PixelCrayons was extremely professional

Pixelcrayons Team is totally in tune with workflow reminiscent of days gone by. Pixelcrayons impressed us with their excellent, systematic and organized work on our mobile app development. It was a pleasure to work and interact with them.

– Andy Parker

PixelCrayons was recommended by a friend

PixelCrayons was a strong recommendation from a professional friend. We were in an immediate need of an interactive website. We are satisfied with the working approach of the team. The support given by the PixelCrayons team was unmatched. Hiring PixelCrayons was great a decision for our team.

– David Morgan

 

Node.js Stable Release Reviews

Eight years ago, May 27, 2009, is consider as a revolution for JavaScript. On this day Node.JS was released making web application development unify around a single programming language instead of depending upon different languages for writing server side script.

Node.js being an open source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment for executing JavaScript code server has changed the historical use of JavaScript for client side scripting. Earlier in JavaScript, scripts written were embedded in a webpage’s HTML, which use to run only client side in user’s web browser. In short, Node.js has facilitated JavaScript to be used for server side scripting which is further going to produce dynamic web page content before it is forwarded to the user web browser. Now don’t get mistaken by the name Node.js, here [.js] is not the extension fo the node but it’s a product name given to “Node.js”.

Node.js Stable Release
As on 15th June, 2015 Node.js 8.1.2 stable version was released.

Features Review of Node.js

• Asynchronous and event driven

Asynchronous means non blocking, in Node.js API calls are all non-blocking. Now it has an event mechanism which helps Node.js to get a response from previous API call while the service moves to next API call. In short, this Node based server never waits for an API to return data.

• Fast

As Node.js is built on Google Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine, it is very fast at the execution of codes.In short, it is super fast and compiles Java code into machine level code. A code which is readable by whatever hardware or operating system it’s being run upon.

• Single threaded but highly scalable model

Node.js use a single thread program which provides much larger requests as compared to traditional servers. Event looping of Node.js helps the server to respond in a non-blocking way.

• No buffering

Node.js applications never buffer any data, they just output the data in Chunks.

• License

Node.js is licensed under MIT.As per these

As per these features, Node.js has become so popular for creating APIs. it is reviewed best on the basis of following points:

• JSON all the time today

JavaScript Object Notation being practical and widely popular data exchange format has enabled JavaScript developers to quickly construct APIs etc.

• JavaScript is everywhere

Node.js being fast enough so it is more compatible with Google’s V8 engine. JavaScript event mechanism is in a straightforward way. Other languages too have their own mechanism for their own event systems. But they make a particular kind of performance mistake that is not entertained in JavaScript.

• Human Migration

Biggest force that is migrating towards javaScript is human as they have to do less mental switching between a Web browser and a server. To run the code in a uniform way between client and server they have unified the environment. This has simplified the model leading to increased productivity.

• Sharing

You can easily share packages of library code technically, culturally, legally and procedurally. But one thing to keep in mind, you can share code under the MIT license to make the cross-pollination of the code worry-free from an intellectual property perspective.

• Batteries not included

You have Node.js application and Node.js core, nd they are broken into small modules that can be shared and composed. Th kind of carefree nature of creating module also encourages experimentation in the community.

 

PHP Stable Release Review

Hypertext Preprocessor is a server-side scripting language. Server-Side Scripting is a technique which employs script on a web server further producing a customised response to a client’s request made to the website.

PHP is open source scripting language used globally. PHP being introduced in 1994 by Rasmus Lerdorf have upgraded many versions till now. Initially, PHP was used to track online visitors on the web. Now it has many advanced features. Let’s start with is latest stable release.

PHP Stable Release
On 8th June 2017 PHP 7.1.6 version was released. Every software has a life cycle with different stages ranging from its initial development to its eventual release. It includes updated versions to help improve software fix bugs. The stable release is all about security updates. Before that, all new features are tested and bugs are fixed so that previous limitations are overcome.

Basics about PHP
Earlier PHP was called Personal Homepage and now it’s called Hyper Text Preprocessor.
A PHP file can contain text, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP codes. These all are languages.

• Talking about its extension, it is “.PHP”
• For the execution of PHP code, a web browser is necessary as all PHP codes are executed on a server.
• In PHP compilation is not required as it is an interpreted language.
• As mentioned above also, its a server side scripting language.
• Being faster than asp and jsp, it is considered more.

Features

• Void Function
  Now you can set voidas return type of a function.
• Nullable types
  just like C++ and Java, you can easily return null from a function.
• Symmetric array destructuring
  Now you have better alternative to list syntax, you can use array syntax to destructure array assignment. This can be used in a foreach statement for assignment.
• Class constant visiblity
  Now you can use access modifiers with a constant variable within the class to handle its visibility accross the project.
• Iterable pseudo type
  A new pseudo type has been introduced that is same as callable. It can be used in parameter and return type.
• Multi catch exception handling
  By the name suggest now you can catch more than one exceptions in a single catch.
• Support for keys in a list
  By using a list function you can now specify keys while creating a list.
• Support for negative string offsets
  You can use negavtive offsets for string manipulation and also, you can use simple varibale parsing syntax inside string.And many more.

Why to go for PHP web developer ?
PHP is reviewed good because with the introduction of PHP 7.1, PHP has stepped forward towards new transformation completing in full force with other languages. 82% odf websites use PHP as a server side scripting language.

