How to Get the Advanced Features and Benefit of PHP..

PHP was developed by Rasmus Lendoff which means Personal Home Page Language. Since then this become one of the most intuitive open source programming language which is used to develop the dynamic pages in the website and to add other dynamic contents as well. At the later stage to improve it further when the new team was formed and the new parser as written and the new PHP version which was 3.0 was released. In reality PHP 3 was the first improvement towards PHP improvement. In addition a lot of bugs were fixed and also redesigned the PHP core and abbreviation changes to PHP Hypertext Preprocessor.

It is most popular server side scripting language running at this time. It is also used in developing the dynamic web pages which interact with the users offering customized information. PHP offers many advantages such as it is very fast, very secure and very easy to use open source programming language. Resmus Lerdorf wrote the first PHP scripts as a series of Perl scripts that track the visitors to the web pages. He originally writes PHP as a scripting engine and later added the support to it. The community of the PHP was then increased day by day.

One of the best feature of PHP is that it is a server side scripting language and the PHP codes are directly integrated into the HTML so when users browse the website the integrated code execute automatically. Simplicity is the key of PHP. As it is very easy to learn and understand. Also the PHP also runs on various platforms such as Windows, Unix, Mac etc. Additionally, PHP does not consume a lot of system resources so it can be executed very fast and doesn't slow down any process. It uses Apache module so it runs very easily as it is written in the C language. It runs with other softwares and is very fast. Even though it is open source the programming language is very stable, in case any bug ever occur the PHP community is always available to fix any bugs / errors and help in further expanding the code.

As far as security features are concerned, the features can be adjusted.ini files, there are many features such as CSRF protection, XSS protection, Forms filtering and validation, database based session, ACL support etc. Another good feature of PHP is its ability to connect. So it can easily be connected by the various databases. In addition it is very easy for the developers to write their own extension and compile them into the executable and they can make their own executable and load them into the loading mechanism. If we talk about various server interfaces then the PHP has numerous server interfaces, and many other modules which are available. One of the main advantages is the community that is available is the community who is willing to share their open source projects, and there are many chances that the another community member has worked on something similar. So in this way you can also share your code that can be used by the other users here.

PHP enables very fast implementation of the solutions which are very complex. The benefit is that the sooner the application enters into the market the higher is the competitive advantage you have. The popularity of the PHP is very enormous that the number of the resources in offline and online is very continuous and it grows at a fast pace. No matter what is your requirement it is most likely that someone has already worked on it. If we talk about the various available CMS in the market such as Joomla, Wordpress in that case most of the scripts are modified only by using the coding in PHP. One can easily edit the CSS customize the complete design if they have the knowledge of the PHP.

After the availability of the PHP based CMS the control for the admin become very simple. Now admin can easily control the contents from the backend of the website. Now once the website is developed the admin can easily edit, add, move the content without having the technical knowledge of the PHP. In addition, many plugins, scripts themes are freely available which made it even more easy for use and them moderate at the later stage. This is the magic of PHP server side scripting language.

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Time and Material Model- An outsourcing Engagement

If we say the two words together “Time” And “Material”. What is the first thing that comes in mind? Or I should say how can we actually relate these two words? Answers to these questions provide us with a concept which is used for engagement, not only in IT industry but in many other areas.

If we relate the two words; we come out with an understanding about the output of material with respect to time. So output or material is dependent on the time the person contributes towards that work. Considering this as a concept it is an engagement model where the resources are paid according to the time they work on a particular project.

I feel it makes us clear about the concept of Time and Material Model. In this model a particular amount is fixed per hour and payment term are on hourly basis. There is no fixed timeline in such kind of engagements, as there is nothing fixed about the work that is to be done.

Let’s understand it more clearly by listing out some important features of this model.

Features:

· Both Vendor and client agree on Per Hour rate.

· Maintenance of Time-Sheet for recoding of working hours.

