Hannes DuPreez

Artificial Intelligence is quickly becoming part of everyday life. Whether you are using your PC or your mobile phone, you are making use of some variation of AI. The Web has given Artificial Intelligence wings and it just keeps on improving. I have written about AI and .NET before. To understand the underlying concepts of […]

Remember the days before the .NET Framework? Those were the great days to be a developer, in my opinion. Things were not as easy as it is with the .NET Framework; there were not as many tools, technology was not so advanced, there was no Facebook, no Android, and no real Google. It is strange […]

Just when you thought Visual Studio Code could not get any better, Microsoft steps up their game. In the October 2021 release of Visual Studio Code, the preview of Visual Studio Code for the Web (vscode.dev) was released, among other bug fixes and changes. There are a lot of changes and improvements to Visual Studio […]

Needless to say, the anticipation of .NET 6 was overwhelming. We have covered several articles building up to .NET 6 and its features. Now that .NET 6 has been released, we can take a look at all of its features properly. What are the New Features of .NET 6? Below, we will discuss some of […]

With Solution filters, developers can choose which projects should be loaded when a solution is opened. Solution filtering allows programmers to open a large solution but only load a select few projects. It is common for large teams to have large solutions containing many projects. Some developers do not always have to work on all […]

StereoKit is an easy-to-use open-source mixed reality library for building HoloLens and VR applications with C# and OpenXR. In case the terms HoloLens, VR and OpenXR are unfamiliar, it will quickly be explained at the end of the article. According to their documentation, “StereoKit prioritizes mixed reality application development above all else! This allows us […]

Since the August 2021 update of Visual Studio Code (version 1.6.0) , Visual Studio Code makes use of Machine Learning (ML) to detect the current programming language used while coding – this also includes code that is pasted into the editor. Because of this, Visual Studio Code automatically (or rather, auto-magically) sets the language mode […]

Anyone that has worked in any Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE) has at, one point in time, worked with an extension. Extensions are add-ons to Visual Studio that allow developers to customize and enhance their experience in Visual Studio by adding new features and integrating existing tools. An extension’s main purpose is to increase […]

It seems that ordinary tasks get easier by the day. Life gets easier and the sad fact of it all is that people can tend to become a bit lazier because of it. Technology has become so important in our lives and we have become so dependent on technology. Now, let’s take it to the […]

As the need for Machine Learning (ML) and AI increases on a seemingly daily basis, we need enough languages and tools to aid developers in the software development process. There are so many roads and avenues to follow when you start programming for Machine Learning, but you have to remember that it is not simply […]

Today we are looking at some of the most exciting new features and language changes coming to .Net 6.0 and, specifically, Windows Forms. These new features include changes to fonts, runtime designers, and TaskDialogue controls. Windows Forms New Features: .Net 6.0 Here is a list of some of the new features coming to Windows Forms […]

In this article we are going to look at the newest features being added to the C# programming languages to give developers a better idea of how their software development will be affected. New Features in C# 10 At the time of writing, the following list shows the new features developers can expect in C# […]