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VOTERant: Git is not a version control system. But you’re going to use it as one anyways.
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I can hear you saying it.” You’re wrong, Delphi Code Monkey, Git is a version control system.”.Hear me out.Git is not a version control system, it’s a directed acyclical graph management system that happens to… – Details…
3 weeks ago
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A few quick tips about Downloading Delphi 10.4.1 (sydney) and all future Delphi Releases for current active customers.
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Probably this is old news but I didn’t see the news whenever it hit, and so I’m posting this here in hopes that other people who hadn’t realized that EDN/CodeCentral is no longer where you… – Details…
6 months ago
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Git with Delphi: The Basics
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I wrote this blog post as I ran into a Delphi coder who was using some non-verson-control tool like Zip or DropBox to store their code. Now I’m not saying you shouldn’t ever store code… – Details…
10 months ago
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Please DO NOT use the Jedi JVCL JvCsvDataSet component. I wrote it and it’s not safe.
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Once upon a time I was a Jedi JVCL developer. I contributed JvCsvDataSet, to the Jedi JVCL project.Unfortunately, I believe it has several internal design flaws and needs a total rewrite, and also may be… – Details…
11 months ago in Delphi
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Delphi Seattle becoming almost unusable on Windows Build 1909
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I have previously posted about fun adventures running insider preview builds of Windows 10, with Delphi. Now, I no longer run insider preview builds because the problems are just not worth it.However, as Microsoft… – Details…
1 year ago
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Bare Minimum Expert and Wizard Demos
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Bitbucket, instead of giving me free Mercurial hosting forever has decided to kill my Mercurial repos, of which I have hundreds.I converted two little ones today and wanted to make a quick post because I… – Details…
1 year ago
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The Single Worst Mistake any Software Product Based Company Can Make
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I am a long time follower and reader of Joel Spolsky. Way way back in 2000, he penned what has become a seminal blog post.Things You Should Never Do, Part 1It should be required reading… – Details…
2 years ago
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Sivv Open Source Projects by Jason Southwell
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Just wanted to point out these open source projects written by Jason Southwell, who in addition to being a well known Delphi developer out there is also my boss! Hi!Anyways, I use these libraries where… – Details…
2 years ago
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Source Control, Version Control, Change Control, and the Underlying Disciplines Thereof
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So, out there in the world of developers, Delphi and others, there are many schools of professionalism, around:Version Control PracticesContinuous Integration PracticesRelease Management and Change ControlsLet’s imagine there’s a dial from 0 to 1… – Details…
2 years ago
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New Idera/Embarcadero Forums
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Folks who might have still been on the ancient Newsgroups might not have ever used the reboot of the Embarcadero Support Forums, and those are gone now, and have been replaced by some very modern… – Details…
2 years ago
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Windows 10 insider builds may interfere with Delphi 10 seattle IDE operation
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Other IDE versions may be affected. I will update this blog post if I figure it out.Here’s what I think is happening:1. Something about environment variable handling has changed.2. The PLATFORM environment variable during an… – Details…
2 years ago
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GetIt is broken, please fix it Embarcadero
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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… – Details…
2 years ago
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Delphi starter is back as "Delphi Community". Good news for all Delphi users.
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I am one of those codgers old enough to remember Delphi 6 personal, and the Turbo Delphi era (the next free edition name for delphi), and Delphi Starter, and each time the pattern is the… – Details…
3 years ago
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Windows 10 Is Terrible
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You would think that Microsoft, and Apple, having some of the highest paid software engineers in the world, would generally deliver higher quality software, that makes its users happy.You will notice I didn’t say Best… – Details…
3 years ago
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The Concise Delphi Coding Standard
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The Concise Delphi Coding Standard (2018)1. Use the Delphi Source Code Formatter on New Units before you Check them In. When you touch a function keep its formatting style the same, or reformat the whole… – Details…
3 years ago
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