The long anticipated Delphi 2009 Update 3 is now available. Just run check for updates. As if the long list of fixes in Update 3 wasn’t enough, they also released a Database Pack Update 4. You can also download to install on multiple machines. Looks like there is a Boost update for C++ Builder 2009 users too.
Update: Nick Hodges, Delphi R&D manager has added a post about the release.
Here is a demo of some of the RTTI enhancements as well as Project “X” – Delphi application compiled to Mac OSX
Nick Hodges, R&D Manager
Allen Bauer, Chief Scientist
Embarcadero Technologies
DelphiLive! 2009
May 2009 in San Jose
This is part 4 of 8.
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RTTI
Project “X” – Delphi application running on Mac OSX
Another video from Delphi Live! 2009 . . .
Nick Hodges, Delphi R & D Manager
Allen Bauer, Chief Scientist
Embarcadero Technologies
DelphiLive! 2009
May 2009 in San Jose
This is part 3 where we see more of the code formater. Also the non-modal find box. Then Allen takes over to show off the Direct2D canvas. I zoomed in pretty good so you can see the differences. At the very end you see the email from David I. saying he is ready for his demo next.
Swapped out the video host for one less skinny.
Delphi Live! 2009 – What is Cooking in the Delphi Labs – Part 2 from Jim McKeeth on Vimeo.
Nick Hodges, Delphi R & D Manager
Allen Bauer, Chief Scientist
Embarcadero Technologies
DelphiLive! 2009
May 2009 in San Jose
This is part 2 where we start to see some of the IDE enhancements including:
I am currently at Delphi Live! 2009. If you are interested in what is going on here, and any annoucenments, then please follow me on Twitter. If you want to see all the tweets by everyone about Delphi then just follow the #DelphiLive Twitter search (with or without the hash actually works).
If you are at Delphi Live! 2009 then be sure to tweet using the #DelphiLive hash tag. There will be great news tomorrow at the keynotes and product addresses I am sure.
(This is a special bonus episode!)
Pawel Glowacki is Embarcadero Technologies Senior Software Consultant and Lead Technical Evangelist for Delphi and RAD Studio for the European region. Previously Pawel spent over 6 years working as a senior consultant and trainer for Delphi within Borland Education Services. As well as working with Embarcadero customers across the region, he also represents Embarcadero internationally as a conference and seminar speaker.
This episode is part of our DelphiLive! speaker series. Meet Pawe? and all the other speakers and the Delphi R&D team in San Jose at DelphiLive!
Sessions:
Let me know if you have a specific speaker from DelphiLive! you would like interviewed on the podcast, and any specific questiosn you might have. I’ve already contacted a few speakers at random, but I am certainly open to interviewing all the speakers. If you are a speaker then feel free to nominate yourself or just drop me an email.
With each speaker I plan to talk with them a little about their background, what they are up to, and what we can expect from their sessions.
I consider this pretty exciting news. As of today Stack Overflow has awarded it’s first Delphi badge for users who earn 400 upvotes on questions tagged Delphi.
I was actually quite surprised to be the first to receive it. Ever since Stack Overflow started I really wanted to see Delphi listed as one of the top category tags and badges. As of today it is one of twenty specialist badges and the 46th most common tag (not including the 13 variations like VCL, Delphi2009, Delphi-Prism, etc.) with 1,104 questions.
I am very pleased with the wonderful Delphi community that makes it so fun to be a part of the site. I am frequently surprised with how fast someone answers a Delphi question before I get a chance too. I am sure others feel the same way. I look forward to seeing a lot of other community memebers earning their Delphi badge. It is by far my favorite badge. Who could ask for something better to be associated with!
I’ve considered adding a Stack Overflow category to my blog.
BTW, for anyone wondering where this week’s podcast with Nick Hodges is, we were planning to record it on Thursday which happens to be the day the vandals cut the fiber leading to silicon valley. Now Nick is moving from Delphi Product Manager to Delphi R&D Manager. I am still trying to get him on again for a podcast, I am just not sure when or what that will look like yet.
I have been quite surprised at the amount of feedback and suggestions that have been submitted via UserVoice. The way UserVoice works is everyone gets 10 votes to use until the things they voted on are either completed or deleted. I know Nick Hodges has been following it rather closely (and commenting), but thought it would be a good idea to actually go through the list of top requests with him and discuss which ones we might be expecting to see in the future, and delete any that are completely off topic. This will free up more votes and also provides a little feedback on the process. Don’t be expecting any hard dates, features or an official road map though. This is just a two way feedback process.
With the beta of Delphi “Weaver” possibly starting this month, I am sure its feature set is pretty fixed, but we already know there are big changes further down the road.
In addition to talking about UserVoice, as part of our road to DelphiLive! series I will be talking with Nick about his sessions at DelphiLive!, which includes his what’s cooking in the Delphi labs. I’m sure he won’t give away all the details about what he will be sharing then, but I imagine we can get a little sampling.
So if you haven’t yet, head out to UserVoice and make some suggestions and vote for your favorites. If you get them in before we record the podcast on Thursday then we might discuss them on the podcast.
I am sure everyone is excited about the openness with the Delphi road map (and Prism roadmap), and now they have announced their upcoming beta program for Delphi “Weaver”.
What do we know about Weaver? Well, we are expecting it will be released mid2009, and have are guessing the version as 2010. It won’t have the full 64-bit compiler, but it will have a preview I am expecting a command-line only compiler, so no debugger.
It may have the new front end compiler architecture, which sounds like it might get us closer to Delphi Prism syntax compatibility.
So what do you want to see in the new Delphi? New features? Bug fixes? Minor tweaks? You can make your suggestions on the Delphi User Voice page. Then we can all vote on them.