• 82% of websites use PHP as a server side scripting language.
• MySql is also supported under PHP database.
• PHP is unbeatable at security.
• PHP also provides third party library support and framework.

 

Magento 2.1.6 Reviews

Magento 2.1.6 Stable release ( 11th April 2017)
Magento 2.1.6 is much better than 2.1.5 as it has been updated with 15 major enhancements. Let’s go through following reviews highlights in this release.

Enhanced performance of the category page
You can see the difference in

• Five times faster loading of configurable products from the database.
• Even price calculations are 3-5% faster in the latest version.
• 20% faster stock validation.

Excellent optimisation of image resizing

• Now you can generate images of all sizes from image resize option performed from the command line interface.
• Image resize option from the admin side is fixed.
• When the image is processed on the frontend the number of file system operations will decrease.
• Depending on your store size, caching of image metadata is up to 50% faster now.

Enhancement of layered navigation

• Due caching of attribute option layered navigation has become 3% fast.
• Indexing of operations is minimised after product import.

Other Functional fixes of Magento

Catalog

• I hope you are well aware of category_product_entity table. Here’s a good new that Magento no longer locks that table.This is going to serve best as the related number of timeouts occurring during indexing etc will be reduced.
• Now storefront will display images that Magento resizes during product save operation, rather than resizing the products on the storefront.

Configurable products

• Magento is now able to run the check of readiness for sale of configuring product has become faster now.
• Also, Magento no longer calculates the configurable product price on the category page.

Indexers

If you enable update on Schedule, Magento will run a selective partial re-indexing operation after import.

Import

Unhappy is with a disorganised manner of displaying images? now Magento displays imported product images in an organised manner. First, it will show the base image, then additional images in listed order of CVS file.

Miscellaneous

• Magento has improved its performance by reducing the number of queries to the database.
• Unnecessary file check operations have no longer being performed by Magento.
  Earlier, it use to take too long to to read the images for metadata loading but now Magento caches images metadata.

It is Reviewed that, Magento being so flexible, high at performance is loved by world’s biggest brands as today’s buying patterns are changing every second.

 

Java 8 Update 131 CPU Reviews by PixelCrayons

Java 8, the latest version contains new features with new enhancements and bugs fixing commands to enhance efficiency to run Java programs. As per the reviews and feedback, a new release of Java 8 was first made available to the developers for testing before making it available on Java.com for the users.

Enhancements to Java 8

• Lambda expression and Virtual Extension Methods– This feature is a highlighting feature of Java SE8.
• Date and Time API- API feature will help developers to handle date and time in more understandable, cleaner and natural way.
• Nashhorn JavaScript Engine-This is a new lightweight feature with excellent performance also available to Java application via APIs.
• Improved Security-An excellent replacement to manually maintained caller ID list.(Read examples here)

 

With many more new features, Java 8 is reviewed as more efficient for developers as well as users. With the release of Java 8, web development quality has also been improved. As per PixelCrayons Web Development team:

Why most websites fail?

• Wrong Programming Language Choice– For a business website a robust language and customised web development service is a need.
• Ignorance of Mobile Optimisation and Theme Customisation- Now only a programming will help but for excellent web development, one should have quick mobile accessibility. Java 8 is upgraded keeping in mind the quickness in loading time.
• Low-level security- Security is a key factor is taken care in Java 8 so as to secure business revenues and reputation.
• Low Search Engine ranking- Suppose some are searching for reviews, feedback, Complaints or Testimonials of your website and If your SEO is low, it will directly affect your website traffic.

Keeping in mind all these points Java 7 has been updated to Java 8, with more enhanced features.

Angular JS Reviews

What is Angular JS?
Angular JS is a Java-Script-based open source front-end web application framework which is maintained by Google and many individuals and corporations to handle challenges encountered in developing it.

What does open source Front end mean?
Open source software is a computer software in which its source code is available but with a license to the users. In this a copyright holder providers rights to its users to change, study and distribute the software to others.

The stable release of Angular JS?
1.6.4 on 31st March 2017.

Why Angular JS?
You can use HTML for static documents, but for dynamic views in web-applications, you want to overcome those flatter looks. Angular JS will let you extend your HTML vocabulary for that application. For featured rich scalable and secure web apps, you can opt for Angular JS, as it is capable of catering complex business requirements.

Why not other alternatives?
This is mainly because it is designed for dynamic views, not for static views. For that, you have to first choose between dynamic or static.

Angular JS extensibility?
Angular JS is a framework most suited for application development. And it is fully extensible and works excellent with others. With Angular JS every feature can be modified or replaced to fit your workflow and features needs.

Client Testimonial

Working with PixelCrayons has been a great experience. The team is highly cooperative with the project and all of it’s minor requirements.

Professional and innovative staff

PixelCrayons has a very professional and innovative staff. They were able to provide high quality solutions that were desperately needed. We approached PixelCrayons with several different projects, all in which needed to be completed within a demanding deadline. They were able to to perform all tasks requested and was flexible throughout the process. I highly recommend PixelCrayons, and look forward to our continued relationship.

Review from a client for PixelCrayons

PixelCrayons did an amazing job. Very prompt, precise, and professional. They stepped up to all of my requests and was able to complete them swift and timely. Above and beyond what I was expecting in terms of communication, quality of work and professionalism. I highly recommend them for any web developing services and will be going through them again for all future projects!