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Saturday, 25. August 2018
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Introduction to Python for Delphi programmers
The Programming Works
– Why Delphi programmer needs Python at all? The main reason is: Python ecosystem is much bigger and much more active than Delphi ecosystem; there are many useful and actively developing projects in Python, much more than you can find in Delphi. Currently I am dabbling in a nice MkDocs documentation ...
Friday, 24. August 2018
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Integrating Testers into Modern Agile
blog.gurock.com
– My experience of agile when it initially went mainstream was that teams continued doing what they already had been doing, just over the course of two weeks instead of two months. Our developers still had a “write the code” part of the development cycle where they made a large amount of ...
Thursday, 23. August 2018
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Using a K750 Mac Keyboard with VMWare Fusion
TPersistent.com
– I just created a VM for the Beta test and decided I am going to use it on my Mac for a change. Rather than using a KVM I bought a Logitech M510 mouse, and K750 PC keyboard and bound it to one unifying receiver. Normally I just pull the USB receiver from my PC, put it into my Mac mini, switch the ...
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Delphi: create or append to a TFileStream
The Wiert Corner
– It looks like the Delphi [WayBack] TFileStream.Create does not have an overload that allows you to create or append. Luckily, [Archive.is] TFile.Open allows you to do this when passing the correct [Archive.is] TFileMode enumeration value: TempStream := TFile.Open(TempPath, TFileMode.fmOpenOrCreate, ...
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chakracore-delphi included in fpcupdeluxe
Delphi and stuff
– chakracore-delphi is now included (as an installable module) in fpcupdeluxe. :-) Cheers!
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Is there a reason why third party component vendors still ship dfm in binary files …
The Wiert Corner
– I knew it was backward compatibility, but TeeChart author David Berneda knew exactly what version: One old issue with the XE5 osx compiler, some forms in text format raised a “Bad file format” exception, fix was leave them binary –jeroen Source: [WayBack] Is there a reason why ...
Wednesday, 22. August 2018
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Property/event differences between Delphi forms and frames
The Wiert Corner
– From a while back, but still interesting especially because there some differences similar to base/inherited designer objects: [WayBack] vcl – How to do bulk -transformation of form to frame- in Delphi? – Stack Overflow: Observe the differences of a Form and a Frame in your project. ...
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Reminder to self – check some of the Delphi bug reports to see of they are solved
The Wiert Corner
– Reminder to self: check the entries referenced in [WayBack] Judging from recent QP bug resolutions, current status of Delphi compiler is “Leaks all the way” or “Broken by design”. Take your pick… – Dalija Prasnikar – Google+ –jeroen
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New Sample: Shared UI
RemObjects Blogs
– I've just pushed a new set of samples to our Elements Samples GitHub repository. The new sample, available for Oxygene (Object Pascal), C# and Swift (GitHub links), shows off some concepts for sharing code in an application with bespoke native User Interface for Mac and Windows. While purposely ...
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Testing In Production Isn’t a Sin Anymore
blog.gurock.com
– What do you think about testing in production? Does the mere sight of those words make your blood pressure rise? Maybe it does. For many developers, just conceiving such a thing is what it takes for their minds to start recalling horror tales from their early careers. Remember that time when, as in ...
Tuesday, 21. August 2018
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Delphi SOAP service: only publish WSDL in RELEASE mode
The Wiert Corner
– If you want to restrict the WSDL publishing so it only is published in DEBUG mode, then add a [WayBack] TWSDLHTMLPublish to your [WayBack] TWebModule descendant, then add this in the [WayBack] OnCreate event handler of that TWebModule descendant: // Enable/disable handling of "/wsdl*" requests ...
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TMS WEB Core v1.0 Brescia tips & tricks part 2
TMS Software Blog
– Even though it is summer & vacation time for many, we make time for two more super useful tips & tricks for everyone developing web client applications with TMS WEB Core. Inserting controls as child of HTML elements The first tip concerns dynamically creating a web control as child of an ...
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New CData Connectors For August 2018
Marco's Tech Blog
– Since last year, Embarcadero has teamed up with CData to offer easy to use FireDAC connectors for many web and cloud services, including data repositories, business services, social media and much more. These connectors are available at a flat fee and two packs, Enterprise and Enterprise Plus. You ...
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For my research list: Delphi and ZeroMQ
The Wiert Corner
– Last year, ZeroMQ – of late Pieter Hintjens ancestry – got a decent support library for Delphi https://github.com/grijjy/DelphiZeroMQ. While writing, there is a reasonable chance I need to do message queue work and ZeroMQ is excellent. I’ve done MQ already in other environments ...
Saturday, 18. August 2018
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Australian Delphi User Group Inc Annual General Meeting 2018
Australian Delphi User Group Members
– The Annual General Meeting of the “Australian Delphi User Group Inc. No A0038181F” (aka ADUG) will be held at 6:15 pm AEST on Monday 17 September 2018 at the Melbourne Men’s Shed Adjacent to the Level 1 Car Park, Federation Square Corner Flinders and Russell Streets, Melbourne The ...
