ToExcel() Extension Method

I recently had a migraine inducing problem where I needed to save an object to an Excel file which, at first glance I thought would be something easy and simple to do... However Nu-Get's Excel libraries are not as abundant as one would think. After doing some research I finally found a library worth its salt, presenting ExtremeML.

It Sounds Like...

Imagine a world where everyone had the spelling capability of a High School English teacher... Now snap out of it, because that's slightly delusional. Everybody makes the odd spelling mistake, especially when it comes to names, luckily there's a way in SQL to get around this...

Google Doodles Hacked... Well kind of...

When the Google Doodles were initially released during the Olympics I played every single game up to the point of absolute boredom. Then yesterday I was a bit bored and started going on a random Google spree and came across the games again and once again I decided to play them, then I thought... Why not try to automate this...

How to use CTE's

What is a CTE?

Basically a common table expression is a table that gets created and only lasts for the duration of that query. Once the query is executed, the table doesn't exist anymore. It can be self referenced and can be referenced multiple times in the same query.

Copy and paste programming

Copy and paste programming by Boipelo Rathebe

A couple a of weeks ago I had a very interesting chat with a java software developer friend of mine, who had just recently started the job and us just having a friendly chat around how he’s finding it, and to my surprise, or not, because  I am quite convinced that we all have found ourselves doing “it”. He tells me it is very hectic and this as a result has taken his friendship with google to a whole new level, so basically when he gets stuck he’ll just do an internet search on what he’s struggling with and hopefully get a suitable solution.

Zoom Zoom...

Here is an awesome little JQuery hack if you ever come across the problem of displaying multiple images on a single page without having to make them all thumbnail sized and ruining the entire visual experience of the page.

Keeping Regular with Regex

Keeping Regular with Regex

The first time I encountered Regex (Regular Expressions), I just shrugged it off as some overly complicated way of doing easy tasks such as simple control content validation. I did not fully understand the powerful capabilities, or what it could enable me to do.

Skills do the Job but Attitude gets the Job

Skills do the Job but Attitude gets the Job

You may have the best technical skills in the world, solve problems in seconds , be a “Master Dev”, have the highest technical certifications and have brains as big as the size of a planet with high IQ but if you have a negative Attitude, you are up for disappointment as a consultant. YOU’LL NEVER TAKE OFF….

Behind every webpage is ‘Private’ HTML

Having your own intellectual property out there for the world to see could be seen as an open invitation for some people to have a look at your code and make it their own.

Behind every good webpage is even better HTML. This HTML should be protected in more ways than one, but just how private is your HTML code when users are able to view the source code with just two clicks?

Blogging Guidelines For Dummies

As I have come to learn in the past few months, the hardest part of a Blog is finding a topic that inspires not only yourself, but will also draw in readers from a variety of backgrounds in the related area of the Blog... For instance, if your area of Blogging is based on a Rugby crowd the biggest mistake you can make is to Blog about The Beautiful Game (Soccer).

How The A-Team solves real world use cases

Shortly after the launch of our official blog, we made a point of blogging at least twice a week about interesting facts and ideas in the world of IT. So, to flavor it up a bit, I've decided to dedicate this week's post to my fellow team members.