SEO = Marketing

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Voor ondernemers die met hun bedrijf op internet gevonden willen worden, is er geen ontkomen aan: zoekmachine-optimalisatie. In de praktijk komt dat neer op zorgen dat je hoog scoort in Google. Maar hoe?
Dé Nederlandse expert op het gebied van zoekmachine-optimalisatie is Eduard Blacquière. Op uitnodiging van de Nuon Academy gaf hij daar onlangs een webinar over. Continue reading SEO = Marketing

Loading speed vs code readability

ctrl-ZVXAs a developer I like structured code. The browser however could not care less about the right amount of tabs and spacing; it just need to get the code, with as little data-traffic as possible.

So, what do I do? When speed is really important, I create my stylesheets and javascripts as I normally do, but then also convert these into a “.min’ version – minified, and refer to those from the html source code.

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Mobile Apps? Endless resizing of icons, splashscreens and screenshots!

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As you may know, I develop Apps for iOS, Android and Windows Phone using Phonegap. One of the most awful tasks is creating all the images needed for the icons, splashscreens and screenshots to create the App and get it listed on the Apple iTunes, Google Play and Windows Phone App-stores. Nothing bad about it, but creating the same image, resizing, scaling and stretching, 118 different times in various resolutions is simply a pain.

So I searched for, and found, a script to create these variations of the same image with a push of a button. My Brain did what it does best and adapted the script for my own needs, so all I have to do now is the following steps: Continue reading Mobile Apps? Endless resizing of icons, splashscreens and screenshots!