Blog Category: programming

How will open source programming affect the future of web applications

08 July 2011

Open source programming is going to affect all aspects of future of web applications for the simple reason that it has thrown open the door to everybody who has a little knowledge about it, to get involved in the development of them.

Whereas before a lot of time and money were spent developing new programs, today with open source programming the knowledge that has been gained is shared with everyone who has access to the Internet.

These people are part of a community that can then develop the information which is freely given to them on the Web. One thing it has done for certain is cut down the costs of future development for those who were initially involved in creating programs in the first place.

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What is drupal and why is it so great

19 June 2011

In simple terms Drupal is a very powerful Content Management system which costs nothing to use. The best thing about Drupal is that it is supported by many web hosts and can be used for personal websites or for those of corporate businesses.

Anyone who chooses to use this free software package can publish, manage and organize the content of their websites and many thousands of people and corporate businesses are now enjoying all the benefits of powering their sites with Drupal.

It takes no time at all to build both internal and external facing websites without having to get involved with any custom programming whatsoever. The beauty of it is that you can use the multi-site configuration so you are not limited to just one website when you use Drupal. One single download and you can have as many websites as you want.

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