So a large portion of the code I write is to output data in table format. When you have hundreds of rows, it becomes hard to decipher all the data. Plus, the end users are use to Excel, which allows them to sort and filter their data. I originally tried to implement sorting on the [...]
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Scott Gottreu
A few years ago I installed OpenBiblio on one of my websites to keep tab of all my books. I wrote a Perl script that uses a book’s ISBN number to retrieve the bibliographic information from Amazon and then enter the book into my library. I can now search all my books as well my [...]
I was given the task a few weeks ago of finding point of sale software for our clinic. I started by looking at all the open source options. Two likely candidates were PHP Point of Sale and Lemon POS. Since this point of sale would be put on either a stand-alone system or be placed [...]
I’m not really sure why it happened but beginning around the 1st of March I just went dark on the internet. I would occasionally check in on Facebook but I stopped blogging, tweeting and all that other outward focused internet type stuff. One, I didn’t think I had that much to say and two, I [...]
My supervisor mentioned to me about a month ago that the doctors want a dashboard on our website to track various data points. How many patients were seen in a week. How many patients did each doctor see. What were type of visit were the patients coming in for. The wish list could go on… [...]
I am currently developing an inventory system for my company. I wanted to create a category listing but I have always struggled with creating hierarchy and storing it in a database. I created a CMS package at my last place of employment. I remember spending a great deal of time working out how to create [...]
I’ve been blogging off and on for the last 5 years. I’ve written about technology and programming as well as my personal life and my faith. I’ve often refrained from geeking out too much on my blog because I didn’t want to go over people’s heads and most of my readers are not coders. However, [...]
