Wednesday, 22. May 2013
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XE4 for iOS in Slovenia
The Delphi Geek
– I just came home from the XE4/iOS presentation in Ljubljana and if I had to summarize the participant response it would be: “A very nice product, we’ll probably buy it when the Android is supported too.” This (and a relatively small attendance) clearly shows that iOS is just not that popular in ...
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DataSnap in the Cloud – DelphiFeeds.com
The Wiert Corner
– On my research list (Thanks Uwe!): DataSnap in the Cloud – DelphiFeeds.com. It shows you how to do DataSnap from the Azure clound, including getting some of the default Delphi database demos to work on SQL Server (erm, SQL Azure). –jeroen Filed under: Delphi, Delphi XE, Delphi XE2, ...
Tuesday, 21. May 2013
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Internet Explorer Automation Part 4
Behind the connection
– I this article, I will explain how to extract statistics from Blogger stats page. This follows the previous article in which you learned how to automate the login process and get the stats page. The stats page is organized in a number of HTML elements. The one which is interesting for us is a ...
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Press Release: Embarcadero to Host Online Workshops on iOS Development Using Delphi and RAD Studio XE4
Delphi Insider
– Embarcadero to Host Online Workshops on iOS Development Using Delphi and RAD Studio XE4 Demos and discussions of on-device rapid prototyping scheduled for this week SAN FRANCISCO — May 21, 2013 — This week, Embarcadero Technologies will host two online events on the topic of on-device rapid ...
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Windows Message Loop and Application Reentrancy
The Wiert Corner
– One of the things you must be careful with is reentrancy in your application through a message loop. The most obvious way is Application.ProcessMessages: it will loop until all messages from the Windows message queue are processed, weather your application is ready for them or not. A less obvious ...
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Where to see RAD Studio XE4 in the coming weeks
Malcolm Groves
– Where you can see RAD Studio XE4 for Windows, OSX and iOS in the coming weeks.
Monday, 20. May 2013
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Pascal still an advantage for some iOS, Android developers
Behind the connection
– Just read this article. It could also interest you so I share it: http://www.zdnet.com/pascal-still-an-advantage-for-some-ios-android-developers-7000014743/ Follow me on Twitter Follow me on LinkedIn Follow me on Google+ Visit my website: http://www.overbyte.be
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Delphi & RAD Studio Developer Direct Episode 5: Multi-Device Development - From Data to Business Information
Delphi Insider
– Just posted the latest episode replay from last Friday, the May 17, 2013 edition of the Embarcadero Developer Direct online session (US and Canada edition) - "Multi-Device Development - From Data to Business Information". This is a really interesting episode on how you can create apps that help ...
Sunday, 19. May 2013
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Time to Jump into the Delphi Pond?
TPersistent.com
– If you’re a new developer and you’re wondering what development tool to adopt you have to decide what pond you want to play in. Don’t be suckered by the vendor offering free conferences, and trial development tools. Don’t “go with the flow” and choose the most ...
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Delphi, why won't it just die?
Steve's Delphi Blog
– Over the years, I've programmed in a lot of different languages. Along the way, languages have come and gone in typical "Flavour of the Month" style, while others that have been predicted to be flavour of the month, have become very mainstream; Java being one of them.I used to do a lot of work ...
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XE4 Upgrade Decision
Cape Cod Gunny Does Delphi
– I'm currently using Delphi 2010 Professional and it's time to make that upgrade decision . . . again. The first decision I had to make was should I upgrade to Rad Studio XE4 or Delphi XE4. I've decided to upgrade to Delphi XE4. Now I have to decide which version of Delphi XE4 should I go with, ...
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How to simplify memory management the right way
TURBU Tech
– As I pointed out yesterday, with FastMM available, memory management is so much of a solved problem that it’s a non-problem. So dropping a performance-killing pseudo-GC “solution” on us is patronizing and insulting in the extreme, not to mention a massive waste of effort that ...
Saturday, 18. May 2013
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THMTLWriter and XE4
Nick Hodges
– I’m happy to say two things: I’m still alive. I can’t believe that it has been over two months since I posted. I have been working on my book, but it is sure slow going. Writing is hard, as my wife says. THTMLWriter works great with Delphi XE4. I’d be delighted to hear from you ...
Friday, 17. May 2013
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SOAP and REST – Using GZip with Delphi client
Roberto Schneiders
– I did some testing with delphi clients and a Java server. We are deciding between SOAP and REST. I’ve implemented client applications in Delphi using GZip. It is a very simple implementation and it brings a great result. The larger the volume of data, greater the difference using GZip ...
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NextGen: Delphi’s “Visual Fred” moment?
TURBU Tech
– There’s been a lot of talk recently about immutable strings in the iOS compiler, which, as Marco pointed out, is not actually implemented (yet) but is just something that’s under consideration. And it appears that he’s uncomfortable with the removal of AnsiStrings. That’s a ...
