19 results for: compression
What is Gzip compression and what is it used for?
GZIP compression allows you to compress the resources of a web page before they are served to the users' browsers so that the web page loads faster and thus improves your WPO. This type of compression has become very popular in recent times among WPO consultants thanks to tools such as…
Category : Programming 22-12-2022 by Janeth Kent
How to save and edit photos in WebP format in GIMP
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a powerful open-source image editing software that provides a wide range of features and tools. While GIMP initially lacked native support for WebP format, the latest versions have integrated WebP support, making it easier than ever to save and edit photos in this efficient…
Category : Web design 29-05-2023 by Silvia Mazzetta
Best Free Image Optimization Tools for Image Compression
Our monitors are getting better and better and, of course, we want to make them profitable by enjoying images with an increasing resolution when we browse. The problem is that this only increases the weight of the web pages, slowing down their load (and thus degrading the user's experience). Something…
Category : Software 27-03-2020 by Janeth Kent
Java Design Pattern: Strategy Pattern
One of the most popular patterns is the Strategy Pattern. It is also one of the easiest patterns. It is a member of the behavioral patterns family, it has the duty of managing algorithms, relations and responsibility among classes. The GoF defines it as follow: It defines a series of encapsulated algorithms…
Category : Java 13-09-2019 by Alessio Mungelli
Useful Terminal Commands Every Web Developer Should Know About
The command line interface (CLI), or Terminal is considered by many to be the Holy Grail of computer management. At one time the CLI was the only way to accomplish anything on a computer; then, the CLI gave way to the graphical user interface (GUI) as the popularity of PCs…
Category : Operating systems 22-06-2018 by Janeth Kent
The best Free and Open-Source Video editing, VFX and compositing software
The programs listed below are the foundation of this blog. It’s Free & Open-Source Video Editing Software that does all the stuff the expensive commercial programs do. We’ll keep the links here updated, so you always know where to get them. Also, with this basic list, we are focusing on well-developed programs that work on…
Category : Multimedia 01-03-2021 by Janeth Kent
Image Optimizers for various platforms
Image Optimizers for various platforms Linux Trimage (GUI) — similar to ImageOptim and uses many of the same lossless tools under the hood. ImageOptim Web Service (HTTP API) — resize and optimize images in your web applications. Online interface for MozJPEG — a JPEG compressor that produces smaller, higher quality files. The web interface…
Category : Software 15-05-2017 by Janeth Kent
PHP Libraries For Summer 2016
Here are our picks for the 12 most useful and interesting open-source PHP libraries that you should check out this summer! Monolog With Monolog you can create advanced logging systems by sending your PHP logs to files, sockets, databases, inboxes or other web services. The library has over 50 handlers for various…
Category : Php 11-08-2016 by Janeth Kent
200+ sites, apps & books for designer
Design is fundamental to any digital strategy. We are in a digital era where visual stimuli make the difference when the user makes a decision. It is necessary that when faced with a good idea there are creative elements that differentiate us from the competition and attract our audience in…
Category : Web design 10-09-2020 by Janeth Kent
Syncronize Files Between Servers With RSYNC
Synchronize Files With rsync Synchronizing files from one server to another is quite awesome. You can use it for backups, for keeping web servers in sync, and much more. It's fast and it doesn't take up as much bandwidth as normal copying would. And the best thing is, it can be…
Category : Networking 03-02-2014 by Janeth Kent
25 HTML5 speed tips
Creating high-performance web sites or applications is essential for web developers. Jatinder Mann explains that the goal of a developer is to improve web performance by reducing 25 factors: Display time The most important objective is what we refer to as 'Display Time'. This has many names across the industry including 'time to…
Category : Web design 05-12-2013 by Janeth Kent
PHP: Storing arrays in database
When working with databases, sometimes it is necessary to store an array in a MySQL field. Unfortunately, there is no way to directly pass in an array as a parameter. Storing these data structures is a bit more complex, but by no means hard or impossible. To convert any array (or…
Category : Databases 18-11-2013 by Janeth Kent
Improving Page Performance with HTML5 Prefetch
As Wikipedia explains: Link prefetching is a proprietary syntax to give web browsers a hint about documents that it should pre-fetch because the user might visit them in the near future. It is proposed as a draft internet standard by Mozilla. A web page provides a set of prefetching hints to…
Category : Programming 23-08-2013 by Janeth Kent
The Bible of Responsive Web Design
You've decided it's time for a new website, and you know that making it responsive will ensure that all users have a great experience, regardless of what device they are using. Responsive web design, or RWD for short, is here to stay. It's rapidly maturing but not without some serious pitfalls for…
Category : Web design 23-05-2019 by Janeth Kent
PHP: Read, Write And Compress files with Zlib Extension
The zlib extension contains versions of many file-access functions, such asfopen(), fread(), and fwrite() (called gzopen(), gzread(), gzwrite(), etc.) that transparently compress data when writing and uncompress data when reading. The compression algorithm that zlib uses is compatible with the gzip and gunzip utilities. Use PHP's zlib extension to read or…
Category : Programming 29-06-2013 by Janeth Kent
PHP Recursive Backup of MySql Database
This script can be used to make backup of your MySql database, you can use the script in conjunction with cronjobs $user = 'myuser'; $passwd = 'mypass'; $host = 'myhost'; $db = 'mydb'; // Delete the tables if they exists? $drop = true; // Tables that will be created $tables = false; // Compression algorythm that we will use $compression…
Category : Databases 24-06-2013 by Janeth Kent
Tutorials, Videos, Free Books, and More Resources for Learning jQuery
Maybe you’re a jQuery pro. Maybe you’re John Resig... But, in the other hand, maybe you read words like “jQuery”, and think: “jQuery What?” . If you belong to this category of person, now is the time to learn jQuery. According to jQuery.com, jQuery is a fast, concise, JavaScript library that simplifies…
Category : Javascript 19-06-2013 by Janeth Kent
How to turn on data compression in Chrome 28 Beta
One of the features rolled out at Google I/O 2013 was a new option for Chrome on mobile devices to cut down on the bandwidth used while browsing. Well the feature has been rolled out as part of the latest Chrome Beta update on Android, and it's a quick way to help…
Category : Software 27-05-2013 by Janeth Kent
Why Are Micro Movies So Popular These Days?
Since the invention of motion pictures, video science has proceeded steadily in a single direction: upward. Better resolution. Higher frame rates. Richer audio. Yet online, something weird has been going on. The hot thing in video these days isn't big, sharp and smooth. It's tiny, jerky and often low-res and mostly…
Category : Web marketing 09-05-2013 by Janeth Kent