· Approval of Time-Sheet by the client before billing or Invoicing.

· Sometimes minimum hours of utilization are also mentioned by the Vendor so that fixed cost can be   

   covered.

· This model is mainly used where scope of the project is not defined.

After having clear understanding of the concept as well as the feature list of the model, our focus comes on how this model can help the Client or the Vendor by using this engagement. By this we mean is the advantages that Client or vendor can get from this type of engagement-

Advantages:

·  Client gets the flexibility of revising the work during the period of execution.

·  Client gets regular work reports.

·  Workflow becomes smooth by effective and continuous communication.

·  Project Control is better in such model.

·  Processes are customized as per client needs.

·  Increased Transparency

·  Cost Effectiveness

·  Delivery timelines are customized

·  Management of Team size is flexible

·  Flexibility in working hours

·  Flexibility for enhancement in scope.

·  Contribution from an employee in a project can be easily evaluated.

·  Realistic patterns as per Client’s advantage.

·  Adoption of methodologies is according to the client.

As we see above this model of engagement provides the client with too many advantages, however at the same time it also have disadvantages with it. Considering it must be used with the right project, it can be very advantageous but at the same time it may be very costly if taken with a project that is not actually compatible with this model. We can say it a model with “Terms and conditions”. We will surely be discussing about these terms and conditions but before that I feel it’s better if we get to know about some flaws that this model brings with itself.

Disadvantages:

· Every Billing includes the profit.

· This model is good for small Projects.

· Only standard SDLC Projects.

· Client controls the Budget(A disadvantage for Vendor)

· Cost control is difficult

Now, after discussing the disadvantages of this model lets come back to the terms and conditions that I mentioned earlier. By these terms and conditions, I meant the conditions under which this model can be advantageous i.e. the projects for which such model of engagement should be chosen.

 When to use:

· Requirements not clear

· Project is too big that is for several months

· High flexibility in the scope

· Tailoring of the project processes are required

· Resources are required to be controlled

· When the complexity is avoided and Simplicity is required.

· Dedicated team required.

So after discussing every single area or I should say everything in detail about where it help ,when it should be used and where it can be disadvantageous, we come up with certain key points which are as  conclusion of our above discussions.

· Time and material model is model in which resource is paid according to the time worked on a project

· It’s advantageous but limited to certain type of project such as long term projects where requirement is not   

   fixed.

· It may be disadvantageous if used with a wrong project.

There are other types of engagement models such as Fixed price Model, Dedicated development model etc. with their advantages and disadvantages. OTS Solution is a well-known Software Development Company, we are providing PHP Application Development, PHP development Outsourcing to all its prestigious customers to support and boost up their online ventures with credibility and commitment.

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Software Outsourcing Market: Ukraine

The demolition of the great Soviet Union made a vast country with a huge plane of IT science separated into little bricks. Nowadays, despite Russia's growth into the world Offshore Software Development market, Ukraine keeps showing a significant role here too. There are several basics for this. Ukraine always was a knowledge technical area of the USSR. No wonder, the information technology education was and still is one of the popular and knowledge respective educations in this region.
It's clear, Ukrainian students be successful in international contests, and proves right professionalism and ability to enter a software business life immediately, hence, to play the first swindle in the labor market. So the governments of European countries promote Ukrainian software programmers to come his country and to work there. European country Germany is the most excellent example of a country that appreciate all pros and cons of Ukrainian software professional.
Another one important issue is the cost of working person involve in IT industries. In Ukraine, natural hourly rates for software programmers are $10-$15. Although the labor costs are little bigger compare than Indian software development cost , the cost are still 1.5 times lesser than Russian software person cost ones and several times much lesser than American software companies or European companies costs. If you think the high stage of professionalism and responsibility, then you put in a European mind and timing zone, plus point as a speaking fluent English of the most of IT people, you realize that Ukraine is that happy medium each company looks for. Hence, many companies that outsource have already realized it.