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Musings from March – Inc Denmark and Poland

This month has seen an ever-changing global situation with the outbreak of the coronavirus. The first timethat I can remember I had to radically change / cancel a live event due to circumstances out of our control. At the start of March we were keeping an eye on the news to see how the spread of the coronavirus had impacted Denmark. With only 2 cases in Denmark, the advice at the time was…
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C++

RAD Server: Mapping Web Properties to Folders

In my Embarcadero Academy RAD Server courses, “Using Delphi and RAD Server to Rapidly Design, Build, Debug, and Deploy Services-Based Solutions” and “Using C++Builder and RAD Server to Rapidly Design, Build, Debug, and Deploy Services-Based…
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Despite Rumors Delphi is Alive and has Frequent Releases

You might have seen that over recent days the TIOBE index website has published their March 2020 status focusing on Delphi’s demise — after it went one position down since last year — and a few other web sites have mentioned it. TIOBE analysis includes some factually incorrect statements. They state “An extra indication of Delphi’s fall is the frequency of its releases.
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Delphi

SimplyGest - Embarcadero Cool Apps Selection

Today’s Cool Apps selection is SimplyGest, from SimplyGest Software. SimplyGest is a commercial management program that allows users to manage and track all aspects of their business. It’s highly modular and can easily be tailored to the needs of all manner of business…
C++

New C++Builder YouTube video series - "Rapid C++ Development: Combining C++Builder with MSVC++"

A new ten part YouTube video series,“Rapid C++ Development: Combining C++Builder with MSVC++” by Rob Swindell, covers some best practices for combining C++Builder with Microsoft Visual C++. In the video series Rob resents the following chapters: Chapter 0: Introduction and Overview Chapter 1: Object & Library Compatibilities Chapter 2: Creating Compatible…
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Delphi

Windows Development: A Delphi Developers Perspective

Windows Development: A Delphi Developers Perspective As a software developer with over 30 years in the industry, 25 of those years invested in Microsoft Windows, the choice of development tools have been paramount. For us developers, the right tools can literally make or…
Delphi

Delphi25 Stories - A Blog Series - Stephen Ball, Steffen Nyeland, Allen Drennan, & Ray Konopka

Thank you all so much for watching our Delphi25th Stories series on YouTube. If you haven’t seen it yet, check out the interview with Delphi’s creators and the playlist with Delphi stories from some of our fabulous MVPs and community members. We also have received a lot of non-video submissions of birthday wishes as well. I want to take the time to share, acknowledge, and link to these…
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