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Tatenda Shadrech Chawanzwa is the name, TC is the preferred abbreviation. Being a programmer, expect blog to contain useful programming hints, tips, and general ramblings on anything tech

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Gulp Build for Jekyll

Posted on November 5th, 2015

Gulp is an amazing addition to any front end developers repertoire. Here I will go through the Gulp build system I created on one of my recent projects where I used the static site generator Jekyll View build on   I’ll presume you already know atleast the basics of Gulp. If not…youtube is your friend for the next hour […]

Meme Generator 1.0

Posted on August 5th, 2015

Memes (those hilarious images mixed with text) are everywhere these days. Have a go at my simple Meme Generator. I’ve provided the demo and actual code if you want to see how I did it and improve upon it

How to NOT get hacked: Password Managers

Posted on July 28th, 2015

Whilst pure unadulterated security is a myth in this day and age, there are a number of steps you can make to reduce the risk of being hacked. In this little series I’ll explore these simple steps, starting with Password Managers

Smooth scrolling to anchor on different page

Posted on July 26th, 2015

In this quick jQuery tutorial I’ll show you how to smooth scroll to an anchor after its link was pressed on a different page. This will be done by using jQuery

Sending HTML email with JavaMail

Posted on July 22nd, 2015

JavaMail is an open source project which provides classes which simulate a mailing system. In this tutorial I will show you how to create a Java application which sends a email with a Microsoft Outlook or Gmail (Google) email account

Full background images with responsive centred elements

Posted on July 17th, 2015

Full screen backgrounds are ubiquitous across the web. In this quick and simple tutorial I will show you how to create stacked full page backgrounds all with centered elements. This will be achieved with pure HTML and the CSS viewport unit properties (vh, vw, vmax, vmin)

The abominable equality operator!

Posted on November 18th, 2014

Ok…so maybe the title gives this post an element of hyperbole, but give me time to explain myself. Awhile ago whilst programming in ML, I came across this warning when trying to compare two datatypes using the equality operator: stdIn:4.1-4.4 Warning: calling polyEqual Though in most cases innocuous, this is a warning worth taking note of. […]

Hello world!

Posted on November 11th, 2014

Devoted Christian, Programmer, Artist…that’s me in 304 sweet concise bits. Welcome to my world! 🙂 I’ll frequently post many of my programming endeavors; projects, hints, tips, tricks, all open for review and critique! 🙂