It has been a while since my last post and there was lots of things happening. First of all CodeGear RAD Studio 2007 is now available including a free trial.
Earlier this year we were playing a blog-tag game to name your 5 favorites in Delphi 2007 for Win32. I liked the game very much. What about starting a new round so everybody knows what do you like the most in CodeGear RAD Studio 2007?
Here is my list:
Generic types in Delphi language. At the end Delphi is all about programming. At...
Highlander beta-blogging has started. One of the most interesting new features in Highlander is the support for generic types in Delphi language. Dr.Bob and Hallvard Vassbotn blogged about generics in Highlander already.
For these developers that are new to this relatively difficult concept I've got some useful links with background information on generics:
"Generic Programming" in Wikipedia gives a broad picture what is generic programming in different programming languages
"Introducin...
Just two days ago Dr.Bob posted a very interesting article "Delphi 2007 and DBX4", which reminded me to post source code from my recent European Web Seminar Developer Days "DBX4 - Database Development After BDE" session.
The new DBX4 database access architecture introduced in Delphi 2007 for Win32 is very elegant. On the VCL component level it looks like almost nothing has been changed. "TSQLConnection", "TSQLDataSet" and other familiar component names are still there on the "dbExpress" Tool ...
Finally got some time to post:-) Last week I've been presenting Delphi 2007 for Win32 and Delphi for PHP on the CodeGear Developer Seminar in Lisbon. Portguese Delphi developers are great, and were very pleased to have a CodeGear event organized in Portugal. It was also a great opportunity to discuss recently announced Delphi Roadmap.
The Q&A session at the end of the seminar turned into a very warm discussion about CodeGear and Delphi presence in Portugal. There was one especially in...
CodeGear C++Builder 2007 is coming to the city near You! If you want to see the latest and greatest products from CodeGear make sure to register to one of the events.
The first of CodeGear C++Builder 2007 launch seminars was held on Wednesday in the Skinners Hall in London. More then 80 developers gathered to watch new C++Builder 2007, Delphi 2007 and Delphi for PHP. Unfortunately no photos this time. It was a very sunny day, and the event was very nice. Lots and lots of questions from the au...
Last week on the train from the Luxembourg Delphi 2007 and Delphi for PHP launch event I was thinking about Delphi 2007 support for Vista-specific features (so great they you can power the laptop while in the train). It is so much fun to demo Delphi 2007 forms with areas of glass-like transparency and making all kinds of jokes in between:-) Below some photos from the event. It was probably the first Delphi seminar ever in the city and country of Luxembourg.
Delphi 2007 support for variou...
Almost 100 Spanish Delphi developers gathered last Friday in Hotel Puerta America in Madrid to watch new Delphi 2007 for Win32 and Delphi for PHP. The event was organized by Danysoft - CodeGear partner for Spain and Portugal. The seminar venue matched CodeGear products in terms of innovation and modern look-and-feel. The hotel is very new and its design is exciting. Check the hotel website to get an idea. Every single floor is completely different and was designed by different artist. Some floor...
Next week on Friday, April 13th, there will be a half day Delphi seminar in Madrid organized by CodeGear partner in Spain - DanySoft. If you want to see new Delphi 2007 for Win32 and Delphi for PHP live make sure to book the date in your agenda and come to Hotel Puerta America in Madrid....
More then 100 Delphi developers gathered yesterday in Brussels to watch new Delphi 2007 for Win32 and Delphi for PHP. The session was very interactive with lots of (in-depth) technical questions from the audience.
Developers in Belgium are really passionate about Delphi, and you could really see their happy faces, when we talked about CodeGear and our ongoing commitment to Delphi and developers community. I believe we convinced them to give the latest Delphi version a try;-) Great thanks to ...
I've been blog-tagged by Jason Vokes, so here are my 5 favourites in Delphi 2007 for Win32:
Performance and Stability. This is one single, most important thing about Delphi 2007. The ongoing focus on quality is very much visible in the latest Delphi version. Many programmers report that the Delphi 2007 is faster then Delphi 7. Michael Swindell in the closing session of the CodeRage Conference said, that the goal of the Delphi team was to make Delphi 2007 everybody's favourite Delphi version...