Tutorials

Word Styles: Creating and Modifying Styles in Word
Using, creating and customizing Word styles
  • Online sales

It’s often very time consuming to format each and every heading of a document individually, especially for lengthy, complex documents. Font, font size, font color – these features, among others, must be consistent within a document to achieve a uniform layout. Word styles allow you to easily format and edit a text, making significant and otherwise tedious adjustments to features such as a table of...

Using, creating and customizing Word styles
Hosts File
What is the hosts file and how do you edit it?
  • Configuration

The hosts file used to resolve website names so that certain IP addresses could be accessed. The method was largely replaced by the DNS (domain name system). However, the hosts file is still indispensable for local networks. In addition, certain rules can be set for websites e.g. to block them. We show you where you can find and edit the hosts file in your operating system.

What is the hosts file and how do you edit it?
How to embed Google Maps
Embedding Google Maps: API or iFrame?
  • Website creation

If you want to embed Google Maps on your website, you have two options: either you can integrate the software using a simple iFrame element and pre-determined HTML code, or you can explore Google Maps APIs, the official programming interface of the online mapping giant. We’ll take you through the benefits of embedding Google Maps and explain the differences between the two integration methods.

Embedding Google Maps: API or iFrame?
Learn to code: an intro on how to get the basics down
Learning how to code: the basics
  • Web development

Welcome to the digital age: every day the average American spends hours looking at smartphone screens and PC monitors. But most still lack even a basic understanding on how the programs affecting their everyday life work. If you think you may fit into this demographic, don’t worry: thanks to online courses, videos tutorials, and supportive internet communities, it’s never been easier to learn...

Learning how to code: the basics
Kibana tutorial
Kibana dashboard tutorial for beginners
  • Web analytics

If large amounts of data have to be indexed and structured, the license-free engine, Elasticsearch, is a popular solution. The Kibana web interface is often used to present the processed data in an appealing form. Together with Elasticsearch and Logstash, this forms the so-called ELK stack. In our Kibana tutorial, we explain step by step how to get the server application Kibana up and running and...

Kibana dashboard tutorial for beginners
Jenkins tutorial
Jenkins: Tutorial for the CI-Tool
  • Web development

Continuous integration can improve the work of software development: fewer errors and more efficient, continuous integration. But this requires a simple yet comprehensive tool. That's why we're introducing Jenkins. This software makes it easier for you to work with automatic builds and individual pipelines. Our Jenkins tutorial will help you along the way!

Jenkins: Tutorial for the CI-Tool
GraphQL
GraphQL: flexible query language and runtime environment for your web API
  • Web development

Applications on the web need interfaces in order to exchange data. If you run a web project yourself and want to grant other programs access to certain data sets, an API (application programming interface) like this is essential. Established concepts such as REST or SOAP are often used in development – but there are alternatives, as GraphQL proves.

GraphQL: flexible query language and runtime environment for your web API
Everything you need to know about e-books: e-book formats
Everything you need to know about e-books – part three: e-book formats
  • Online sales

Are you looking to publish an e-book and are searching for the right file format to suit your needs? In the third part of our series on e-books, we’ll be taking a closer look at the most popular e-book formats on the market today, comparing their advantages and disadvantages and helping you to decide which format is the right one for you.

Everything you need to know about e-books – part three: e-book formats
Sequence diagrams
Sequence diagrams: depicting UML message exchanges
  • Web development

Sequence diagrams help you depict the message flow within a system in clear detail. A UML sequence diagram is a good choice for anyone who wants to understand a specific application case well. In object-oriented programming, sequence diagrams are suitable for checking the logic of a system. We’ll present these diagram types in detail and explain how to create a sequence diagram.

Sequence diagrams: depicting UML message exchanges
Deleting your PayPal
Deleting my PayPal account – what do I need to know?
  • Online sales

You do not have to provide any reasons to delete your PayPal account: If you find that you do not need or want to use your account anymore, then that’s enough to delete it. To do this, you don't even need to contact the service team directly, because in your profile settings you’ll find the option to delete your PayPal account quickly and easily.

Deleting my PayPal account – what do I need to know?