Posted by Jim McKeeth on 27-Oct-2009
Per Carlo Kok, ShineOn 1.0.1.0 is released today. ShineOn is a library for Delphi Prism to assist in porting Delphi/Win32 and Delphi for .NET projects to Delphi Prism by providing a subset of RTL and core VCL classes that can be used instead of replacing all RTL/VCL calls with native FCL alternatives. This is the [...]
Posted by Jim McKeeth on 20-Oct-2009
Typically the Spirit of Delphi award winner is chosen by the Delphi R&D team, but this year it would appear there is a community poll. I am quite honored to find myself on the list of nominees. To be numbered among such other great contributors is a treat in itself. I encourage you all to [...]
Posted by Jim McKeeth on 19-Oct-2009
Today we are talking with Team-B member Craig Stuntz. We are talking about a wide range of topics, including Entity Framework with Dephi Prism, Functional programming with Delphi Native, Attributes, RTTI and the future of programming languages. Info on Entity Framework Info on Functional Programming Info on Monad in Functional Programming Craig’s CodeRage 3 on [...]
Posted by Jim McKeeth on 14-Oct-2009
I’ve had people asking me about what goes on behind the scenes here with the Podcast at Delphi.org. Here is a little glimpse into the tools and process that I use for the podcast. Planning – Since the interviews are in different timezones I use The World Clock Meeting Planner to find a time that [...]
Posted by Jim McKeeth on 12-Oct-2009
For our first podcast after an extended hiatus we spoke with the amazing Spirit of Delphi 2007 award winner Andreas Hausladen. For those who don’t know Andreas, he is the creator and maintainer of a number of Delphi addons, libraries and fixes, including DDevExtensions, VCL Fix Pack and IDE Fix Pack. Much of the code [...]
Posted by Jim McKeeth on 7-Oct-2009
Since CodeRage is done and I am back from Denmark and Germany (EKON/DelphiLive) it is time to get back in the saddle for the Podcast. Coming up next I have a call with spirit of Delphi award winning Andreas Hausladen that I am really looking forward to, and according to our Uservoice Page, so are [...]