subject: Open-Source Web Development: Catering to the Demands for Cost-effective and Robust Web Applications [print this page] Open-Source Web Development: Catering to the Demands for Cost-effective and Robust Web Applications
Web based development currently forms a major chunk of the requests met by software development companies. The demands for web application development as well as websites development are quite high. New developments in the World Wide Web such as ecommerce and e-learning have further fuelled the demand for dynamic and feature-rich applications. While ecommerce applications are required to make online shopping viable, an e-learning application turns the web into a virtual classroom environment. And software developers all around the world are working constantly to offer clients with cost-effective yet powerful solutions that will further empower online businesses. And since many of the online players are small to medium level business owners, the onus is on reducing the cost of development. And in this endeavor, open source software applications come across as feasible option. Since these software apps are license-free, open source web applications development is much cheaper.
Talking about open source web based development, the software development companies have staff dedicated to open source consulting and development. And DotNetNuke consulting is one of the most common services offered by these companies. DotNetNuke or simply DNN is a framework for website development. It offers a CMS which can be extended and customized by using modules, skins, language packs, data providers, as well as template. You can have your website entirely developed with DNN or go for development of customized DNN modules which can be integrated into your current website. The DNN experts can also install a set of modules to make your site search engine friendly, improve its navigation, and upgrade its blogging platform.
Another popular open source content management system and web application framework is Joomla. Written in PHP, Joomla comes with features including page caching, news flashes, RSS feeds, polls, blogs, search, calendars, language internationalization and many more. Its features can be extended with hundreds of plug-ins some of which are available for free download. Joomla application development is preferred for its flexibility, simplicity, robust and customizable properties. The cost of open source development can be further brought down by outsourcing your projects to offshore based application development companies.
