Hannes DuPreez

Introduction A frequent question on developer forums is how to do image panning in .NET. This article aims to show you a very simple way to accomplish panning with your images. What Is Panning? When you pan an image, you use the mouse to move to invisible parts of the image. In other words, you […]

Introduction The Microsoft Insider Dev Tour looks at the latest Microsoft technologies for developing intelligent experiences today. as well as a peek into the future. Today, I will share my wonderful experience at the tour with you. Insider Dev Tour 2018 Speakers The Insider Dev Tour 2018 was hosted by the following speakers: Pete Brown: […]

Introduction Hello, and welcome to today’s installment of my math-related articles that I have been doing for the past few months. As you know, I have become a math nerd by chance and haven’t had formal training. Yes, I did math in school, but let’s not talk about that today! Trigonometry The word trigonometry originates […]

Introduction Only very smart people would be able to tell you what each chemical element on the periodic table is, and to which group, period, and block each chemical element belongs; but, doing it through .NET is actually quite easy. Today, you will learn to write a program that can identify each chemical element on […]

Introduction Letters form words. Words form sentences. Sentences form paragraphs. Paragraphs form books. Books form libraries. Each language makes use of its own letters and symbols, but each language does have similarities when it comes to writing. Each language contains vowels and consonants and basic language elements. Each language also contains “special” sentences or words. […]

Introduction A frequent question that pops up on the forums is about how to display the current computer screen inside a PictureBox on a Windows Form. Today, I will explain this to you. Let’s jump right in! Practical Open Visual Studio and create either a C# or a Visual Basic.NET Windows Forms application. Design your […]

Introduction Isn’t it nice that we as developers can play with system settings? Sometimes, I feel so fortunate to be able to know all the intricacies, but it has its disadvantages as well. The problem is that many people do not understand me (well, normally they don’t) and my joy these small things bring me. […]

Time: For some, there is enough time. For others, like me, there will never be enough time to accomplish everything and to do everything I’d like to do. I can do with a 30 hour day. Let me explain an ordinary day in the life of Hannes: I wake up at 4 AM. In the […]

Introduction Well, the title of this article says it all.… When I was young, my family and I used to play darts quite frequently. Ever since, I have been having issues with my shoulder I have stopped playing as frequently as I used to. I wouldn’t say I was good, but I was definitely not […]

Hello again, Math nerds, and welcome to my article. Today, I would like to show you how you can do Complex Math and work with Complex Numbers in VB.NET and in C# with the use of Operator overriding and built-in Numerics namespaces. Complex Numbers Complex Numbers are numbers that can be expressed in the following […]

Introduction Hello, and welcome to my small article about Quadratic Equations. Quadratic Equations In algebra, a quadratic equation is any equation in the form of ax2 + bx + c = 0. In the previous expression, x represents an unknown, and a, b, and c represent known numbers such that a is not equal to […]