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Dev tools · February 2, 2012

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My first webapp is online - a link checker and analysis....

Hi! Long time reader, first time submitter. I've finallllyy got my first webapp online. It's been a long time coming, I started it over a year ago and just been an hour here, a couple of hours here, and a period of a couple of months of nothing. I first wrote it as a way to learn some python it sort of grew to fill a need I had. It's at a point now where I'd LOVE some feedback as I am going round in circules. Please, it's free, just hit the home page, plugin in a name/email and url you want to links checked on. If you use the name 'DeleteMe' I will remove the account after a week, so feel…

My first webapp is online - a link checker and analysis.... launched on February 2, 2012 with 10 votes, #110 of 360 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.

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This is a free link checker and analysis tool that crawls websites to identify and report on broken or problematic links. Users enter their email and website URL to scan, then receive detailed results about link status across their site. Built by a developer learning Python, the tool grew from a personal need into a functional webapp. It's designed for website owners and developers who want to audit their site's link health and get feedback for improvement.

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Hi! Long time reader, first time submitter. I've finallllyy got my first webapp online. It's been a long time coming, I started it over a year ago and just been an hour here, a couple of hours here, and a period of a couple of months of nothing. I first wrote it as a way to learn some python it sort of grew to fill a…

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