6 Crucial Stages of Software Testing Life Cycle

“Software Testing” is a vital part of software development. It is the stage where any kind of software application is tested to have a better quality results before it is delivered to the users in the market. So, for the testers it is important to have a good knowledge of Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).

How to Prepare and Submit a WordPress Plugin

Plugins make our life easier to build a WordPress website faster and easier. Plugins extend the functionality of the default WordPress engine that does offer a lot of feature out of box. All layout and style related code should be in WordPress themes which is another topic in itself. But when you need features that

Pandora Releases Official App for Windows Phone 8

[contentad align=right]Pandora Release App for Windows Phone 8 Pandora is a personal radio service that gives you access to the music you love anytime anywhere, all you have to do is search for one of your favorite artist and Pandora will create a custom station that will play similar tracks. Android and iOS users might

Microsoft Surface Keyboard and Hardware Start button not responding

I have been quite happy with the Microsoft Surface RT Device and the overall Windows 8 experience. Being a Windows 8 developer, i find it a very intuitive experience to working with Windows 8. But not all users are developers so an end users experience with Windows 8 does matter if Windows 8 really has

Win8 RT – Activation of the app for the Windows.Launch contract failed

While submitting an update to my existing windows 8 RT app I ran into a problem which was very weird. The only message I could see when I launched the app from the Surface RT was from the Event Viewer. Here is the error that was logged in the event viewer with Event ID: 5961

Windows 8 Design Style Principles at Philly Code Camp 2012

Over the weekend I attended Philly Code Camp where over 700 attendees were present with sponsors like Microsoft, Apprenda, Infragistics to name a few. It was one of the well-organized events I attended. You can read more about the event and event organizers at http://phillydotnet.org There was a great lineup of Microsoft Technology speakers with

Generic Method to Create and Execute Parameterized SQL Query in .NET 4.0

Now days, developers think and talk in terms of best practice and performance. When it comes to a debate of inline v/s parametrized SQL queries, Parametrized queries were preferred over inline queries, in terms of performance as they do avoid parsing, compile etc., by caching query plans each time the query is executed. It also

How To Get Started With Android Development – Part 1

Android, this curious term have been used to describe humanoid like robots that would be able to do things better than actual humans with no possible cause for exhaustion. Through the years though, technology allowed us to develop and shift this term into referring something that would prove to be more useful for us humans

How to Become a Better WordPress Developer

There are many factors that come to play in determining your level of success as a WordPress developer. It is no secret that becoming a top notch WordPress developer requires a lot of hard work to acquire the right skills. Becoming the best also requires a combination of factors that enable one to go beyond

How to Make Your Windows 8 Applications Responsive to Visual States

One thing you should always remember when developing windows 8 applications is to make your layout designs flexible so they can adapt to all supported view states. Applications will not be used by a set number of people with the same preferences. They might use your app in landscape or portrait mode, there are times