Google’s Android mobile platform is at the forefront of smartphone technology and increasing in popularity at an amazing rate. Android has helped Google become a significant competitor to Apple, and the differences between Android and iOs are what draws many people to Android. It’s openness in allowing more Applications and allowing more control over the operating system attract many users to Android.
Fragmentation, in our context, is when an application splits into many different versions or branches.
As an example, Google’s Android is constantly accused if being heavily fragmented, which detracts from the user experience. Android, and many different versions of it, are installed on literally hundreds of different devices. The large number of variations does present problems for development, carrier software releases, Android developers, and to a small extent end-users. (more…)
Since the introduction of the Android OS by Google, there has been tons of hoopla about what Android is, what Android does, and what sets it apart. These aspects of Android have been manipulated and misconstrued by the media, and subsequently by the public, resulting in a poor understanding of what Android is. (more…)
“Deprecated” is a term used in programming to describe when a function or other feature should no longer be used.
Because of the fact that the term “deprecated” is fairly industry-specific to programming, we choose instead to call it “decapitated”. We think this is a more accurate description.
“Deprecated ” is often used in PHP because of he numerous iterations PHP has gone through. PHP describes many functions as deprecated because they were used in PHP 4 but were dumped in PHP 5. PHP also has many significant upgrades between version – subversions that have many more differences than average. PHP 5.3 is a great example of this, but there are many more significant sub-versions. (more…)
Some people ask “How do I use PHP and MySQL to create a mobile app?”.
You might be asking this because you are a programmer who wants to streamline their apps as much as possible and put some of the workload on your server. Maybe you are new to programming and want to use your newly honed PHP/MySQL skills. Or may you are a business manager who doesn’t want your programmers to waste a bunch of time learning new languages. (more…)
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