyber security company has hired underwriters and filed confidentially for an IPO, according to the Wall Street Journal. The company could not be reached for comment. ForeScout Technologies Inc: Reuters previously reported that cyber security company ForeScout interviewed investment banks in the fall for an IPO. San Jose, California-based ForeScout makes software that helps companies monitor every device connected to their networks and ensure the connections are secure. Greenwave Systems Inc: Greenwave, which makes software that connects devices such as doorbells and televisions, hired Goldman Sachs to explore a 2017 IPO, its CEO said earlier this year. Irvine, California-based Greenwave is expecting to generate $100 million in revenue next year, a spokeswoman said. LogRhythm: The cyber security company selected bankers back in 2015 with an eye on a $1 billion-plus IPO in the second half of that year, but altered course when the market began to chill. In August, with an IPO still not in the immediate future, LogRhythm raised $50 million from private investors. The company’ s investors say it will go public when the IPO market opens back up. The company could not immediately be reached for comment.

MuleSoft: San Francisco-based applications software maker MuleSoft has hired banks for an IPO in 2017 that could value the company at more than $1 billion, according to a source familiar with the matter. MuleSoft declined to comment.

Pluralsight: Reuters reported in late 2015 that Pluralsight LLC, a startup that offers online courses on computer programming and software development, was preparing for an IPO in 2016 and had more than $85 million in revenue. Sources tell Reuters the company is still working towards an IPO. The company did not respond to a request for comment.

Okta: Reuters previously reported that Okta Inc, a U.S. cloud identity management company valued at $1.2 billion in its latest private fundraising round, has hired Goldman Sachs Group to lead an initial public offering or potential sale. Okta helps companies organize passwords and authenticate the identity of employees who log into work applications made by other software firms

Tintri: The flash storage company based in Mountain View, California is being closely watched as an IPO candidate in 2017. Earlier this year, it filed its paperwork confidentially for an IPO, according to Fortune. The company declined to comment.

Yext: Reuters previously reported that New York-based Yext, which helps businesses manage their location-based internet profiles, hired banks at the of 2016 to help prepare for a 2017 IPO. Yext generated $89 million in revenue in its last fiscal year, a 48 percent increase from a year prior. (Reporting by Liana B. Baker and Heather Somerville in San Francisco, and Lauren Hirsch in New York; Editing by Brian Thevenot)

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The Indian software products industry’s revenue to date—taken over the past five years—is valued at $6.1 billion. The disproportionate balance between domestic sales and exports notwithstanding ($4.2 billion and $1.9 billion, respectively), it has a promising future, unlike other segments of the information technology process management industry. Globally, this market is about $411 billion today. Fast-paced as it is, huge opportunities await Indian software products companies—approximately 5,000 of them—if the government can take appropriate steps now and usher in much-needed change. While the recent Draft National Policy on Software Products is noteworthy, here are a few suggestions which could yield better results.

Ease of doing business is essential. Numerous regulatory compliances can lead to unintended oversights. A single repository of all applicable laws, compliances and their associated processes would serve better.

A support framework for product development is required, as products upgrade or even relaunch for long-term sustainability. For undergoing testing and evaluation, investments in test beds is critical. In-house investments can be steep, and shared resources supported by the government should be the favoured approach. The need for facilitation cell(s) for technology transfer and licensing in paramount. In addition, the principles guiding tech transfer and licensing have undergone major shifts because of the Internet, and Indian companies should be prepared to enter into contracts under these new paradigms.

To address this, it is recommended that a joint initiative under the ministry of electronics and IT (MeitY) and the industry be undertaken, to facilitate acquisition and commercialization of technology. New technologies have led to standards and patent rules which are still nebulous to many ecosystem players, and it requires a high degree of sensitization. Hence, platforms need to be created to facilitate such discussions to also include interoperability, integration, scalability, cybersecurity, and provide assistance in building global partnerships and access to global best practices.

The talent requirement of product companies is unique. Future-ready products are expected to be developed based on the mere articulation of needs and specifications. Talent accelerator programmes in partnership with industry will help create industry-ready professionals from a wide-ranging resource pool of engineers and other graduates. In addition to the ubiquitous need for tech skills in high-end technologies, the need for country-specific language skills must also be emphasized. Strong business communication is an essential prerequisite and its deficit has an adverse impact on growth.

