Cross-Platform Application Development

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Cross-Platform Development tools

As a well known fact, our today’s world is changing, constantly trying to acquire new technologies, approaches, and attitudes. And the reason for that is the desire to satisfy the demands of the contemporary society. We can easily state that this is the era of computers and mobile devices which certainly has been affecting the modern business policy. Therefore, in this post we would like to touch upon cross-platform development tools, as an irreplaceable aspect of adapting to the current conditions of the market.

That is why, we sorted out 7 incredible representatives which will definitely captivate your attention by its amazing features and the ability to utilize web-application development tools. Continue Reading

Testing Magento 2: MTF And Various Test Types

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Magento 2 Testing, Magento 2 Testing Framework

Magento 2 has been released, so we are trying to dig more useful materials related to the new version of the popular ecommerce platform. This time, our attention has been drawn to Alan Kent’s article related to Magento 2 testing, so we’ve also decided to cover this topic on the Firebear blog. For those developers willing to improve the quality of their Magento 2 projects, testing is mandatory; therefore, we propose you to examine the following Magento 2 guide, which is based on the aforementioned article, the official documentation, as well as our own experience related to both the Magento 2 platform and testing.

UPD (11.02.16): Magento 2 code katas and Getting your hands dirty testing Magento 2

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Node.js vs Java

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Node.js and Java

You must have noticed that due to recent discussions over Node.js competitiveness, we have been comparing it to other programming languages to find out what contemporary developers should learn and subsequently work with. Therefore, we have made up our mind to talk about advantages of creating web-applications with the assistance of Node.js and Java. Continue Reading