Evacuation Planning, Digitized!

Well done Dawie on being the mastermind behind a great Risk Management product. It is a pleasure working with you and Naomi. I hope your business will grow from strength to strength and look forward to new bigger endeavors in the future!

Contact Danada Risk Solutions for more information about their evacuation planning and management system on 072-266-7512

Feedback received from the customer: “Baie dankie weereens vir die professionele produk wat jy verskaf het! ” - Naomi Oberholster

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Freelance Ext JS Developer

A few months ago a client approached me to do a web project for them explicitly asking me to develop their web application using the Ext JS libraries. Not knowing much about it I started with some research and training and now after delivering the project in almost half of the estimated time, I am convinced that this is the way forward.

Ext JS is a set of tools to help you build rich (and I mean rich) user interface applications in conjunction with your existing PHP, Ruby or ASP.NET backend code. I used it in conjunction with PHP and a MySQL database for all my backend work.

The framework is bundled into a set of Javascript, CSS and image files that takes care of 95% of the look and feel of your application with controls such as treeviews, menus, lists and combo boxes with drag and drop support, in place editing and much more.

Here’s a link to some Ext JS Examples to demonstrate the richness of the components: http://www.extjs.com/deploy/dev/examples/samples.html

If I sound like an Ext JS evangelist: I am totally.

I am not sure Ext JS would be my choice for standard web sites, but web applications or backend functionality can be greatly improved by using this toolset.

Having completed my first official project I am looking forward to get more Ext JS projects. To hire me for your freelance web development project contact me on    083 656 4309    or erhard@ernic.co.za

Freelance Developer for Hire in South Africa

Things have been very hectic lately and a lot of changes took place, I thought this would be a good time to write a little update on the services I have to offer to businesses big and small. I am a freelance developer/contractor, specializing in web site and software development. Over the past couple of years I’ve worked with many local and international companies on very diverse projects. I have a very happy client list with excellent references upon request.

While I do mainly web and software development, I also specialize in integration and data warehousing projects with BizTalk and SSIS.

My full skill set include:

Web Design and Development

  • PHP
  • ASP.NET
  • Ajax
  • jQuery
  • XHTML/CSS
  • MIDP Mobile Profile for WAP/Mobile Web Sites

Desktop Software Development

  • Visual Basic
  • C++
  • Delphi
  • VB.Net
  • C#
  • Java
  • J2ME for mobile applications

Databases

  • MySQL
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • PostgreSQL

Integration, Automation and Reporting

  • SSIS
  • BizTalk 2004/2006 R2
  • SQL Reporting Services

For any freelance programming requirement contact me today. I stay in Centurion Gauteng and willing to travel to your office to meet and discuss your project requirements.

My email address is erhard@ernic.co.za or contact me on my cell phone 083 656 4309. For skype use erhardsmit.

Simple Invoicing For Contractors, Wherever You Are

As a contract web and software developer I often find myself away from the office working onsite at clients or even from a coffee shop. Then normally I would do my administrative work when I get home to send out invoices, check on payments received and marking invoices as paid etc. That was until I found two online services that really make accounting effortless, especially for a single-man operation like me.

The two services I highly recommend are Freshbooks and LessAccounting. Both services offer web-based services to manage clients, track time, projects and expenses and invoice your clients from wherever you are as long as you have an internet connection. I initially used Freshbooks but recently switched to LessAccounting. They are both great but I prefer the look and feel of LessAccounting. You can sign-up for a free trial account at any one of them.

If you really want just an invoicing system also have a look at Curdbee.com