Tuesday, 18. December 2018
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Never ever put OutpugDebugString in code that is meant to run on production systems
The Wiert Corner
– I just saw this code in the Delphi RTL enabled for RELEASE builds of the procedure TThreadPool.TQueueWorkerThread.Execute; code: {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS} OutputDebugString(PChar(Format('Thread Exiting: %d', [ThreadId]))); {$ENDIF} Never, ever do this. If you code review code that contains it: ...
Monday, 17. December 2018
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New RAD Server Features in RAD Studio 10.3
Marco's Tech Blog
– The version of RAD Server that ships with RAD Studio 10.3 offers a very significant set of enhancements, mostly focused on how a resource (and have a URL) is mapped to classes and methods on the server. While the key idea of having classes (or data modules) that implement resources remains the same, ...
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GetIt is broken, please fix it Embarcadero
Delphi Code Monkey
– Various people, including myself are having problems with GetIt returning license errors instead of installing the thing it should install. Even on free items like the Jedi JVCL library, you can get this error:It's not a blocker when you can install Jedi yourself from source (clone the git repo, ...
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Call for Papers
Australian Delphi User Group Members
– The Australian Delphi User Group (ADUG) is looking for presenters for the annual Symposium (March 2019 and future years) and also our monthly meetings in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL * Presentations at the monthly meetings can be in person or remote ...
Saturday, 15. December 2018
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Debugging the RAD Studio IDE
Andy's Blog
– When I work on my IDE plugins I constantly need to debug the IDE. To make my live a lot easier I wrote an IDE plugin that adds another symbol resolver to the Delphi Debugger, so the debugger can use the *.jdbg files and show the actual function names (including line numbers) in the call stack. Even ...
Friday, 14. December 2018
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Software Security Tests You Should Be Running, and When to use Them Most Effectively
blog.gurock.com
– This is a guest posting by Michael Solomon PhD CISSP PMP CISM. Companies large and small need comprehensive software security testing, but there is a lot of confusion about what that actually means. How do organizations go about conducting software security tests? What types of test should you run? ...
Thursday, 13. December 2018
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Getting started · MahdiSafsafi/DebugEngine Wiki · GitHub
The Wiert Corner
– Enabling stack traces in Delphi: [WayBack] Getting started · MahdiSafsafi/DebugEngine Wiki · GitHub: Using DebugEngine stack trace when error occurs: All what you need to do is to include DebugEngine.HookException unit into your project. And each time an error occurs, you will be able to get the ...
Wednesday, 12. December 2018
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Directory Favorite List
Felix Colibri
– a tListBox allowing quick selection of the current tDirectoryListbox directory
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Initeresting CodeInsight ToolsAPI.pas bits IOTACodeInsightManager100, AllowCodeInsight, EditorTokenValidChars
The Wiert Corner
– Reminder to self: dig deeper in to this thread [WayBack] …In ToolsAPI.pas there’s IOTACodeInsightManager100 which is implemented by my custom CodeInsight manager… – Fl Ko – Google+ –jeroen
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Melbourne Meeting – December 2018
Australian Delphi User Group Members
– Monday 17th December at 6 for 6:15pm start. Roger Plant will give us an introduction to Git, then Brian Watson will give a presentation on GitKraken. We’ll then break for a social time with sandwiches and mince pies – $5 contribution to cost appreciated.… Continue reading ›
Tuesday, 11. December 2018
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Using Ansible to Orchestrate an Ephemeral Performance Testing Environment
blog.gurock.com
– This is a guest posting by Bob Reselman I’m a big fan of ephemeral computing. It makes sense because the simple fact is that more companies want to maximize the expense of computing: Nobody wants to pay for computing power that goes unused. Ephemeral computing lets companies pay only for the ...
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Still an interesting thought: I’d like the next update from Emb to NOT contain any new features at all – just a huge bundle of bug fixes
The Wiert Corner
– Still an interesting thought: [WayBack] Maybe we need a vote here but personally I’d like the next update from Emb to NOT contain any new features at all – just a huge bundle of bug fixes. We… – Chris Pimlott – Google+. Especially the comments in it are well worth re-reading. ...
Monday, 10. December 2018
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TMS WEB Core v1.1 Verona coming closer. Improving the debugging experience!
TMS Software Blog
– In an earlier blog article, we have already explained how the Pas2JS compiler, with the help of its generated source map files, enables debugging TMS WEB Core web applications from the browser in full Pascal source code. This means that in the browser, you can set breakpoints at Pascal source code ...
Saturday, 8. December 2018
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CodeRage 2018 (redux)
Brian Long
– This year at CodeRage 2018 I presented a session on Creative Delphi Debugging Techniques.Other than my speaking volume being a bit quiet, it generated a number of very nice comments about the subjects covered so I thought it might be useful to mention that it is available for on-demand viewing as ...
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RAD Studio 10.3 Rio’s Android Intent support (or current lack thereof)
Brian Long
– Sometimes when a new product is released there are a few ‘teething issues’. That certainly seems to be the case with RAD Studio 10.3 Rio. Both Delphi and C++Builder are hitting a few problems on various fronts. Now, it is true that internally in the product there has been a lot of change in the IDE, ...
