subject: Open Source Web-based Development: For Economical And Robust Web Applications Development [print this page] The World Wide Web is constantly evolving and has witnessed many high reaching developments in recent years. And one of these developments is the advent of e-learning portals. A website can be made to support a learning environment with the use of an E-learning application. With such applications, a trainer can make and assign lessons, interact in a virtual environment with the students or trainees and even arrange a web video conference. The takers of e-learning concepts have now expanded from educational institutions to corporate enterprises which use the online learning environment to give training to staffs that are remotely based. And with the popularity of E-learning concept increasing, the onus is on web application development companies to come out with new and improved e-learning applications which will make the e-learning environment even more viable. And in this endeavor, developers find open source website and web application frameworks of great help. And with open source web solutions being cheaper, they come across as an economical option for hundreds of small to medium level E-learning businesses.
DotNetNuke is one of the popular open source web application frameworks which can be used to develop websites which are dynamic and interactive. Hence it is also suited for developing e-learning websites. It comes with a fully functional content management system which features and functionalities can be expanded through creation of customizable modules. DotNetNuke consulting services are offered by many companies which specialized in open source web based development. They offer their services in developing website with DotNetNuke, upgrading and existing website with DotNetNuke, customizing DotNetNuke modules, DotNetNuke configuration and installation.
Joomla is another open source CMS and web application framework which has found popular acceptance with the programmers, publishers, as well as the end-users. It comes with many utility features which include RSS feeds, news flashes, polls, calendars, blogs, page caching etc. Moreover there are hundreds of downloadable plug-ins which can extend the features and functionalities of Joomla. No wonder Joomla website development is offered by maximum of web application development agencies. Many such service providers are also available in offshore countries such as India.
