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June 2008
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Code: Speed vs Aesthetics
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– In our drive to produce the fastest, most optimised code out there, sometimes we can leave ourselves with a sprawl of code that no one else is going to be able to follow - or quite possibly you may not be able to follow a few months down the line, even though you wrote it! I'm not talking about ...
January 2008
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Real-world tools #6: Raize Components
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– Despite the claims that I don't like to have reams of different component packs installed in Delphi, there is often a case that a particular component set just has that killer component that demands its use. I've been aware of Raize Components for years but never made the leap of using them because ...
September 2007
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Real-world tools #5: IP*Works! SSL
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– It's been a while and for that I apologise, although perhaps many of you are grateful that it's taken 2 months for me to post. Usual stuff, I know you're all up against the same things. Deadlines, massive development schedules, testing, meetings... you know, real-world stuff. I wanted to get back ...
July 2007
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"Do you have a .net version?"
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– A reasonably common question we get asked these days in tender documents or over the phone is "is your product written in .net?" or similarly "do you have a .net version of your software?". At this point I bite my tongue, take a breath and try to find out exactly why they've asked such a ridiculous ...
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Business Case for upgrading Delphi
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– On July 6th, Nick Hodges blogged about a new wiki page he has created entitled the Business Case for Delphi. This is a great idea (admittedly not his own) and for a moment I thought he had stolen my thunder on a topic I've been meaning to write about myself. However, Nick's topic is about why Delphi ...
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The moving Microsoft standard
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– When I was first brought into my company to port the software from Unix to Windows, Windows 95 was the latest OS and Microsoft were very proud of it. Although I didn't read any official literature from them at the time, I was already aware from my own use of Windows that there were certain standards ...
June 2007
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Real-world tools #4: JEDI-VCL
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– For as long as there has been Delphi, there has been Project JEDI: Joint Endeavour of Delphi Innovators (or Endeavor if you're Stateside). Initially it was created in order to write API header conversions for Delphi that weren't provided as standard. APIs such as DirectX, ODBC, MAPI, TAPI and ...
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Real-world tools #3: TMS Components
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– I'm not a fan of component packs. For as long as I can remember, Woll2Woll Software ran the same advert in all of the published Delphi magazines with exactly the same screenshot of their InfoPower Suite of components. They have achieved the unenviable by managing to show a product that looks no ...
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Windows time change
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– When I mentioned yesterday about time zones, it reminded me of an issue I came across a few years ago with the Windows WM_TIMECHANGE message. Whenever the time is changed on Windows, the WM_TIMECHANGE message is broadcast for any applications to handle if they wish. This was something that was ...
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Roadmap chat with David I
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– How many of you joined in on one of the CodeGear Developer Network Delphi/C++ roadmap chats last week, hosted by David I? I did on Friday afternoon (well, Friday 4pm UK time, which was 8am PDT; I nearly missed it as the UK is currently on British Summer Time which is GMT+1 but that's another story). ...
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Real-world tools #2: Database connectivity
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– OK, so yesterday I was on pretty sure footing with talking about ReportBuilder. Some of your comments and emails reflected that this is a popular third-party toolset and ranks up there with other report writing tools in Delphi. At least, undoubtely, most of you have at least heard of it. Today, I'm ...
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Real-world tools #1: ReportBuilder
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– There are some third-party components I use that I'm still not sure about, but that are so embedded in my work now that the thought of changing them isn't all that appealing. ReportBuilder (RB), by Digital Metaphors, isn't one of those. This, it turns out, is one of the best decisions I ever made. ...
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Tools of the real world
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– I should explain what it is I do with Delphi every day, which will maybe give a background as to why I've become what I consider a conservative developer. Conservative, that is, in terms of what software we use. The company I have worked for for the past 9 years develops three main products ...
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Introduction
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– dis·ci·ple (dĭ-sī'pl) n. One who embraces and assists in spreading the teachings of another. An active adherent, as of a movement or philosophy. OK, so does the Delphi Community need another blogger? Probably not, but the reason why Borland Inprise Borland CodeGear has survived is because of the ...
