Windows 7 Startup programs
How to customize the Windows 7 Startup folder simply and quickly
  • Configuration

Access all of your most important programs right after Windows 7 starts: The Startup folder loads selected software immediately after the operating system starts. However, you might not be happy with the programs that are in the folder by default. That is why it makes sense to change your Startup programs in Windows 7. How do you do that?

How to customize the Windows 7 Startup folder simply and quickly
Pagefile.sys
pagefile.sys: What you need to know about the paging file in Windows
  • Configuration

Windows handles a number of processes in the background that users hardly notice. The system often relies on hidden files that are protected against unauthorized access. One of these files is pagefile.sys, which serves to lighten the load on the working memory. Can this file be deleted? And what would the consequences be for a computer’s system stability?

pagefile.sys: What you need to know about the paging file in Windows
Redis tutorial
Redis tutorial: an introduction to the database technology
  • Technical matters

Working with this in-memory database is not that difficult, but without an easily understandable Redis tutorial, one can quickly become discouraged. Here you will learn how to install the database, configure it, and enter data. We will also show you how to add, get, and delete data step by step.

Redis tutorial: an introduction to the database technology
Use case diagram
The use case diagram in Unified Modeling Language
  • Web development

In a use case diagram, you use the Unified Modeling Language (UML) to illustrate in a clear and easy-to-understand way what the result of a specific action is or should be. This makes it a helpful tool for user-oriented and result-oriented software development and for planning business processes.

The use case diagram in Unified Modeling Language
Introduction to Svelte framework
Svelte JS– a lean framework for fast mobile web applications
  • Web development

Traditional frameworks for programming web apps, such as React and Vue, shift the majority of the work of a web app to the browser. This makes the apps sluggish and requires a lot of data. Svelte compiles the apps in the background in a lean optimized JavaScript which the user experiences as a significant performance boost.

Svelte JS– a lean framework for fast mobile web applications
The most popular search engines for kids
Search engines for kids: The big web for small people
  • Search engine marketing

Even for young children, the World Wide Web is a very important tool for gathering information for doing homework and a wide array of other activities. In order for these younger internet users to only have access to content that is suitable for them, special search engines have been designed specifically for kids. They help to make sure that children do not come across harmful content, either on...

Search engines for kids: The big web for small people
Human-centered design
Human-centered design: User-friendly products that actually solve problems
  • Web development

Users of digital services are impatient and demanding. If they don’t find what they’re looking for, they will abandon a website. If an app is hard to navigate or is not user-friendly, people will uninstall it. Human-centered design is intended to prevent this. Companies that put themselves in potential users’ shoes during the product development process can minimize economic risk and boost the...

Human-centered design: User-friendly products that actually solve problems
TXT records
TXT resource records
  • Technical matters

TXT records are a highly flexible type of DNS resource record which can be used for a wide variety of purposes, such as verifying the domain for Google services like Google Analytics or providing the public key for the DKIM signature, to name just a few examples. We’ll explain what TXT records are, how to create them and how to look them up.

TXT resource records
Git Tutorial
Git basics: first steps with the version control system
  • Web development

Born out of need, Git – developed by the Linux team – has quickly become the dominant version control system for many programmers. That’s because large developer platforms like GitHub or BitBucket are based on the open-source software. Read our complete Git tutorial for beginners and learn the key basics of Git.

Git basics: first steps with the version control system
Create Alexa Skills
Program Alexa Skills easily by yourself
  • Online sales

Alexa Skills extends the functionality of your Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, or any other smart speaker from the Echo series with additional abilities. You can activate extensions for the virtual voice assistant in the Alexa Skills Store for free. With the Alexa Skills Kit, Amazon also offers a development environment with which you can create your own Alexa Skills with little effort. We’ll show you how....

Program Alexa Skills easily by yourself