Petra Wins Embarcadero Cool App for December
January 25, 2018
Any developer knows how time-consuming it can be to come up with good graphics for multi-platform development. There are so many different device pixel densities that require different images. That’s why I’m excited to announce Embarcadero’s December Cool App winner…
Join us for a LIVE Video Episode of the Podcast at Delphi.org
January 15, 2018
Tomorrow will be a live episode of the Podcast at Delphi.org
You can join us live on YouTube with your questions and comments, or catch the replay posted here. Stay tuned tomorrow for details on how to join.
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
10:00 am PST UTC-8 hours
12:00 noon CST UTC-6 hours
01:00 pm EST UTC-5 hours
07:00 pm CET UTC+1 hour
18:00:00 GMT UTC
This is our first time with this new…
Webinar: To Build a FHIR Data Federation Service
January 12, 2018
HealthcareCase Study with Apex Data Solutions
To Build a FHIR Data Federation Service
Rethinking User Experience Delivery in Healthcare
Thursday, 22-Feb-18 at 8 AM, 12 PM and 8 PM Central Time [Register Now]
“The trouble with him was that he was not able…
Get Ready for the New Programmers!
January 11, 2018
U.S. News an World Report just ranked SoftwareDeveloper as the best job for 2018. They use data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics to rank jobsbased on pay, job security, mental engagement, stress, room to advance,satisfaction, and work-life…
Law of the Instrument and Curse of the Programmer
January 10, 2018
If you aren’t familiar with the Law of the Instrument, otherwise known asMaslow’s hammer/gavel, or the golden hammer it is often expressed as
If your only tool is a hammer, you treat everything like a nail.
My understanding is that the law of the instrument means you are limited by instruments or tools you know how to use. For example, if you have a screw, some wood, and a hammer, then…
Some of my New Year’s #CodingResolutions
January 9, 2018
The jokegoes that, when asked, the software developer responds that their New Year’s Resolution is “7680×4320” or 8K. Joking aside, tradition has it that at the turn of the year we evaluate our lives and look for areas of improvement. Here are a few of my…
Farewell Paweł Głowacki
January 3, 2018
As I am sure many of you have heard by now, Paweł Głowacki, ourTechnical Lead for Developer Tools in EMEA passed away. You may know him online from all his training, blogging, webinars and his recently published book. He spent over 7 years working as a senior…
Merry Christmas from Embarcadero Technologies
December 23, 2017
I wanted to create a holiday card for all of you, and I decided to create it in code was the best way. I used Sketch App to design the card and then converted it to Delphi code with Petra. You can download the code Gist. It is a FireMonkey TControl that you can either install into your IDE or instantiate in code. You can instantiate it in one line of code in your Show event handler:
procedure…