Web development tools online

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

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.

HTML HEAD guide

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…
New html dialog element

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.

Handige websites

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).

Cron-Job.org

Cron-Job.org

Cron-Job.org is a free online service that enables you to visit websites at your own scheduled moments.

Cron is a command line utility on Unix type systems to schedule jobs. Word is that it originates from the word Chronos, the Greek word for time.