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Steve McConnell to Speak on Managing Technical Debt at CodeRage XII

Steve McConnell is joining our line up of speakers for CodeRage XII. He is speaking November 8th at 12 PM Central Time on the topic of Managing Technical Debt. This free two-hour session includes plentyof time for you to ask Steve your questions on softwareconstruction and project management. Register Now! Managing Technical Debt with Steve McConnell Scheduled: Wed 8th @ 12:00…
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Project modernization plan

Author: Bogdan Polak BSC DataSet and User Interface In the last blog post, I discussed how badly for the project is dividing one transaction between multiple events. This scenario is very common in most of the VCL projects and with time it causes huge difficulties with…
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Learning JavaScript

Author: Pawe Gowacki My favorite programming language is Object Pascal. Period. However it is not the only programming language in the world. Probably my very first was Basic on ZX Spectrum, then came Turbo Pascal on DOS and quickly changed to Delphi and Object Pascal. Over the course of the years, I have been influenced by other languages. When joining Borland, I had to got certified with Java.
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Cool App Winner for September: RAD & Installer

I’m excited to announce that our September Cool App contest winner for September is RAD & Installer. While I continue to be impressed at how all our Cool App winners are providing interesting, useful, entertaining and generally “cool” capabilities, I admittedly…
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What is my IP address?

Author: Pawe Gowacki There are many situation when it would handy to know the IP address of a device where our app is running. Maybe you want to identify who is running your app? By IP address it is also possible to calculate the approximate location of a device. If you…
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Robert “Uncle Bob” Martin is Speaking at CodeRage XII

This yearUncle Bob, the author of Clean Code – A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanshipis joining Code Rage XII.His book is one of those “must reads” that all software developers should have on their bookshelf. I had an opportunity to see Uncle Bob speak a few years ago, and it was very memorable. This session will be like no others you’ve seen. He is speaking on “The…
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Join Andrea Magni in Millan for a Special ExtJS Event

A special event combining Delphi and Ext JS is coming with Embarcadero MVP Andrea Magni in Milanthis October 26th. Are you a Delphi developer looking for a modern web solution? Would you like to offer a web user interface as effective as your desktop application’s…
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New "Delphi Memory Management" book is a hit!

Author: Pawe Gowacki Yesterday evening I have found an excellent Delphi book I have been always waiting for! The full title of the book is “Delphi Memory Management for Classic and ARC Compilers” and it is written by Dalija Prasnikar. The book is available in electronic form as a pdf file only. The topic of memory management is probably the most important in becoming a competent…
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