The Delphi Language Guide describes the Delphi language as it is used in RAD Studio development tools. This book principally describes the Delphi language on the Win32 development platform, with annotations about other supported platforms, such as Win64 and mobile. Based on content in the DocWiki, this is provided by Embarcadero Technologies and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0…
Read moreIf you aren’t familiar with the Law of the Instrument, otherwise known as Maslow’s hammer/gavel, or the golden hammer it is often expressed as If your only tool is a hammer, you treat everything like a nail. My understanding is that the law of the instrument means you are limited by instruments or tools you know how to use. For example, if…
Read moreBack in 2018 U.S. News an World Report ranked Software Developer as the best job for 2018, pushing out Dentist, and it is still ranks the top job in 2020. They use data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics to rank jobs based on pay, job security, mental engagement, stress, room to advance, satisfaction, and work-life balance. Since you are here, you most likely…
Read moreEarly on I learned Turbo Pascal, which was a huge step up from the Basic and Batch File programming I cut my teeth on. When Delphi came along I thought it was brilliant and fell in love immediately. I had no interest in learning other programming languages or tools. Delphi did it all, and that was great. I found myself plenty of…
Read moreOne of Embarcadero’s MVPs, Ryan Potts, is the originator and maintainer of the Delphi track on Exercism – a site dedicated to making it easy for people to learn different programming languages. He was interviewed by the Exercism team previously, but I thought it would be interesting to interview him about what Exercism is, and how all of you can be involved. What…
Read moreLearnDelphi.org provides a platform for Delphi developers and educators, along with free licensing options and ways to get involved January 16, 2020 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Embarcadero (a division of Idera, Inc.), a provider of cross-platform app development productivity tools, today announced the launch of LearnDelphi.org, a learning ecosystem for Delphi developers, a teaching platform for Delphi educators,…
Read moreI was chatting with someone who was less familiar with Delphi. He asked what is it about Delphi that makes so many people continue to love it. I thought I would share my answer and see what everyone else thinks. Developer productivity – When Delphi was first introduced it was going head to head with Visual Basic in getting things done…
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