We’ve seen effective use of dashboards with various applications. Dashboard shows the summary of the entire system operations in just one page. In addition, they make your application look cool and more interactive with use of graphs and charts. So now its your turn to create a dashboard for your killer app, here are some tips to make it more effective.

I’m a Spring fan, but I decided not to use Spring in our recent project because I don’t want bulky jar files in our application but I wanted to have spring-like configuration. So, I’ve decided to write my own dependency injection code in less than 50 lines of code!! To simplify dependency injection, I’ve taken out most of the advanced configuration features and…

Last October, 21, 2008, ideyatech celebrated its Anniversary at the Texas Roadhouse Grill at El Pueblo Real de Manila, Pasig City. The celebration was done in conjunction with the company’s 4th Quarter General Assembly. Ideyatech has noticeably grown in size, we are now 27 staff strong from 7 last year. Included are the second batch of J2EE trainees.

As recommended by Yahoo on YSlow - tip #1: Make fewer HTTP request and tip #10: Minify javascript- we aim to implement these tips on all our projects with minimal head-ache. While these recommendations are truly useful, implementing them can be quite tedious and challenging. Consider having to maintain multiple min versions of the javascript and…

An important consideration with web site design is navigation. Users and prospective customers who visit your site would want to easily find their way around, or else they leave. If you have an online business, you would want to generate as much traffic to your website as possible and make as many sales. However, this [...]

Analysis of website architecture used to be simply organizing the information and contents into a logical presentation such that any user can easily navigate your site. The good old way is to follow the standard website category structure as follows:

Home
Products and Services
Portfolio / Clients
News / Events
About Us

However, this is so old, dull and 90s. Most [...]

Here is a list of questions that should be asked to the client during the initial interview for a web design project.
Management

What is the main objective of the site? How about secondary objectives?
Who will be the owner or webmaster of the site?
Who are the primary content experts?
Is there a budget allocated for the site? If [...]

Web site templates can help you get a start on your online business. With the emergence of the Internet, it is not uncommon for a business to have its own web site. In fact, most businesses now have their own web sites, and many even conduct their businesses online. However, before you bring your business [...]