Praneeth's Blog

Here is my iteration 3 review of Team Extreme.

Strengths/Comments:
1. Now this is what I call a great mashup of all the resources. Like always I did in the previous iteration, I really liked your website.
2. Discussion Group is a good addition. Adding a user input feature adds a good value to the website.
3. I guess I have written this earlier in my review but I wanna repeat it again. I loved the way you have integrated google calender to show the schedule.

Idea for the future: Well you have included all the services and features you can. I cant think of anything that I can suggest you. Keep the website up and running!!

-Praneeth

Here is my iteration 3 review of MCubed.

Strengths/Comments:
1. A pretty neat mashup. I like indeed search a lot, it is an efficient way of searching for something.
2. I remember you had just 10 jobs to display in the iteration2. Providing more jobs to display is a great addition.
3. See results by City is again a good addition from the last iteration

Idea for the future: If possible you can reduce the number of lines you wrote to describe about the website in the home page. You could write more about your mashup in the "about" page. You also have scope to improve the "See Results By City" feature.

-Praneeth

Here is my Iteration 3 review of myfavoriteplaces.

Strengths/Comments:
1. Very Easy Functionality and easy to understand what your website is all about. No intro needed.
2. The layout of the page is very good.
3. Your rss feed looks really cool. Great Job with that!!

Idea for the future: If possible you should ask the first time user to see the website before asking him to login straight away.

-Praneeth

Here is my iteration3review of team HacknMash.

This is the link I have used for review.

Strengths/Comments:
1. Your iteration 2 and iteration 3 are like south and north pole. You have made a such a good progress.
2. The mashup is just wonderful and the way you have incoporated the map in little window is cool.
3. The controls are easy and simple to use which is most essential for your target audience.

Idea for the Future: May be you should include the directions( to and from) too in that window if possible in the future that would be of real help to the users.

-Praneeth.

Here is my Iteration 3 Review of Map Your Buddies.

I have used this Link for my review.

Strengths/Comments:
1. Very Neat Functionality.
2. I Liked the way you have used Amazon API.
3. Very Large and Specific Target Audience.

Idea for the Future:
May be add some other API to fetch the info from the facebook as you did with Amazon.

-Praneeth

Here is my iteration 3 review of Team Ajacs

This is the Link I have used.

Strengths/Comments:
1. Job Well Done!!
2. Tried my best but didnt find any bugs.
3. I love the zoom functionality that you have it in you info window.

Idea for the future: May be you should add some info about the place we choose in the info window tab. That would be really helpful for the users.

-Praneeth.

This is respone to Milot's post about Google Challenges Microsoft.

There you go !! an addition to my to my list of online replacements for desktop applications that I have posted earlier in my blog/.

I still believe some day online applications would replace desktop applications..I was talking about the same with one of my friends who doesn't agree with me. He told me how web applications suck up your time sometimes with network problems...Lets wait and see where web2.0 or as a matter of fact web3.0 will take us.

Intel is developing its own take on the mini-tablet, with a new ultra-mobile PC platform to be announced at this week ’s Intel Developer Forum in Beijing. The big surprise? It’s based on Linux.

Technology has no stopping today, its getting better day by day. Intel itseems began breaking away from Microsoft when the new MacBooks, Macbook Pros, and Mac Pros started to come with Intel CPUs. Now they are coming up with their own independent hardware. I am kinda eager to see whether or not Intel will succeed in its foray into this field. Microsoft wont be happy about all this positive linux news and mass-migrations...big companies are now finally starting to tell Microsoft where they can shove their licensing agreements ;) and are giving linux the big thumbs up !! I am not against Microsoft or anything but just love to see where this huge competition will lead them to.

See about Intel's Internet device here

-Praneeth

jQuery is a JavaScript library that helps simplify your JavaScript and Asynchronous JavaScript + XML (Ajax) programming.. Unlike similar JavaScript libraries, jQuery has a unique philosophy that allows you to express common complex code easily. This article from IBM developer works will talk about the jQuery philosophy, discover its features and functions, perform some common Ajax tasks, and find out how to extend jQuery with plug-ins.

Just an intro about JQuery:
"Created by John Resig in early 2006, jQuery is a great library for anyone who works with JavaScript code. Whether you're new to the JavaScript language and want a library to address some of the complexities of Document Object Model (DOM) scripting and Ajax or you're an advanced JavaScript guru and tired of the boring repetition involved with DOM scripting and Ajax, jQuery will suit you well."

Read Simplify Ajax development with jQuery here

-Praneeth

Most of Ajax applications use XML to transfer information to and from the server, so your application must be able to parse and create XML data. This tutorial shows you how to manipulate and create XML using the Google Web Toolkit(GWT). This toolkit enables you to use Java syntax to create the JavaScript necessary for Ajax user interfaces. It is for the people who are little bit familar with java concepts.This tutorial explains how to use XML with the GWT, a set of Java classes designed to make the creation of Ajax-enabled Web sites easier. You will build a very small, very simple mashup application, combining information from three different source as you learn how to send, receive, manipulate and create XML using the GWT.

This IBM's article deals with the following:

Review what Ajax, XML, and the Document Object Model (DOM) are
Learn what the GWT is
Create a GWT application
Retrieve an XML document using the GWT
Parse an XML document using the GWT
Manipulate a XML Document using the GWT
Send XML data using the GWT

Read the Complete Use XML to develop with the Google Web Toolkit here

-Praneeth