How often do you think about the people upstream and downstream from you in the software development lifecycle? The following is some lighthearted advice in the area of soft skills for software developers.
When you write code you get bugs [insert test driven development argument here]. It takes time to test and fix those bugs, but realistically you can never be sure the code is bug free.
Visually Designing Apps In Delphi Deliver Up To 5X Productivity Gains Over WPF And Electron
January 28, 2021
Building a functional, intuitive and visually appealing user interface is vital to the success of an app. It also involving a time-consuming design and coding effort that can be further exacerbated without the tools that enable visual design. Using a WISYWIG (What You See Is…
How do Delphi, WPF .NET Framework, and Electron perform compared to each other, and what’s the best way to make an objective comparison? Embarcadero commissioned a whitepaper to investigate the differences between Delphi, WPF .NET Framework, and Electron for building…
In this webinar, Embarcadero Delphi MVP Ian Barker writes and deploys an app that targets Windows, macOS, and Linux from one set of code using just Delphi 10.4 and the FirePower components from Woll2Woll software. Roy Woll (from Woll2Woll) will be taking part in a live Q & A session with Ian after the demonstration to answer your questions plus, attendees can get a coupon for a discount on the…
Does Delphi make you a better programmer? Is Object Pascal code more readable?
There is an algorithm with a mystery constant that rose to fame in John Carmack’s Quake III Arena C code for quickly estimating the inverse square root of a 32-bit floating-point…
Boost C++Builder Compile Speed with TwineCompile - Deep Dive Webinar
December 1, 2020
TwineCompile is an advanced compile system that uses multi-threading technology and caching techniques to make your C++Builder compiles 50x faster! This IDE Plugin is included free with an active Update Subscription for all C++Builder and RAD Studio customers via the GetIt…
David I. has a fantastic blog post on using Python4Delphi with C++Builder. This was inspired by our previous webinars on the topic. and is the result of his collaboration with Kiriakos (AKA PyScripter), the maintainer of Python4Delphi, who also made some changes in the library to work better with C++Builder.
By popular request, David and Kiriakos have also agreed to run a Python for C++ developers…
Sometimes you need to install components manually. Maybe the installer wasn’t updated for your version of Delphi, or it is an open-source library without an installer. Whatever the reason, here is a short guide in addition to what is found in the DocWiki on the…
DelphiFeeds.com was launched by the Gurock brothers back in about 2005. Since then Gurock’s TestRail product really took off, and they were so busy they no longer had time to maintain DelphiFeeds. It continued collecting feeds and sharing headlines but was no longer…
The Windows Subsystem for Linux is the quickest way to get started with Linux deployment from Delphi (WSL). WSL2 now includes a full Linux kernel in Windows 10 Version 2004 (Build 19041), so debugging and everything works as expected.
Install WSL2 (You can verify your build number via the System Information applet, but Build 19041 has been available for a while now.)
Control…