The software products policy should amplify the government’s start-up initiatives, not just replicate them for software product start-ups. For instance, a registry of software product start-ups being supported under various programs can be created (voluntarily); they can then be mentored in a targeted manner. Furthermore, incubators and accelerators need to be set up in other geographies to provide greater market accessibility to start-ups.

Also, the support schemes should not be restricted to product start-ups alone, but structured to benefit the product segment as a whole. Products require upgrades, new releases and technology changes almost every other year, as a rule. Heavy investment in R&D creates a dire need for a targeted scheme that will incentivize companies to develop new products.

Often, government procurement falls back on specifications with reference to the Gartner Magic Quadrant, or by referencing products/platforms by name. This leads to rigidity and filters out prospective Indian vendors. For the domestic market to mature, it is essential to have wider participation which could lead to better price discovery as well. Here, Nasscom’s product excellence matrix may be highlighted. It includes specific product features with an expanded outreach. The government, along with the directorate general of supplies, should evolve a software product purchase method, including a comparison framework, to help in decision making as the government increasingly relies on e-commerce platforms for purchases.

The fund of funds (Rs10,000 crore) should reside with MeitY, not the ministry of finance. This will expedite decision making and deployment. The early promise demonstrated by domestic products is encouraging, and an innovation fund should also be created to cater exclusively to resident Indians.

The exports market (software products) remains small, but there is no reason it should languish. Emerging Indian products require new geographies to build scale to get brand positioning right. An organization which will function like an export promotion council, but exclusively for products and innovative technologies, is a must. And it would be beneficial to set up helpdesks in Indian embassies/high commissions which would function as advisers on local laws and market information.

India is third in terms of the number of tech start-ups. We have more than a 50% share in outsourcing, but in software product exports, we feature among the also-rans. Mobile penetration, demographic dividend and our mastery of the offshore development model can catapult the nation forward—if we harness the next wave of growth.

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For anyone pursuing a career as a programmer, there are a lot of different options in terms of what coding language to focus on and gain proficiency in; the languages you end up learning should be dictated by what you want to create as a coder.

If you hope to focus on web development, strongly consider learning PHP as a tool to help you get jobs and fill out your skills as a coder. PHP is incorporated as a server-side programming language on over 80% of all websites where that information is known. And for the past few years, PHP has regularly been one of the top ten in-demand programming languages for careers, up with the likes of Java, Python, and iOS.

To those who are new to coding and hoping to learn a necessary skill, Udemy is currently offering a course entitled Introduction to PHP Programming Language that can help get you deeply familiar with PHP, as well as build a foundation of general programming knowledge to help you learn more languages moving forward.

Through a series of lectures and articles, students will learn the syntax of PHP and get a clearer picture of what the language is capable of, before moving on to working with arrays, defining loops, and learning object-oriented development. By the end of the course you’ll be ready to go out and pitch yourself as a PHP developer. With over 20,000 students enrolled and a 4.1/5 star rating, it clear that most are pleased with their investment.

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PHP instructional class PHP is a universally useful server-side scripting dialect which was intended for Web advancement to deliver dynamic Web pages.

Why would it be a good idea for you to learn PHP?
For making dynamic sites for taking care of huge databases i would prescribed it
What would I be able to do with php?
Make gatherings, email administrations picture facilitating locales unlimited potential outcomes
Significance of PHP Development:
PHP is an extremely prevalent scripting dialect utilized by the vast majority of the site designers to improve the capacities and appearance of the sites. It is mostly known to make dynamic pages. This programming dialect is essentially utilized for custom web arrangements. As it can be effortlessly blended with HTML, the vast majority of the web designers like to utilize this programming dialect. Also, it is very simple to use as it incorporates basic arrangements, strategies and components which can be gotten a handle on effortlessly by software engineers.

