Sometimes, I am a front-end web developer. Frequently, I meet new people at work who want to turn really complicated Excel documents into dazzlingly interactive web applications.
Besides
Excel's "Save to Web App" or "Save to SharePoint" features, such people ask if I can tap into an industry to support this -- perhaps scads of agencies and web-based or downloadable tools that make "websites" or at least customizable, interactive reports from Excel spreadsheets, data, and calculations.
I'm yet to find this an abundance of examples of this. Are there? If so, what do you call them?
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posted by metajc
on Jan 9, 2013 -
2 answers
What kind of Web programmer/coder do I need for this project? Where do I find such a person?
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posted by Shepherd
on May 5, 2011 -
15 answers
I've been doing LAMP web development for about ten years. I'd like to learn a new language to diversify my skills. What language should I choose?
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posted by ixohoxi
on Jan 7, 2011 -
32 answers
I'm teaching myself to program. I learned the basics with Ruby on Rails, and I'm now coding in Python and Javascript, but I want to try an Android app, and that requires that I use Java. Going from Ruby to Python to Javascript was relatively painless, but I feel like I'm starting all over looking at Java code. Does anyone have any tips for going from scripted languages to Java? Or any really great tutorials for getting started in Java? Or any great tutorials for beginning programmers for Android?
posted by empath
on Jan 25, 2010 -
13 answers
I'm a journalist with not much database programming experience. However I have been fascinated by the government and other agencies making their data available for developers to play with, and I think a newspaper could do wonders with this data. How do I get in on the fun?
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posted by Blandanomics
on Jul 8, 2009 -
9 answers
I have many wav files that I need to modify in the same way. Specifically, I want to fade in from zero dB for the first 5 ms and fade out to zero db for the last 5 ms.
What do I use?
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posted by pealco
on Feb 25, 2009 -
7 answers
Is there a free library that will decode/read a barcode from an image?
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posted by Maia
on Dec 3, 2008 -
5 answers
I am trying to decide which web language + framework to focus on for learning this summer. I am stuck between PHP, Python (with Django maybe) or Ruby (on Rails).
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posted by the_dude
on May 29, 2008 -
35 answers
If my favourite reference on C++ is
The C++ Programming Language by Stroustrup, what would be my favourite book on Ruby. (And my favourite book on Python.)
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posted by chunking express
on May 21, 2008 -
17 answers
How do I learn new programming languages and start using modern web apps without getting frustrated and angry?
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posted by Zarkonnen
on May 14, 2008 -
33 answers
I'm a coder, with skills in python, ruby, rails, java, etc. I've recently started getting offers for (and accepting) short-term contract work in addition to my longer-term dayjob contract. However, I'm unsure what the going rate is for the work I do - how much should I charge on a per-hourly basis? How does this vary with respect to the length of the contract (eg, a day, a week, a month, six months)?
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posted by ysabet
on Nov 30, 2007 -
5 answers
Parse freetext postal addresses to structured form for geocoding to KML?
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posted by joshwa
on Nov 1, 2007 -
3 answers
What are the best database-driven Web application development frameworks out there right now? More specifically, please orient me to toolsets you know of that are similar to Ruby on Rails.
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posted by killdevil
on Jul 6, 2007 -
17 answers
Which programming language can I learn relatively quickly for simple interpretation and manipulation of text files on my Windows box?
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posted by poweredbybeard
on Apr 12, 2007 -
28 answers
I'm searching for a simple ruby/python database application tutorial.
A long time ago, like six years ago, I came across this simple tutorial for php/mysql that showed you, from the ground up, how to put a simple database of your video collection online.
Is there a similar tutorial that emphasizes creating a simple front-end for a mysql database using ruby or python, geared toward n00bs?
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posted by mecran01
on Sep 12, 2006 -
5 answers
