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Hey Marco, Here's how to fix Delphi: Make it fast.
Delphi Code Monkey
– The title of this blog post is a bit provocative. I think that Embarcadero is doing well with Delphi and I am excited about XE4. I have been using it. But I need to complain today. I get paid to write Windows applications, and Delphi is still the best tool for that job. But it ...
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SmartMobile Studio free for educational purposes
DelphiTools
– As posted on Google+, Smart Mobile Studio is now free for educational purposes. The Pascal Programming for Schools website had already been updated sometime ago with samples and tutorials about getting started with Smart, and is a significant online resource for teaching Pascal in general, not just ...
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I had a dream…
The Art of Delphi Programming
– I had a dream. While I was working on my current project the WOMP (White Owl Mail Provider) dropped a message at my doorstep. The message reads You are invited to a special event. Be prepared to be picked up at 7 pm. Point seven o’clock a coach drawn by two unicorns came up the driveway (I ...
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Introducing DUnitX - A Unit Test Framework for Delphi
VSoft Technologies
– But, we have DUnit.... Unit Testing in Delphi is not new, the DUnit framework has been around for many years. So why create a new unit test framework? My motivation for creating a new framework was partially frustration with the confusion over DUnit, DUnit2 and who was maintaining DUnit? ...
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The Delphi Language is Lagging Behind
The Delphi Geek
– While I love the way Delphi is expanding to multiple platforms (but please, guys, stop the horses once in a while and fix some bugs!), I think the Delphi language could use a facelift. In particular, I like what Eric is doing with the DWS and I absolutely enjoy coding in Smart Mobile Studio where I ...
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Arnaud Bouchez on the ‘nextgen’ compiler
Delphi Haven
– Arnaud Bouchez of Synopse open source fame (mORmot etc.) has written an interesting piece on the ‘nextgen’ compiler that debuted with XE4′s iOS support – check it out.
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The VCL Styles Utils Project now supports dialogs and popup menus
The Road to Delphi
– Two missing parts of the standard VCL Styles is the lack of the capacity to theme the popup menus and the standard Windows dialogs. I started to work a year ago in the dialogs area, but due to my limited time I was not able to finish that. But a few months ago I receive a very interesting mail from ...
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Why Delphi generics are annoying
Delphi sorcery
– First of all: I like generics, I love them. You can do all kinds of neat stuff with them... until they bite you. Then they crash your compiler which might make your IDE hang or actually generate wrong source code.So today I will talk about about the smaller or bigger annoyances of Delphi ...
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Complete List of Delphi Code Examples From Docwiki
Cape Cod Gunny Does Delphi
– I was looking through the list of code examples from the Embarcadero Docwiki site and I was a little frustrated because they are broken up by Delphi versions. I was thinking it would be nice to have one complete list of all the code examples in one place. So, I put together a complete list of ...
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DDevExtensions 2.7 for 2009-XE4 released
Andy's Blog
– After almost a year a new version of DDevExtensions is available. It not only adds support for RAD Studio XE4 but also some new features and improves already existing functionality. A full description of all 2.7 features can be found in the DDevExtensions Features.pdf. What’s new You can now invoke ...
