the Why Script Blog
3 reasons to stop using Excel
I recently went down the rabbit hole of Excel automation… I don't consider myself an Excel expert, but I thought I knew enough about Excel. I was wrong. The challenge I had was to automate a rather complex Excel file. This Excel file contained about 20 sheets, with...
Engineer – work like a software developer – whyClickIfYouCanScript
So, why do we script? The first thing which typically comes to mind is automation. By creating a script we can invest time upfront and later profit from that investment: we get a return on our investment. And that return is not only the time we save ourselves, but...
A Lost Art in Engineering
When I entered the workforce almost 20 years ago, the graphical user interface (GUI) was alreadycommon good in engineering. Recently I’ve come to the realization that I’m very dependent on my (3D)computer mouse, or the track-pad...