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VOTEDelphi Event-based and Asynchronous Programming Book – Paperback Edition and Invitation to Webinar
Dalija Prasnikar
You asked for it, and here it is! The paperback version of the book is here! (I hope Gaia will forgive me again…)Celebrating the release of the new book, “Delphi Event-based and Asynchronous Programming,” Jim McKeeth… … Read more
3 years ago in Asynchronous programming, book, Delphi, event based programming, multithreading, Webinar
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If it is too complex, you are probably doing it wrong
Dalija Prasnikar
If there is one thing experience has taught me, it is that too much complexityin some code usually means that design is wrong. That does not mean thateverything must and can be as simple as… … Read more
3 years ago
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Just released: Delphi Event-based and Asynchronous Programming – Complete version – 291 Pages
Dalija Prasnikar
Delphi Event-based and Asynchronous Programminghttps://dalija.prasnikar.info/delphiebap/index.htmlEvent-based programming is everywhere. Nowadays, you can hardly write any kind of application without leaning on events and messages.This simple, ye… … Read more
3 years ago in Asynchronous programming, book, Delphi, event based programming, multithreading
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You already purchased Delphi Event-based and Asynchronous Programming Part I?
Dalija Prasnikar
Thanks to all of you who purchased the incomplete pre-release version (179 pages) of my eBook!After a minor delay, the full version is here!You can download it through the same PDF/epub/mobi links that you have… … Read more
3 years ago in Asynchronous programming, book, Delphi, event based programming, multithreading
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Just released eBook: Delphi Event-based and Asynchronous Programming
Dalija Prasnikar
Delphi Event-based and Asynchronous Programming I just had to do it… Go with the flow!It’s the Black Friday / Cyber Monday “season”, so I had to rush the book offer The book was actually scheduled for release… … Read more
3 years ago in Asynchronous programming, book, Delphi, event based programming, multithreading
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New Book In The Press!
Dalija Prasnikar
Delphi Event-based and Asynchronous Programming About to be released by the end of the month, Delphi Event-based and Asynchronous Programming brings you the following in about 260 pages:Event loopsMessaging systemsAsynchronous programmingRem… … Read more
3 years ago in Asynchronous programming, book, Delphi, event based programming, multithreading
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DelphiCon 2020: Windows VCL Panel
Dalija Prasnikar
Join Ian Barker, Marco Cantù, Alister Christie, Victory Fernandes (Vic), Dr. Holger Flick, David Millington and me at Windows VCL Panel. We will talk about the best Delphi core feature, you all know and love, VCL… … Read more
3 years ago in DelphiCon2020, vcl
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Pass the Dog, Get the Cat
Dalija Prasnikar
This story begins with the FreeAndNil procedure, why its signature could not have a typed var parameter, why we can only pass variables declared as TObject to such procedures, and why the compiler refuses to… … Read more
4 years ago in Delphi, FreeAndNil, Parameters
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Why some people cannot use dark themes?
Dalija Prasnikar
Olivier Sannier answers that question in his posts about astigmatism and its impact on everyday software usage:https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/astigmatism-part-1-starry-effects-olivier-sannier/https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/astigmatism-part-2-blurry-eff… … Read more
4 years ago in accessibility, dark themes
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Magic behind FreeAndNil
Dalija Prasnikar
Delphi 10.4 Sydney brings one small but rather significant change. A change in the signature of the FreeAndNil procedure fromprocedure FreeAndNil(var Obj); inline;toprocedure FreeAndNil(const [ref] Obj: TObject); inline;Wait, const means the variable i… … Read more
4 years ago in Delphi, FreeAndNil, memory management, sydney
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Delphi Nullable with Custom Managed Records
Dalija Prasnikar
Published with special permission from Embarcadero – this post writes about pre-release Delphi version where everything is subject to change until finally released. Nullables are a rather simple concept. All you need is a value,… … Read more
4 years ago in Custom Managed Records, Delphi, Nullable, sydney
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Listen to the Memory Manager
Dalija Prasnikar
Let’s say you have a nice, working Delphi application. One fine day, for no reason whatsoever, you decide to run your fine and bug free application with FastMM in full debug mode. Just for fun…… … Read more
4 years ago in Delphi, FastMM, memory management
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Unified Memory Management – Coming with 10.4 Beta
Dalija Prasnikar
As announced on previous roadmaps, the 10.4 release of Delphi is planned to have unified memory management. That means retiring the ARC compiler on mobile platforms, which will now operate under the same good old… … Read more
4 years ago in Beta, Delphi, memory management
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