The goal of this project was to create a complete real estate component for Joomla 1.5 using ExtJS framework. Watch out for search engine friendly URLs even for dynamic search results. There is an admin side for managing the whole component. Real estate agents and normal users have separate logins and separate priveleges.
The ExtJS framework provided ready to use components which made the website look very professional without putting any effort on the aesthetic side of development. When the user first reaches a website which uses this component, he will be greeted with a google search like homepage where he could choose the city to search. Optionally, one could specify the number of bedrooms in the house, and the type of apartment to further filter the search. Once the search button is clicked, the search results are displayed using a sortable , paginated EXTJS grid component, which will show a small thumbnail of the apartment and also give you other details. There is a small slider at the bottom of the results which will help the user scroll through the different of paginated results. Clicking on any of the results will open the detailed view, where a small photo gallery of the apartment is shown along with more details about it.
The administrator’s section will allow the admin user to add properties along with the photos. These photos are cropped to the right aspect ratio and then compressed to various sizes and stored in the server.
The reason beahind writing this post is this: I got recruited into Oracle through my campus placements. And I got to know that I will be posted in hyderabad within a month. The offer letter said that I am supposed to report to Hitec city by June 29th 09. And I was curious to know whats so HIGH-TECH about this place. So I Googled to find the wikipedia entry and a couple of blogs. But that did not quench my thirst. So I decided to fill in this gap and write a detailed post. Here it comes , the hitchhikers guide to hitec city…
HITEC stands for Hyderabad Information Technology Engineering Consultancy City. It is “the” technology hub of Hyderabad… situated about 15 – 20 kms from the main Hyderabad city.
Let me be frank, in the first month I stayed here, I couldn’t figure out how to spell the name of this city. Some call it Hightech and others use hitech. And you will find different anagrams of it on the hoardings. But the guys at the post office have no issues whatsoever in whatever spelling you choose to put in the postal address.
Accomodation :
If you are looking for a place near Hightec city there are 2 choices you can consider.
1. Either stay in Madhapur which is closer to the Hyderabad city but has lesser number of flats available for rent
2. Look out for a rented flat in Kondapur which is farther from Hyderabad city but is a total residential area and has better choice of rented flats available. Continue reading “Hitec city (Hitech) & Kondapur” »
