This is a guide for creating your own VBE driver for your custom operating system in C. This is a continuation of my previous blog post Create your own graphics library in C++, as I realised that not everyone may have a VBE or VGA driver. This post will also guide you through how to … Read more
A quick guide on creating your very own graphics library for your custom operating system in C++. Before you jump into implementing this, you will need a way to draw graphics on the screen. If you don’t already, make sure that you have a VGA/VBE driver, so that way you can easily interact with the … Read more
If you haven’t already, I suggest reading my last blog post about making a good privacy policy. First of all, terms and conditions/of service (TAC/TOS) is a document that outlines who is allowed to use the product/service and how they are allowed to use it. These may not be particularly important for static websites that … Read more
First of all, a privacy policy is a document that outlines how a website gathers/collects, stores and uses personal information. It also includes information about what is collected from the user. These are important for a website to have, you can view mine at https://legal.wtdawson.info/. Privacy policies (and terms and conditions/of service – TAC or … Read more
Before we begin, what around JSON Web Tokens (Otherwise known as JWT)? JWT is a signed key that contains basic data that helps the server to identify if users are logged in or not, and who they are logged in as. You can read into more specifically how JWT works here: JSON Web Token Introduction. … Read more
When thinking about making a desktop application with C#, you should think of a few things such as…
This is a short guide to getting ElementaryOS running in a Hyper-V Virtual Machine. Prerequisites Creating the Virtual Machine Open Hyper-V then navigate to “New” -> “Virtual Machine”. Click “Next >” inside the dialog that just popped up. Name the Virtual Machine something (For example, “EOS” or “Elementary OS”). Then click “Next >” On this … Read more