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Web development tools online
Websites that make web development possible: JSONLint : Validate and format JSON data. Postman : I use Postman primarily to test script protection and data responses. GitHub : Online Git…
Octoparse: scrape the web into Data
I wanted to compare zero sugar syrup pricing from several websites. However, typing or copy-pasting data would take a lot of time. So I asked Chat-GPT how to get Data from web-pages into a Google sheet. After several Google import types needing structured webpages, the scrapers were mentioned. So I tried out Octoparse.
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Configuring webpages for Apple
Documentation what definitions you need in your HTML code to best integrate into Apple devices.
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HTML HEAD guide
Josh Buchea created a comprehensive list of all possible elements to be used in the <HEAD> section of any webpage. For example useful to check what META tags are needed…
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Test IBAN numbers
Free webservice to test if your IBAN number is a valid one. Easy to use.
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Webhook.site to test posting
Use this free website to test if your http/ https posts works, and what data is sent.
I needed to check what data was being posted using some Javascript I found. And I wanted to test this without programming a receiving back-end before. This article on BannerBear explains webhooks and how to use the webhook.site.
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Download table as Excel file (JS)
Found a great and easy way to export any HTML table through an Excel file on the click of a button!
Posted inVisual Foxpro
Calculate next workday
Visual Foxpro code to calculate the next working day. Taking into account that our working week is from Monday (1) to Friday (5).
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New html dialog element
The dialog element is a very easy way to implement dialogs and modals on your webpage. The previous commonly used method of CSS and dynamically adding/ removing classes had it’s drawbacks; one of them being that the visitor could still interact with elements outside the modal by simply using the tab, spacebar and enter keys.
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Connection Strings
Listing of many types of connections strings to databases using several driver types. Tip from the YouTube clip “Everything You Wanted to Know About ODMC”.