Points of interest of Web Development Using PHP In contrast with the other programming dialects, for example, ASP.Net and Java, PHP is utilized generally to create proficient sites. There are many advantages of utilizing this scripting dialect and the absolute most noteworthy points of interest incorporate the accompanying.
Expanded effectiveness and ease of use:
It offers unique ease of use and productivity when utilized for site advancement.
Information handling:
Any site which is created with the utilization of PHP capacities effortlessly and incorporates quick information preparing highlights.
What are the benefits of picking PHP?
PHP used to building up a sites and element pages by utilizing server-side scripting dialect. It has a few favorable circumstances:
PHP-“individual landing page” gives a reconciliation of broadly useful programming and web-advancement scripting dialect. It is suited for server-side web advancement, scripting and utilized by substantial segments of expert sites.

PHP can be utilized to create dynamic website pages server side scripting. The world renowned person to person communication site Face book is scripted in PHP. It can be utilized to build up the dynamic web applications and make portals for security and money related exchanges.
PHP can be utilized with HTML and other web systems. PHP is deciphered by a server side Common Gateway Interface and sends the translated and executed outcomes to customer or client through HTTP. The customer side UI can be made and made element.
PHP Development.
PHP is solid apparatus for make progressive and intelligent Web pages. This is open source innovation, keeps running on Apache web server which thus runs consistently on Windows, Linux, Solaris, and different other UNIX stages. Suncore
Favorable circumstances of PHP
Open source: It is produced and kept up by a huge gathering of PHP designers, this will helps in making a bolster group, plentiful augmentation library.
Intense library bolster: You can without much of stretch find utilitarian modules you need, for example, PDF, Graph and so on.
Worked in database association modules: You can interface with database effectively utilizing PHP, since numerous sites are information/content driven, so we will utilize database often, this will to a great extent lessen the improvement time of web applications.
Can be keep running on numerous stages, including Windows, Linux and Mac, it’s simple for clients to discover facilitating specialist organizations.

How Does PHP Work
The most imperative thing to comprehend is the contrast amongst HTML and PHP. In HTML you compose your code, sent it, and the client’s will therefore download that page alongside all the code. The program translates this code and demonstrates the client the page as you proposed it. At the end of the day HTML code goes to the client as it is and is translated by the program.
Be that as it may, with PHP it works distinctively in light of the fact that you don’t really download the code. What happens when client ask for a PHP page, the code in the asked for document is initially handled by the server, and you download the yield of the code (in HTML shape), rather than the entire code as may be.
With PHP the objective is to utilize the handling forces of the server to fabricate (typically) dynamic website pages. This implies in the event that you click “see source” on a PHP page, you don’t see the PHP codes – just essential HTML labels. Consequently, you can’t perceive how a PHP page is made by utilizing “see source”

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The world today seems to be powered by the internet. It’s growing and exploding at a phenomenal rate and it seems as if everyone is trying to benefit from it. So, be it individuals or businesses, going online has become a fad these days. Similarly, now websites have replaced TV and print to become the most popular way to absorb content. From knowledge to enrichment to entertainment, we turn to one or another kind of website to quench the never-ending appetite of being fed info and this has brought a lot of changes in the way the web world operates.

Earlier, websites were static in nature and users too were not sophisticated as their search for information was of mostly basic nature. Over the years, websites have gone through a massive swift and now they are less static and more dynamic in nature. And this is made possible by PHP – a server-side open source scripting language. This popular scripting language reflects the changing preferences of users in terms of accessing websites and absorbing content. It’s now used in more than 8 out of ten websites in the world which clearly speaks volume about the need of dynamic websites.

More so, using PHP helps you get more control over websites and this feature is not available elsewhere. Long scripts don’t trouble here as it needs just a few line of code to complete the same functions for which other languages involve long scripts. Since it’s an open source technology, editing things never remain a problem and its codes can be tweaked to serve a variety of purposes as well. Be it HTML, CSS or databases of any type, this scripting language is compatible with them to deliver efficiency of the highest order. Similarly, it is away from any restriction in terms of code and tag order in documents.

Further, PHP does not ask you to manage and keep an eye on the right placement of code in the document. Likewise, it’s 100% free, saves businesses from buying any expensive licenses and enables economical way to build a site. And not to forget, it’s has a huge community online and any issue is solved with ease and any help is just a click away. Given so many benefits associated with this scripting language, it’d be a surprise if you did not trust and hire only the best PHP development company to realize your online goals.