Independent Software crafts beautiful websites and databases in Maputo, Mozambique

About Independent Software

Independent Software in Maputo, Mozambique is a strategic design and development agency with big project experience that fuses a passion for creative communication with clients who make a difference.

We collaborate with you to visually charge your message with a uniquely authentic and memorable voice that stands out from the crowd, through custom-built, mobile compatible websites and databases.

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Independent Software's Philosphy for Crafting Websites and Databases in Maputo

Our philosophy for better web development in Maputo, Mozambique

Independent Software works according to a philosophy that we believe in. It’s a philosophy we bring to every website, mobile app or database that we develop for our clients. It is our way of creating quality software that is value for money and always exceeds expectations.

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LATEST TECHNICAL ARTICLES

Recursion in Handlebars.js with Depth Level js

Recursion in Handlebars with Depth Level

April 24th, 2018

Logic-less templates in Handlebars.js are fantastic when you are making templates for JavaScript components, or doing code generation using JavaScript. Handlebars is easy to use, and its features are necessarily limited. One feature that is really missing is recursion.  Although Handlebars has the {{#each}}  block helper, it is difficult to implement recursion with, let alone recursion with a depth level. In this guide we’ll show you how to implement recursion with depth.

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Creating a WordPress Theme from Scratch: Content and the WordPress Template Hierarchy web

Creating a WordPress theme from scratch: Content and the WordPress Template Hierarchy

March 1st, 2018

In this second part of our guide to creating your own WordPress theme from scratch, we’ll look at content types and how you can display them in your theme. We’ll look at the WordPress Template Hierarchy and the WordPress Loop.

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Creating a WordPress Theme from Scratch: Theme files, styles, header and footer web

Creating a WordPress theme from scratch: Theme files, styles, header and footer

February 28th, 2018

Ready to build your own WordPress theme from scratch, with all the bells and whistles? This guide helps you get started from the very beginning with step-by-step instructions and helpful tips. In this first section, we’ll create the files for the new theme, set up its basic styles and create a header and a footer.

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Installing WordPress on Windows + IIS web

Setting up a WordPress development environment on Windows with IIS

February 28th, 2018

In order to develop a WordPress site on your own development machine, you’ll need to setup a local web server and run WordPress on that. Why not use the Internet Information Services server, which comes with your Windows installation. This guide explains how to setup IIS, PHP and WordPress hassle-free.

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Google Analytics File Download Tracking without Writing any Code web

Tracking file downloads using Google Analytics without writing any code

February 2nd, 2018

Google Analytics tracks a lot of things, but not file downloads – at least, not out of the box. Depending on the nature of your site, it can be very useful to see which downloads were most popular. File downloads can be tracked using events, and better yet, the whole process can be automated entirely withing Google Analytics without changing a line of code of your website using Google Tag Manager’s Auto Event Tracking.

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CSS Overdrive: Amazing Creations in CSS css

CSS 3 Overdrive: Amazing creations in CSS

January 29th, 2018

It’s easy to underestimate the power of CSS, as we’ve shown you before. There are still developers who think of CSS as merely a way of positioning and styling elements on a web page, but the possibilities are nigh endless, especially with the new features that CSS 3 offers. Take a look at the following demos created by people who have delved deeply into CSS 3 and show their latest cutting-edge techniques. Get inspired, and learn much about CSS 3 in the bargain.

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