It's that developer time of year: Time to complete those end of year programming projects Time to purchase some special holiday geek gifts Time to think about at least one day off It is time to count down the days until Christmas. Each day I will uncover a new piece of information for developers. December 1: Buy One Get One Free (BOGO) With each qualifying Embarcadero product you buy between now and the end of the year, you can choose a second Embarcadero product of equal or les...

Manage application speed, scalability and reliability throughout the development process In light of today's compressed development cycles, multi-tiered application architectures and complex technologies, many organizations are challenged to get reliable yet scalable enterprise Java applications out the door in a timely manner. Devoting a small amount of energy throughout the development process to identify, address, and correct performance obstacles can lower the risks and costs associated w...

You can save several thousand dollars on an additional tool of your choosing. But you must act by September 24th! Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to upgrade your existing tools or increase the number of tools in your toolchest – for less than you might expect. But, you only have until September 24, 2009  to take advantage of this exceptional offer. It’s simple – purchase any qualifying Embarcadero product and select another qualifying product FREE. Choose from over 16 of Emba...

We completed the first day of CodeRage last night at 8pm Pacific Daylight time.  It was great to see all of the developers online throughout the day learning about the new Delphi 2010, C++Builder 2010, RAD Studio 2010, and Delphi Prism 2010.  We also had technical sessions for Embarcadero All-Access, ER/Studio, Change Manager, Aspect Oriented programming, Designing Databases, and more. Today, Wednesday, we start in Room 2 with two sessions focused on InterBase SMP 2009 followed by a full slat...

As of 5am Pacific Time (UTC -7) this morning we are live with CodeRage 4.  There are two session rooms running at the same time.  Anders Ohlsson is hosting in room #1, and I am running room #2. It's not too late to register and attend!!! This morning at 7am Pacific Time - Michael Rozlog will present the "RAD Studio Product Address" in room number 1. The complete list of sessions and times are available at http://conferences.embarcadero.com/coderage/sessions We also have live chat roo...

CodeRage 4, our deep dive technical virtual conference, starts next Tuesday.  More than 90 sessions covering the latest technologies included in Delphi 2010, C++Builder 2010 along with techncial sessions for Delphi Prism, InterBase, and our database tools. When:  Tuesday to Friday, September 8-11 Where: Online - Register Today Join in the sessions with the top speakers from inside and outside of Embarcadero Technologies. Register to attend.  If you can't make it , register so that we...

CodeRage 4 is now less than one month away taking place live, online, September 8-11. The session page (with more than 90 technical sessions) and registration site are now live. You must be registered to attend. Register Now at   https://www124.livemeeting.com/lrs/advancedsw_ccc/Registration.aspx?pageName=1694szd61kc6s3vx See you online, September 8-11! CodeRage 4 information and links Home page - http://conferences.embarcadero.com/coderage Technical Sessions and Schedule - http:...

Starting today and running through August 24th, you can choose a second tool FREE when you buy one of our industry-leading database and development tools, including Delphi®, ER/Studio®, Rapid SQL®, C++Builder®, JBuilder®, DBArtisan®, and most of our other database and application development, design, management or testing tools. During these challenging economic times, you don’t have to choose between one tool and another to fit your budget. For more information on this limited-time offer, go to...

I received an email from a community member asking how to set up a datasource for our database optimization tools and Java optimization tools (DB Optimizer and J Optimizer) to connect to Microsoft SQL Server. "From: Jacques (in Australia) - Hi David, I have installed the Optimization tools. I cannot add a datasource. I am using DBArtisan and i never had any problem creating or connecting to datasource. Is there anything i need to do to see or create a datasource I am trying to connect to MS SQL...