Business
Mastering the Art of Speaking: Why It Matters and How to Improve
In our increasingly connected world, the ability to speak fluently is more than just a nice-to-have—it’s a necessity. Whether you’re climbing the corporate ladder,…
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Ideas, lessons, and projects from earlier chapters of Codefrost.
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44 articles · 2004–2024
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Business
Why Your Business Needs a Dedicated Website in Addition to Social Media
Leveraging the Full Potential of Online Presence for Sustainable Business Growth Introduction In today’s digital landscape, establishing an online presence is not just an…
5 min read
Business
The Importance of Adaptability and Continuous Learning in Tech
One of the most crucial decisions a startup must make when starting a new venture is choosing the right technology stack. This decision can significantly impact the…
2 min read
Featured
Codefrost Ventures into SaaS with Three Innovative Projects
Since its inception, Codefrost has been at the forefront of digital transformation, helping businesses harness the power of cutting-edge technologies to drive growth and…
4 min read
Featured
Welcome to TrulyHappy: Your Path to Lasting Happiness!
In a world where the pursuit of happiness often leads us down a path of momentary pleasures and quick fixes, TrulyHappy offers a refreshing approach to achieving genuine,…
3 min read
Featured
TaxGPT PH: Your Friendly Guide through the Maze of Philippine Taxation
Welcome to the world of simplified taxation! At TaxGPT PH, we understand that navigating through the complex landscape of tax laws and regulations can be daunting,…
3 min read
Personal Development
The Art of Immediate Idea Development: A Path to Creativity and Personal Growth
In a world driven by innovation and fast-paced technology, we often find ourselves caught between structured development approaches and the spontaneous spark of…
2 min read
Computing
Command Line Wonders: Lessons from Extending Linux Partitions and Data Restoration
When it comes to system optimization, data restoration, or partition modifications, your most versatile tool is often the command line. In this article, I’ll recount some…
4 min read
Programming
Test-Driven Development: The Key to Building Robust Software
Why Companies Should Give TDD a Chance Introduction In the rapidly evolving world of software development, Test-Driven Development (TDD) has emerged as an industry…
3 min read
Portfolio
Codefrost Shop (Sample Project)
A complete eCommerce web application developed from scratch using the MERN stack, Redux, and Typescript on the frontend. Complete with Admin pages and PayPal integration.
1 min read
Coding Exercise
How to Do Test Driven Development in C# .NET 5 and VS Code
We will be coding a very simple code kata called FizzBuzz. The point of this article is not show the best implementation of FizzBuzz but to implement it in a Test Driven…
15 min read
Career
A Programmer’s Journey (Part 3) – Working Abroad to Freelancing
This is my programming journey story. If you like stories, please kindly read through. Otherwise, if you want to jump start your software development career without…
5 min read
Career
A Programmer’s Journey (Part 2) – Learning and Side Projects
In part 1, I recount how, despite my family’s financial difficulties, I was able to get to College. In this part, I will tell you how I really wanted to use a computer, my…
9 min read
Productivity
How to Use SyncTimer
SyncTimer (Synchronized Timer) is a free app that works on any browser, desktop or mobile. It has two types of users: Timekeeper Observer (the speaker or anyone with a…
2 min read
Portfolio
Introducing SyncTimer (Synchronized Timer)!
SyncTimer (Synchronized Timer) is a free web app that enables sharing of a centralized set of timers controlled by a time keeper. Useful for video conferences and remote…
2 min read
Portfolio
UseDelight Homepage and New Tab Browser Extension
This is the homepage of the Popular Chrome Extension for new tab called UseDelight. Both the homepage and the Chrome Extension has been built using MongoDB, Express,…
1 min read
Portfolio
Space Launches (Sample Project)
Description A sample solution that shows how to connect to another API using ASP.NET API Controller. This will pull the next 5 space launches from the public API of…
1 min read
Education
Learn to Code: Episode 013 – CSS Properties
In this episode we’ll talk about some of the basic CSS properties and how we can use them in our HTML page. For now, we will just play around with the basic properties and…
1 min read
Education
Learn to Code: Episode 012 – CSS Basics
Now it’s time to discuss CSS finally! All websites must have HTML. Whereas CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) is optional but essential in any website. We can only do so much…
2 min read
Education
Learn to Code: Episode 011 – Using Relative Path – Intro to HTML Part 8 (last part)
Finally, this is the last part of the Introduction to HTML series. I’ve never thought it will reach 8 parts, but I think it’s important for absolute beginners to take…
2 min read
Education
Learn to Code: Episode 010 – HTML Forms – Intro to HTML Part 7
Reaching the 10th episode/lesson since I started teaching how to code for free with more episodes to come! Make sure to tell your friends about this. They don’t need to…
