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.
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…
7 Tips For Learning To Build Powerful Windows GUI Apps Using Python And Delphi
January 26, 2021
Python4Delphi is the library that provides the integration between Python and Delphi. It is effectively a bidirectional bridge that allows Delphi to execute Python code and call Python libraries and allows Python to call modules written in Delphi in otherwise interact with…
Quickly Learn How To Fetch A Table Using FireDAC In This IFDPhysCommand Delphi Sample
January 26, 2021
The sample uses theIFDPhysCommandinterace tofetch rowsfrom the current command cursor in theDatStable. To this end, the samplecreates a commandinterface to:
PrepareaSELECTcommand.Definethe structure of theDatStable.Openthe command interface.Fetchthe table.Print the fetched rows
Location
You can…
Tutorial: Introduction To C++ Parallel Compilation With TwineCompile
January 26, 2021
Use TwineCompile to improve your C++Builder developer speed and productivity. TwineCompile is available via the GetIt Package Manager for 10.4 and newer with Update Subscription.
TwineCompile lists its features as:
Advanced compile system uses multi-threading technology and…
Quickly Access Windows System Info In Your Delphi Application With Excellent Component Suite
January 25, 2021
Developers may often require to collect system info such as computer, processor, devices, networks, etc. for various purposes in your Delphi application. Accessing that information is no longer a tough task. MiTec’s System Information Management Suite is the right…
Quickly Define Powerful Client-Side Aggregating Formulas With FireDAC Using TFDQuery In Delphi
January 24, 2021
This sample demonstrates how to define the client-side aggregating formulas with TFDQuery. You can find out more about aggregated fields and values in the Embarcadero DocWiki.
The fkAggregate aggregated fields management is similar to the expression calculated fields management. FireDAC calculates aggregated fields when TFDDataSet.AggregatesActive is set to True (by default, its value is…
Quickly Learn How Easy It Is To Bind DataSets To Visual Controls In Delphi With LiveBindings
January 23, 2021
This Sample Uses LiveBindings To Bind A TBindNavigator With Other Controls
Location
You can find theBindLinkFMXsample project at:
Start | Programs | Embarcadero RAD Studio Sydney | Samples and then navigate to Object…
Master A Powerful Way To Execute Multiple SQL Commands In Delphi With This Windows Sample
January 22, 2021
This sample demonstrates two ways ofhandling errorsin anarray DML execution.
To this end, the sample implements two ways of handling the errors:
Implementing anOnErrorevent.Using theEFDDBEngineExceptionclass on a…
The sample shows in a nice way how to use theTFDLocalSQLcomponent to execute SQL commands on in-memory database, represented by several TFDMemTables.
This sample uses aTFDConnectionto connect to the SQLite in-memory database (with emptyDatabaseparameter value). TheTFDLocalSQLcomponent is for the Local SQL engine.
