One of the ways to let users secure their profiles is allow them set IP White List from where they will access your service. The IP addresses of most users are pseudo-static in my experience – here in Bulgaria. The IPs are dynamic in settings of the Internet Provider (if the users haven’t paid additionally…
Tag: Utilities
Utilities for Developers or for All kinds of people
App Update Distribution Center
I’ve written in the past how creating a Software that is able to update: https://programtom.com/dev/2020/11/07/do-you-think-about-software-updatability/ is somehow essential if you are serious enough in making users happy. I personally have probably 20 apps that I’ve published in the app stores / marketplaces – Apple, Google, Yandex, Samsung. They all have their own requirements. I am…
How to Generate GUID – Java, PHP, Flutter
In this article you’ll get samples of how to Generate Globally Unique Identifier or GUID in Java, PHP and Flutter. Why Use it? Globally Unique Identifiers have certain benefits over number/integer based auto incrementing keys and ids. They are uniquely and randomly created on multiple devices and servers. This is useful in multi-server architectures and…
Pick a File with Flutter from the underlying System
There is a plug-in for Flutter that enables you to pick a file from the underlying System. As application creators we should not worry (that much) about platform specifics. The developers of the plugin have wrapped the edge cases in a common programming interface (API). The environment details of the platforms should stay hidden for…
FREE Apps – What – Video Converter – Softwares to use
I offer a Video Converter Software as a Paid Product that includes Executable Part and the Source Code. From a small talk I was reminded how important to start producing videos is. I’m also sharing here – some of the tools I have used or I am using – mine and free options from the…
Add Watermark to your Creative Content
If you publish something on the Internet – with or without Watermark, no matter what or where – you must count it as pirated. The tool presented here is small part of a functionality of a project developed 4-5 years ago, that Facebook stole. The current rework is a minimal feature – minimal step to…
How to List Files in a Folder with PHP & Java
In this article I’ll show you How to List the Files that are located in a Directory with PHP & Java. Here are the Source Code Samples and Hints: PHP PHP can List the Files in a Directory with two APIs: Option 1: $fileList = glob(‘*’); // place here a file system regex foreach($fileList as…
How To Use Indexed DB – a Database in the Web Browser
Can I Use IndexedDB – the Database of the Web Browsers? IndexedDB Database is the accepted (standardized) way of storing semi-structured & organized information in the Web Browsers. It is supported by most of them in their latest version: https://caniuse.com/indexeddb. In programming terms – you could check the support programmatically this way: window.indexedDB = window.indexedDB…
How to Create Simple Web Site – Tool
There are ton of Tools for Creating Simple Web Site or Sites on the Internet – Free and Paid. With the current one you could create pages that act like [Web] Apps. It will have main section with your content and a top menu for desktop or a side menu for mobile. https://programtom.com/Simple_Web_Site/ You’ll need…