2 min read
Education
Learn to Code: Episode 009 – Semantic Elements – Intro to HTML Part 6
HTML Sementic Elements In the last episode, I’ve mentioned that we will start to discuss CSS next. However, there are few more important HTML Tags that I forgot to…
2 min read
Education
Learn to Code: Episode 008 – Creating HTML Links – Intro to HTML Part 5
In the last episode, we’ve discussed about how to insert pictures to an HTML document using either relative source or absolute source. We’ll continue discussing more HTML…
1 min read
Education
Learn to Code: Episode 007 – Images and Chrome Dev Tools – Intro to HTML Part 4
In the last episode, we’ve talked about more common HTML tags like self-closing tags and lists. We also covered a cool Visual Studio Code function to generate a non-sense…
1 min read
Education
Learn to Code: Episode 006 – HTML Tags – Intro to HTML Part 3
In the last episode, we talked about the most common HTML tags that we must be familiar with. This episode is the continuation where we will discuss more HTML tags using…
1 min read
Education
Learn to Code: Episode 005 – HTML Tags – Intro to HTML Part 2
There are lots of HTML tags available and more are being added. Do you need to know all of them to be able to work with HTML? No. As a matter of fact, we only need to know…
2 min read
Education
Learn to Code: Episode 004 – Introduction to HTML Part 1
Can you start learning HTML using a mobile device alone? Do you really need a laptop or a computer? This episode discusses this question. This episode also gives an…
1 min read
Education
Learn to Code: Episode 003 – Intro to Web Development
Be sure to checkout the previous lesson (Episode 002 – Introduction to Google Sheets) Before we can really dive into the actual coding, it’s important to understand how…
2 min read
Education
Learn to Code: Episode 002 – Introduction to Google Sheets
In the previous episode, we learned about the basics of how computers work. We have limited time so I would like to teach you programming as fast as possible. What is the…
2 min read
Education
Learn to Code: Episode 001 – How Computers Work
As mentioned in my previous post, I will start teaching how to program in order to help people learn skills they can actually use to support themselves. But in order to…
1 min read
Education
“Teach a Man to Code”— Free Online Computer Lessons
Take advantage of our situation now by learning valuable skills we can use now and in the future with the help of free online computer lessons.
6 min read
Uncategorized
Helped Made My New Logo
Every website should have a logo and my brand is no exception. I’ve been meaning to have a logo created for me for so long. The one I’m using as a .ico is from a site that…
4 min read
Principles
“Son… this is not optional”
What would God-fearing parents do if an adult child still living at home is not following their loving directions and encouragements based on the Bible?
5 min read
Education
Homeschooling Decision
As parents, we all want the best for our children. We put our kids in a nice private school thinking it would give them a huge advantage while they’re still young. And…
3 min read
Career
A Programmer’s Journey – Part 1
In this series, I will share my story before I forget about them. Hopefully other than to serve as my memory aide, someone, somewhere will be able to relate to my story…
3 min read
Portfolio
Material Control (Sample Project)
Project Description A construction material control application that includes inventory, allocation, purchase orders, bill of materials. This project demonstrate the use…
1 min read
Portfolio
Active Force (Quotes Widget)
OCTOBER 2013 Mobile Development android-app-development Found a nice verse or quote that inspired you so much that you want to see all the time in your home screen as…
1 min read
Portfolio
Send To Dictionary
MARCH 2013 Mobile Development android-app-development Look up words in a dictionary from a browser or other apps instantly without copy-paste like a real natively…
1 min read
Older Portfolio
Construction Support System (CS2) for iCMS
MAY 2012 Web Development mvvm, entity-framwork, microsoft-sql-ssrs, microsoft-sql-server-development, c#, microsoft-silverlight An improved and modern system used as an…
1 min read
Older Portfolio
TUP ETEEAP Web Application
APRIL 2011 Web Development oracle-database, oracle-pl/sql, oracle-apex This web application was developed for Technological University of the Philippines (TUP) to help…
1 min read
Older Portfolio
Health Monitor System
OCTOBER 2008 Web Development oracle-pl/sql, oracle-apex A web-based medical system developed using Oracle Application Express (APEX) and PL/SQL that is used for recording,…
1 min read
Older Portfolio
Fixed Assets Management and Tracking System
JULY 2005 Desktop Software Development t-sql, microsoft-visual-basic A system used for managing fixed assets of a bank including all of its branches. This keeps tracks of…
1 min read
Older Portfolio
Luzon Development Bank Employees System + Payroll
DECEMBER 2004 Desktop Software Development microsoft-access-programming, t-sql, microsoft-visual-basic A personal information system which holds information of each…
1 min read
Older Portfolio
CCU (Central Checking Unit) Checking Utility
MAY 2004 Desktop Software Development xml, microsoft-access-programming, microsoft-visual-basic A reporting utility that automatically extracts check information from an…
1 min read