RAD Studio 10.2 tour continues. My last stop this week is in Bussum, in the Neterlands, a couple of kilometers east from Amsterdam. There are many enthusiastic Delphi developers today that came to see presentations from Danny Wind, from Delphi Company, from Bob Swart, also known in Delphi community as Dr. Bob and myself. The event is held is a nice theater building and the atmosphere is great. In the morning I have demonstrated Quick Edits to be more productive developer and Linux development w...

Register now for two days of intense Delphi sessions. Hear about Android and iOS mobile development, exploring platforms for cross-platform development, FireDAC and database connectivity and advanced techniques, object-oriented programming and component design, data-awareness in FireMonkey applications, REST and SOAP, and much more. Register early and get a discounted price. Dates and Cities May 5-6 2014 - Washington, D.C. / Baltimore, MD May 8-9 2014 - Chicago, IL May 26-27, 2014 - F...

It's 2014. On April 8, 2014, Microsoft will stop supporting Windows XP (Microsoft recently announced that they will continue to provide virus warnings until summer 2015). By moving, now, to RAD Studio XE5, Delphi XE5 and C++Builder XE5 you can move your apps forward to Windows 7 and 8 and take advantage of many of the new Windows features with support already built into our latest releases. You can also expand the reach of your apps to Mac OS X, iOS and Android. Before your customers and users e...

I hear from Delphi developers that they need more information, books, courses and help. Bob Swart, one of our great global Delphi experts, has his Delphi XE5 courseware for sale. These are the same course materials that Bob uses in his Delphi training courses. Bob's courseware home page - http://www.ebob42.com/courseware/ Delphi XE5 courseware (PDF format): Delphi XE5 Development Essentials Delphi XE5 Mobile (iOS/Android) Development Delphi XE5 DataSnap Development Delphi XE5 XML...

All of the CodeRage 7 Delphi Conference replay videos (with live Q&A appended at the end) have been edited, rendered as MP4 files and uploaded to CodeCentral and also uploaded to Embarcadero YouTube Channel CodeRage 7 Playlist).  CodeRage 7 sessions included coverage of Delphi XE3, HTML5 Builder, Embarcadero Prism, and RAD Studio XE3 product features and technologies.  The session replay links included below will appear as “Download” and “Watch” links on the CodeRage 7 sessions pages. Tha...

The following is the current agenda/schedule for the 24 Hours of Delphi that takes place next Tuesday, December 20 from 12:00am PST (08:00 GMT) and ends December 21 at 12:00am PST.  During the 24 hours we will have special guests, live presentations and demonstrations, live Q&A, and additional sessions from CodeRage 6 and our recent series of Delphi XE2 webinars.  You can register to join the fun online at http://forms.embarcadero.com/forms/24-HoursofDelphiRegistrationIntl The following i...

I just got out of the movie theater where I watched "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows part 2".  I won't spoil the movie for any of you who have not seen the movie yet.  What I can say, is the world needs a lot more wizards and a lot less muggles.  There is a Harry Potter Wizarding World at Universal Studios in Orlando Florida.  You can learn to be a wizard and have fun doing it. With all of the troubles around the world, we could use a lot more people to volunteer to help in every way. Ba...

  Un post pour rappeller que les Delphi Developer Days 2011 se déroulent en Europe à Francfort (12 et 13 Mai) et à Amsterdam (16 et 17 Mai). C'est l'occasion de suivre des sessions avec les 2 experts Delphi Marco Cantù et Cary Jensen. De plus à Francofrt vous aurez des sessions de Bruno Fierens de TMS Software et à Amsterdam ce sera Bob Swart qui sera présent. N'hésitez pas à aller vous inscrire pour y participer. Toutes les informations ici : http://www.delphideveloperdays.com/...

Over the years, one of the recurring conversations has been around how to get started in computer programming, what language to learn first and how to prepare for a career.  There have been numerous articles, blog posts, conference talks, videos, white papers and studies done.  Colleges,  placement centers and employment agencies also offer advice to students, entrepreneurs/start-ups, retirees, laid off workers and others looking to get into the software and technology industries.  We want to ma...

December 4: Developer Newsworthy Items It's the weekend here in California. While it is a day off, we developers never acutally stop. Here are a few news items and tecnnical articles that I have been reading this past week: Steve Wozniak preview tour of a new exhibit at the Computer History Museum Samsung's Galaxy Tablet hits 1 million units sold Android is the fastest growing smartphone in the US Quantum Computers Easier to Build Computer Program Recognizes Human Emotions JSON ...