You’re short on time, and cash, so where can you go to learn new skills to improve your app UIs? There are a ton of free, or nearly free, on-demand resources if you know where to look.   Enroll in free, or inexpensive, Online Courses: I love taking classes from Coursera. You can access the same college and university classes taught by great schools for free by auditing classes. (I also use Coursera for non-technical courses like literature.) Design Principles by University of Californi...

Here are some of the links to additional information for my Getting Started with Windows and Mac Development course for Delphi and C++.  These links are part of the Lesson 3 course book. Download and Watch Alistair Christie’s CodeRage III video – 100 Delphi IDE Tips and Hints: http://cc.codegear.com/Download.aspx?id=26411 Read about new IDE capabilities that have appeared in the XE2, XE and 2010 releases:  http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/en/What's_New_in_Delphi_and_C%2B%2BBuilder_...

Here are some of the links to additional information for my Getting Started with Windows and Mac Development course for Delphi and C++.  These links are part of the Lesson 1 course book. The FireMonkey Application Platform - http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/en/FireMonkey_Application_Platform What’s new in Delphi and C++Builder XE2 - http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/en/What%27s_New_in_Delphi_and_C%2B%2BBuilder_XE2 Solutions for Windows and Mac Software Application Developm...

Here are some of the links to additional information for my Getting Started with Windows and Mac Development course for Delphi and C++.  These links are part of the Lesson 2 course book. FireMonkey platform prerequisites - http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/en/FireMonkey_Platform_Prerequisites Connecting your PC to a Mac - http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/en/Connecting_Your_PC_to_a_Mac Differences between Windows and other platforms - http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudi...

I am preparing a new "Getting Started with FireMonkey" e-Learning Series which starts on Thursday May 3.  There will be new lessons each Thursday during May 3 to June 28, 2012.  The series will have separate lessons for Delphi and C++ developers. Each week the lessons will start at Delphi language version at 10:00AM PDT / 1:00PM EDT / 17:00 GMT C++ language version at 11:00AM PDT / 2:00PM EDT / 18:00 GMT If you’re new to FireMonkey, if you are a Windows developer looking to develop a...

Our new "Getting Started with FireMonkey" e-Learning Series starts on Thursday May 3.  There will be new lessons each Thursday during May 3 to June 28, 2012.  The series will have separate lessons for Delphi and C++ developers. Each week the lessons will start at Delphi language version at 10:00AM PDT / 1:00PM EDT / 17:00 GMT C++ language version at 11:00AM PDT / 2:00PM EDT / 18:00 GMT If you’re new to FireMonkey, if you are a Windows developer looking to develop applications for Mac...