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Hannes DuPreez

Ockert J. du Preez is a passionate coder and always willing to learn. He has written hundreds of developer articles over the years detailing his programming quests and adventures. He has written the following books: Visual Studio 2019 In-Depth (BpB Publications) JavaScript for Gurus (BpB Publications) He was the Technical Editor for Professional C++, 5th Edition (Wiley) He was a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for .NET (2008–2017).

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Using SQL Stored Procedures with VB.NET

Introduction A month or so ago, I wrote a few articles introducing you to the world of databases and VB. If you have followed them,...

Visual Basic Features in Visual Studio 2022

Most articles cover new features specifically tailored to C#, its improvements, and the C# development environment. Finally, with Visual Studio 2022, comes a lot...

Validating User Input with VB.NET

Introduction Validating user input can be quite a pain, especially if you do not know what techniques and what namespaces are at your disposal. Because...

Playing with Strings: Proper Case

Introduction As you may or may not know: strings are strange creatures! I say so because there are so many ways to do a certain...

Making a Small Lotto Game in VB.NET

Introduction If you are one of the many unlucky ones who has never won anything in a lottery, well, this article is for you. Because...

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