We have come a long way from static websites to modern and engaging web applications that look and feel like desktop applications. Better known as Rich Internet Applications (RIA), these web applications offer a slick and highly interactive user experience.

Javascript, the “glue of client-side web page programming”, has been the most popular web development language all throughout. Its capacity to deliver and meet the development demands while providing a simple and quick learning curve makes it stand out as a dominant language.

jQuery, a Javascript library, is a popular choice amongst web developers given its ease of use and ability to perform. Apart from being used for DOM manipulation, jQuery helps to bring “richness” into web applications through events, animations and effects. It also provides a cleaner way to perform AJAX calls which contribute to the “dynamics” of RIAs.

AngularJS is a Javascript framework brought to us by Google for building complex client-side applications. Why AngularJS from the plentiful stack of available frameworks and plugins?

• Angular is built and maintained by highly talented Google engineers which guarantees efficient and reliable code.
• There is also a large open community to seek help or learn from. Widespread adoption of AngularJS by the web community also projects it as a viable option.
• Angular also provides a range of features that ease data-driven web application development. These include extension of HTML vocabulary, modular approaches, RESTful interfaces, data-first architectures, rich set of library functions, unit testing amongst others.
• Last but not least, getting up and running with AngularJS is easy and quick! Check out apps built using Angular here.

Knowledge7 offers a quality Rich Internet Application Development training course to all those who want to discover and harness the true potential of RIAs. Our training will run over five consecutive Tuesdays from 9:00 to 16:00 in our training center in Quatre-Bornes as from 15 October 2013.

We provide participants with all required training material as well as all the software which are going to be used free of charge.

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Knowledge7 organised the first of its series of free technology meetups, Driving business forward with Social Networks, Mobile & Cloud technologies, on Friday 18 January 2013. This event took place at Burrenchobay Hall at the University of Mauritius with an audience consisting of marketing executives, IT professionals, lecturers and students.

With the widespread adoption of social networks and mobile & cloud technologies by users, it is crucial to review conventional business operations and long-term strategies. During this seminar, the Knowledge7 speakers attempted to show ways these technologies can drive innovation and grow business.

Driving your business forward using Mobile and Cloud Technologies

Avinash Meetoo, Founder of Knowledge7, explained how to integrate mobile and cloud technologies into day-to-day business activities to save time. Smartphones and tablets allow businesses to deliver their services anytime anywhere, quickly and efficiently. He also showed ways for businesses to shift towards cloud technologies whether Software, Platform or Infrastructure as a Service (SaaS/PaaS/IaaS).

Driving your business forward using Enterprise Applications Development

Jean-Marc Desvaux, Head of Information Systems at General Construction, explained how choosing the correct Enterprise Application Framework can make a business more resilient to a changing environment. Issues such as the technology to be used, the kind of skills needed, and long-term strategic issues were addressed. Jean-Marc explained how Oracle ADF is used at General Construction to build mission-critical software solutions.

Driving your business forward using Social Networks and Digital Marketing

Darshana Seetah, Trainer and Developer at Knowledge7, explained the emerging role of the Digital Marketer. Given that a growing number of Mauritians use social networks, she explained how businesses can leverage this opportunity for better communication, branding, marketing and sales. The multiple roles of a digital marketer were enumerated: from content creation to social media engagement, from search engine optimisation to the use of analytics to maximise return on investment. The shift from conventional to digital marketing was seen as crucial to today’s business.

To help marketing and IT departments achieve their objectives, Knowledge7 is launching two new courses in February:

• Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) will help businesses increase traffic to their websites by improving their rankings on popular search engines.
• Facebook Application Development will help businesses create interactive and immersive Facebook applications to better engage with customers. Participants should know the PHP programming language.

Both courses are MQA-approved. Many other courses in Digital Marketing, Linux Administration, Mobile Development, Web Development and Communication are also on offer in 2013. Call Knowledge7 on +230 5834-9001 for more information and to book your seats.