Hannes DuPreez

Introduction There will be times when you want to extend your application without recompiling it. Times change, business rules change, and because of this you need to create functionality inside your applications so that your application can become “extendable” with the least amount of effort. Today, I will show you how to build a basic […]

Introduction Call me Curious George. Just when I think I have created all types of apps imaginable, another idea pops into my head. I guess I now have my answer as to why I cannot sleep most of the time—it is due to my brain thinking of new apps and new ideas. Ah, the joys […]

Introduction Knowing how to work with Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel, can prove vital in any environment. At my work, there are a few options for exporting data to the users. These options include the ever-popular PDF format, as well as Excel. PDF-based reports are read-only, whereas the Excel Reports provide more user activity. Today, […]

Introduction Every so often, a weird concept crosses my path and I can only sit and wonder as to why a certain method or technology works the way it does, or doesn’t work the way I want it to work. A string enumeration is such a case. Now look, I am not the tastiest sweet […]

Introduction In case you ever wondered, my life is awesome. Yes, I am truly blessed to have a beautiful wife and beautiful daughter who love me. I am also truly blessed that I have a great, exciting, and an adventure of a job where I get to learn something strange or exciting every day! Today, […]

Introduction Creating a Tic Tac Toe game is actually pretty straightforward. All you need is a bit of logic and Visual Basic. Today, you will create such a game and hopefully agree on how easy it is to create. Let’s have a look! Tic Tac Toe Tic Tac Toe, Naught and crosses, or Xs and […]

Games, I love them—who doesn’t? Certain games just have that special something (it is hard to explain exactly what) that just keep you hooked and I won’t say begging for more, but they just have something about them that keeps reeling you in, as if you’re a fish… I started programming ages ago, when dinosaurs […]

Introduction One of the hottest terms being thrown around these days is ‘Cross Platform Mobile Development‘. With this article, I will introduce you to ‘Cross Platform Mobile Development’ and what tools there are. Mobile Applications Mobile applications run on a mobile platform. This includes cellular phones and tablets. Unlike Web applications, there are many different […]

Introduction Imagine a life without the Internet. You can’t, can you? No. Just today, I told one of my colleagues that the human race has grown so dependent on the Internet, and when, for example, a network is down, you cannot do any work. The Internet is good, but it is very scary to come […]

Isn’t it amazing how the Internet has changed our way of communication? Imagine your life without email, or even Whatsapp. The Internet is, however, much larger than many people realize. Thanks to protocols, any communication on any platform is possible. Today, you will learn about UDP and see how to create an application to use […]

Introduction Have you ever wondered where .NET is going? Well, this article will hopefully shed a bit of light on your concerns. I am a Visual Basic guy. I always have been. I always will be. Yes, currently I am working in C# mostly these days, but this is not because C# is ‘better’ than […]

Introduction I have said once that we are living in exciting times; well, we are indeed. With the dawn of the fourth industrial revolution upon us, life just got better! How? With Microsoft’s Bot Framework, which is the topic I would like to talk about today. Bots A bot, or Web robot, is the most […]