Want more...Toys

Posted by DavidI on Saturday, 2 July 2011 in Blogs

Continuing my month of July theme about wanting more, this time it is Toys. Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie, said he would never grow up, never grow up, never grow up, not me ("I Won't Grow Up"). That's me in spades. I suspect that many developers also have a lot of kid inside themselves. We have toys. We want more toys. My list includes nerf weapons, fishing rods and reels, frisbees, scuba gear, and golf clubs.

For technical toys most developers probably have a smart phone, an iPad, AppleTV, a Drobo, funky memory stick, electric guitar, ambient orb, RC helicopter, and hundreds of other techie toys.

In development environments, components, and tool sets we also have our favorite toys. My favorite developer toys include DB Power Studio, TMS Component Pack Pro, AQTime, Raize Components, UML, xUnit Testing framework, CodeSite, Beyond Compare, GExperts, CodeHealer, FinalBuilder, Jedi VCL, REST, TeeChart, Castalia, DevExpress VCL Subscription, DataSnap, FastReport, Jedi Code Library, InstallAware, and Vision Lab.

So, whether I'm playing or programming, the more toys I have, the more fun I'm having.

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Comments

Radek Cervinka Saturday, 2 July 2011

Only one question. Why is not FastReport default report engine in Delphi?
David I Sunday, 3 July 2011

There are several great reporting tools for Delphi/C++Builder. Originally we included ReportSmith, then QuickReports and in the past few versions RaveReports. All are part of our technology partner program. We continue to take a look at tools we might add in the future. I will always keep everyone posted if we add additional capabilities to RAD Studio/Delphi/C++Builder.

Thank you Radek, and everyone, for your continued support and feedback.
bathtub restoration Tuesday, 29 November 2011

I agree that ones inner kid never dies.Despite being a grown up i love playing with toys such as wrestlers action figure, remote controlled car.I hate technical toys.Toys bring out my childhood memories.
commercial roofers n Friday, 13 January 2012

Yes you are right some one's inner child never dies and i also loved to play with toys such as cars and i love technical toys and these toys bring me to my childhood and my favorite toy in my childhood is Rail engine.
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