Category: Web work

These days, most of my work is very related to the online world. Building web sites, reviewing web applications, integrating with web services, coordinating people who are far away from each other, etc. Whenever I find a new tool or service or an innovative, interesting idea about working online, I share it in this category.

Windows Notepad Finally Supports Unix, Mac OS Line Endings

This Slashdot story links to this blog post by Microsoft.  33 years later, one of the most annoying issues with the Notepad text editor is resolved:

Starting with the current Windows 10 Insider build, Notepad will support Unix/Linux line endings (LF), Macintosh line endings (CR), and Windows Line endings (CRLF) as usual. New files created within Notepad will use Windows line ending (CRLF) by default, but it will now be possible to view, edit, and print existing files, correctly maintaining the file’s current line ending format.

They shouldn’t have invented their own line ending in the first place.  But it’s great to see that they finally acknowledge the existence of the rest of the world.

PhpMetrics – static analysis tool for PHP

PhpMetrics is yet another tool in the ever growing list of the static code analyzers for PHP.  Compared to the rest, I think this one is the easiest to install and run.  And it produces the most eye candy reports ever.  The generated report is in the HTML format, with fancy charts and graphs, and makes it really easy to spot and fix the issues.

My Data Request – request your personal data from 100+ companies

My Data Request provides information on how to download your personal data from 100+ companies.  Such information includes direct links, privacy policy references, and step-by-step instructions based on your geographical location.

Design for Blockchain

“Design for Blockchain” is a collection of articles about user interface and user experience design for blockchain and cryptocurrency projects and tools.  Blockchain, due to its nature, is quite a technical subject, so making it friendly for non-technical users is a challenge.  These articles are exploring the domain problem.

Database Flow – modern, self-hosted web interface for SQL and GraphQL

Database Flow is a modern, Open Source, self-hosted, web-based tool for working with SQL databases and GraphQL APIs.  It supports a variety of the database engines: IBM DB2, Oracle, H2, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Informix, and Microsoft SQL Server.  It features an advanced SQL editor, query plan analyzer, GraphQL client, schema explorer, charting, query history, and more.

The only visible downside so far is that it’s written in Java.