Web 2.0 Heroes: Interviews with 20 Web 2.0 Influencers by Bradley L. Jones, Chapter 10

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Quote: “It’s becoming part of your every day life to be connected all the time.”

Learning Expectations:

I expect to learn how Shaun Walker and the Web 2.0 worked together to launch one of the most popular web platforms to make web sites. The DotNetNuke is something that reveals the hidden talent of people in making websites and do other functional stuffs with it. I also expect to learn how the DotNetNuke rose to the top and stay there for a long time and is still looking to stay for a much longer time than before.

Review:

The 10^th Chapter of the Web 2.0 Influencers E-Book discusses the interview with Shaun Walker, the President and Chief Architect of DotNetNuke Corporation.  He created the DNN and released it eventually in December 24, 2002. The corporation and programs are running for 6 years and still looks to go forward. DotNetNuke is an open-source web application framework that runs on Microsoft Technologies such as SQL Server, Windows Server, .NET Framework, and the ASP.NET. The application can be used by the end-users in two ways or parts. It can be used as a web application framework for building web applications. It also comes with a fully functional content management system as a component in the package.

DotNetNuke is a versatile open-source web application framework that lets the end-users to create ideal, deployable, and manageable interactive web sites. Offering this versatility is one way for DotNetNuke to gain a lot of reputation. Being user-friendly is another thing that keeps the users coming back for more in using the application. If the users are having an easier time using the application this means that the application is user-friendly. The DotNetNuke is a powerful tool to use because it can support multiple websites from a single application installation. Being rich in features is a way for them to lure more customers. Whenever the users like the features that they are using in an application, they will use the application frequently and be fond to it.

As of now, there are millions and millions of people who are using the internet and the web all over the world every single day in a week, every single week in a month, and every single month in a year. The users of the web are limitless and all of them seem to stay for a long, long time. A part of the millions that are using the internet, some of them are using the application called the ‘DotNetNuke’. This millions of people are having a great time using the application. They are those people who are creating and developing websites for their own personal thing or for a project or job in the office. The reasons for these people to use the DotNetNuke are all unique and different from each other. They are all driven into one goal and that is to make a functional web site to suit their needs.

Unfortunately, these millions that are using the web and the DotNetNuke are just mere fractions of the population in the whole world. There are still lots and lots of places and countries that don’t have any kind of internet connection running. It is either their place is too remote for a connection or maybe they do not want to waste any money for an internet connection. Imagine a world where almost all people in the world are experiencing and using the power of the internet. There would be less personal and real transactions that would happen in the streets. People would no longer go to far places just to buy something. They would only click a button to purchase and do a transaction in the web and then, voila!, the item or good that they had purchased would be delivered for a short period of time in the footsteps of their doors. What a convenience it is for these things to be experienced by people all over the world.

Desktop applications would still be living for a long time as told by Shaun Walker. It will live for a long time because soon enough, people who use the internet would still grow and balloon as the time goes by. It is up to the companies and corporations to do innovative and mind boggling applications that would attract and keep the customers coming back for more. The products and services they are offering should cope up with what the customers and markets wants and needs because as we all know, the specification and preferences of the customers are endless. They always have something new to demand and it is up for the corporations and companies to supply and do something with the customers’ demand.

Lessons Learned:

I have learned how Shaun Walker worked with the Web 2.0 to develop and create a web application that will benefit a lot of people all over the world. I also have learned that the DotNetNuke is very handy tool in making web sites. The end-users have the freedom to make their websites from their own preferences and specifications.