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.
Configuring webpages for Apple
Documentation what definitions you need in your HTML code to best integrate into Apple devices.
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 so an iOS desktop link automatically gets the right icon and title.
Test IBAN numbers
Free webservice to test if your IBAN number is a valid one. Easy to use.
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.
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!
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).
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.
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”.
Handige websites
Aan de hand van een Youtube video gemaakt door TechGumbo (video onderaan deze post). Ik heb sommige weggelaten (Amazon prijs watchers bijvoorbeeld), maar ook andere die ik tegenkwam toegevoegd (http://httpbin.org/ bijvoorbeeld).