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Read more about the article Scraping with Multiple TOR Instances
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Scraping with Multiple TOR Instances

GOOGLE performs web scraping every single day to keep its index updated, to fetch different websites, for storing information and making it presentable to the viewer. Web scrapers can retrieve data at a much faster rate than human beings, so if bad scraping practices are used then it can impact the performance of the website being scraped. In this case, server....

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Read more about the article Implementing Caching and Pagination to a Web Based Application
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Implementing Caching and Pagination to a Web Based Application

vteam #679 was required to implement caching and pagination of a UI, within tabs and across tabs, to decrease latency in the client’s UX as per given requirements. The client’s project was a Django based web application, able to sift through the vast amounts of information available to users through social media, news and blogs to identify trends....

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Read more about the article Using Optimizely for A/B testing of Stripe Payment Gateway Forms
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Using Optimizely for A/B testing of Stripe Payment Gateway Forms

vteams #335 recently built an e-commerce site powered by WooCommerce, using Stripe as the payment gateway. Stripe provides pop-up forms and inline forms to perform the payment process. The team set up both forms for A/B testing directing 50% of the traffic on site to each type of form. The client wanted to engage users and see what form best fit....

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Read more about the article Redeveloping a Collaborative Application for Architects & Manufacturers
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Redeveloping a Collaborative Application for Architects & Manufacturers

SYNOPSIS: Team span: June 2015 to August 2016 Duration: 1 Year and 2 Months Technology: Core PHP, Laravel 5 framework Development Manager: Mobeen Zafar Engineer: Usman Mahmood Reason for closure: Successful Project Completion vteam #538 was hired to work on a project concerned with the manufacturing industry and focused on all types of....

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Read more about the article Setting Up Doctrine2 ORM with Laravel 5
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Setting Up Doctrine2 ORM with Laravel 5

The Object Relational Mapper (ORM) for PHP sits on top of a powerful DataBase Abstraction Layer (DBAL). One of its key features is the option to write database queries in a proprietary, object oriented, SQL dialect called Doctrine Query Language (DQL), inspired by Hibernates HQL. This provides developers with a powerful alternative to SQL that maintains....

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Read more about the article Developing a Java Application to Fetch the Data from Untangle Server
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Developing a Java Application to Fetch the Data from Untangle Server

vteams helped out a client to fetch the data from Untangle Server through PHP. The client wanted to achieve this by creating a crawler which could gather the data from the server. However, vteams engineer knew that this is not a viable solution and hence an alternative solution was proposed. Solution The first step was to analyze the PSQL database....

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Read more about the article Developing a Windows Application for Automobile Industry
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Developing a Windows Application for Automobile Industry

SYNOPSIS: Team span: October 2015 to May 2016 Duration: 8 Months Technology: Windows Form, VB.NET, MS SQL 2014, MS SQL 2000, MS Access, ASP Classic Development Manager: Haseeb Ahmad Engineer: Rehman Gull Khan Reason for closure: Successful Project Completion vteams #496 was hired to automate a data capturing system for a client. The....

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Read more about the article Using ImageMagick to Enhance Tesseract OCR Accuracy
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Using ImageMagick to Enhance Tesseract OCR Accuracy

An aviation manufacturer wanted an online repository to manage PDF and Image format documents. The fundamental function of the application was to extract data from the documents using OCR (Optical Character Recognition) and transfer it into the database. Following were the major requirements: The application should be able to save the....

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Read more about the article Using Third Party API to Send Mass Emails
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Using Third Party API to Send Mass Emails

The client of vteam #472 wanted to reach out to all their affiliates and invite them to join under a new affiliate program. For this purpose, the client chose a third party API to send mass transactional and marketing emails. The client also requested that the API be integrated, which would allow their system to send emails without compromising server....

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Read more about the article Developing a Fracture Mechanics Software for Automation
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Developing a Fracture Mechanics Software for Automation

A comprehensive engineering assessment tool (fracture mechanics software) that automates the procedure for offshore components was developed by vteam #585. The application caters to Oil & Gas, Nuclear and Construction industry, for various types of structures such as pipelines, pressure vessels, tanks and buildings. This complex system demanded the use of....

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Read more about the article Shifting an Email Marketing Application from X2CRM to Mautic
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Shifting an Email Marketing Application from X2CRM to Mautic

SYNOPSIS: Team span: Aug 2014 to March 2016 Duration: 1.5 years Technology: X2CRM/Engine, Mautic, MySQL Development Manager: Mobeen Zafar Engineers: Zeeshan Ahmad, Danish Khan Reason for closure: Successful Project Completion vteam #480 was hired to work on a project of an existing web based application for email marketing. The client....

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Read more about the article Using AngularJS to Develop Copper Cable Configurator
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Using AngularJS to Develop Copper Cable Configurator

The client of vteam #167 is working as a technology reseller, providing fiber and component resale solutions to their customers. In order to quote the specs and cost of different types of cables to their customers the client is already using a web based custom configurator tool. Previous configurators were capable of handling Fiber and MTP items. A few....

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