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Proper case a string using RegEx in Javascript, except for words in parenthesis

Today I had to find a way to proper case a string, except anything that is in parenthesis. That sounds like a mouthful, so to clarify, I wanted to turn “JAVASCRIPT ROCKS (JS)” into “Javascript Rocks (JS)”, so I created a regular expression to do this task in an Adobe LiveCycle form. this.rawValue = this.rawValue.replace(/(?!\w*\))(\w\S*)/g, function(txt){…

November 15, 2016
Must have applications for development

I recently had to re-install ALL of the applications that I use at work when they gave me a new Windows 7 based computer, so I thought I would list out the apps that I HAVE to have to operate. These are listed in no particular order: Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Express Visual Studio 2012 –…

May 18, 2015
Hire Remotely

As I wrote in my post Working From Home, I loved working remotely and I wish more companies would hire remote workers. I felt I was much more productive, I felt I was healthier and I just read an article from one of my favorite programmers called “Hire Remotely“. If you have a company, please…

January 13, 2015
Adding a solution to TFS without adding the NuGet packages.

I was adding a project that I just completed to TFS source control and noticed that it wanted to add the packages to source control also, but I didn’t want that because you are not supposed to add the NuGet packages. They can be re-downloaded and installed during the build process for anyone that does…

June 26, 2014
Bible Chronological Reading Plan Differences

I am using the Bible App to try and read the Bible in a year, so I chose the Chronological reading plan from them. It has been very helpful, but I didn’t feel like I was getting enough out of it, so an elder from my church has a web site with Chronological Study Guides, but…

June 24, 2014
C# Parallel Tasks gives MAJOR Speed Increase

I just used parallel tasks to decrease the time a process took from over an hour to about 2 minutes. I was wary of creating so many database contexts, but it paid off in a major way! See the snippet of code below to see how I used the Parallel.ForEach. .Net created almost 100 threads during…

June 24, 2014
Cool Google Photo feature – Auto Awesome

I just uploaded some wedding photos that I took to Google+ Photos, and it created some “auto awesome” animated GIF photos from photos that are similar. I thought they were pretty cool, so I thought I would share a few of them with you. Here they are:

May 6, 2014
Ability to Sync is a great reason to use Lastpass to save your passwords

I am a user of Lastpass and I am working with a large multi national company on a contract. They had a new employee start and they were trying to use KeePass, which I hear is a great password manager, but he couldn’t access his passwords because it is trying to use a port that is…

May 6, 2014
Added HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and jQuery to my resume

Here is a link to my resume that adds my recent experience with HTML5, CSS3, Twitter Bootstrap, JavaScript, jQuery and more. Also, check out my About page to find out more about me.

April 8, 2014
Import transactions into YNAB FREQUENTLY!!!!

After watching this video from YNAB I have learned an important lesson. I have not imported my transactions for two months and now I have to individually approve 235 transactions. This is going to take a while. I recommend that you import your transactions frequently. I think it would be a good practice to do this…

March 4, 2014

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