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How to convert SVG to PNG on OSX
Here’s a small tip: If you want to convert SVG to PNG on OSX there are several things you could try. One of those is a tiny ‘secret’ app build natively into OSX: qlmanage . This app is used by the system to generate (PNG) thumbnails of your files, but can also be used on the read further ...How to install PHP Mess Detector for PhpStorm on OSX
Recently I’ve been upgrading the way I write code. I’ve been programming for a while now, but there’s always room for improvement. Lucky for us developers, there are numerous tools for us we can use to aid us in our development. Things like unit testing and coding standards are great of course. But there’s also read further ...Improve your workflow with Spotlight and Flashlight
I’m a huge fan of Alfred, but since the recent Yosemite update, Spotlight might just going to change that. You see, the new design and features of Spotlight are already great, but Alfred still proved more functionality, especially with the Power Pack feature to create your own workflows. But when you combine Spotlight with a read further ...Fixing Vagrant port forwarding on OSX Yosemite
Update: it didn’t seem to work as expected so with a little help of this article I changed to code a bit. So recently I updated my system to OSX Yosemite. As you might know, I work with Vagrant, and one major aspect for local development is forwarding port 80 of my host machine to read further ...Use AppleScript to batch export Illustrator files to JPG
If you’ve read my previous article about how to perform batch actions in Illustrator, you might also be wondering if this technique can be used to export Illustrator files to JPG or PNG. Well, it can. And it’s simple. In this article I’ll show you how to do this.read further ...Use AppleScript to perform batch actions in Illustrator
As some of you might know Illustrator doesn’t have the handy batch-options that PhotoShop has. So if you have a bunch of Illustrator files and you want to perform an action on all of them, you’re stuck with opening them one by one… Well, as I mentioned in my previous article, you can create macro’s read further ...Use Applescript to change the artboard size in Illustrator
Actions in programs like Photoshop and Illustrator are great. But sometimes they’re just not enough. Like the other day when I was trying to figure a way to create an action to change the artboard size in Illustrator. Unfortunately, this is something that Illustrator can’t save in an Action. Lucky for us, every Mac comes read further ...Setup PHP CodeSniffer for PHPStorm on OSX
On Meet Magento 2014 I attended an interesting presentation about Continues Integration in Magento from Damian Luszczymak. One important aspect of Continuous Integration is that as a team of developers everyone should follow the same coding guidelines. If you use PHPStorm, you can use PHP CodeSniffer to ensure that the code you are writing as a team is read further ...How to prepare OSX for local webdevelopment
In this article, I will explain how you can setup an Apache/Mysql/Php-server on OSX for your local development. The fun part is that I will also explain how you can configure OSX so that requests to http://*.dev/ are being transfered to the right directory.read further ...