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I agree with this 100%. I understand that people want something they can put together quickly, so they find a script that does it and they figure out how to in
by TimothyBurgess 16y ago
I agree with this 100%.
I understand that people want something they can put together quickly, so they find a script that does it and they figure out how to integrate it... but I've learned that it actually takes more time to do all that than write my own little script that does exactly what I'm looking for with less code... and it's optimized for the particular code it works with (for which it works for you grammar-whores ;)).
Not to mention, I've learned way more by doing it myself and in the long run I progress faster... all while writing more efficient code.
And for this very same reason, I don't use jQuery or any other libraries... the majority of them are way too bloated for what I need (most of the time). Exceptions include server-side libraries for graphing, reading/writing from/to excel, etc.
- ez77 16y agoWhat do you use to I/F with Excel files?
- TimothyBurgess 16y agoPHPExcel: http://phpexcel.codeplex.com/ http://phpexcel.codeplex.com/ If you're using other server-side languages I'm sure a search engine query or two will return decent results... don't go straight for the first one though. Check a few out and see what suits you best. I will say though that PHPExcel has never failed me. And I just noticed the version I'm using is out of date too... thanks! Gonna [try to] get it up to date now. :)