http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges The Blog of the Delphi Product Manager Thu, 15 May 2008 00:22:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en-US You guys have no doubt noticed our new web site.  I want to make sure that you've noticed some of the new features of the Delphi product page. First, we've added a Delphi Resource Page.  On this page, we've put in some of the popular blogs, web sites, toolkits, ... http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/05/14/39060 Best question asked at the All Hand meeting yesterday: "When's the party?" Sounds like things were pretty crazy at JavaOne yesterday. Interesting graph: http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9936329-39.html One thing that is clear to me -- Embarcadero is most decidedly not an "ALM Company". That phrase carries a some baggage for many of you, ... http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/05/08/39059 Well, if you haven't heard the news yet, you probably want to read this: Embarcadero Technologies® to Acquire CodeGear™ from Borland Software There is also an FAQ, Customer letter from Wayne Williams, the CEO of Embarcadero Technologies, as well as a Community Letter from David I. For ... http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/05/07/39058 I despise wires.  I hate them.  They get tangled.  They get caught.  You have to snake them around to where you want them to go.  Right now, my biggest wish is a relatively inexpensive, effective pair of wireless headphones.  So when I see this -- Is Wireless ... http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/05/06/39057 I had the web guys add (Thanks, Tim) the Delphi Wiki to the Delphi Resources Page. Interesting list of top ten tools every Delphi developer should have. (Got this from the DZone entry -- feel free to click it up). ... http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/05/04/39056 I've blogged about this before -- the programming book industry continues to fascinate me. Jeff Atwood comments this week on it, talking about how "The Internet has rendered programming books obsolete."  Lately, there has been a resurgence of Delphi books, lead by Marco Cantu and others, but these guys are ... http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/05/02/39055 If you have your IDE set to check for updates, you should know by now that Help Update #3 is out -- and this should be a good update.  There should be loads of new content in the VCL section, and improvements throughout. If you don't have the IDE ... http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/04/28/39054 I think our new web site looks really great -- keep your eyes peeled for more valuable content coming down the pike.  I particularly like the Delphi Resources page.  Also, we'll have a pretty thorough "Feature Drill Down" like the one for Delphi for PHP. ... http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/04/25/39053 CapableObjects, the guys who build ECO -- an integral part of Delphi -- have a spiffy new website. DZone is a pretty cool site that I found today and signed up for.  It's sort of like a Digg just for developers. ... http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/04/24/39052 The Delphi and C++Builder Roadmap has been updated.  Note that this roadmap focuses on our native features only.  We're working on an updated roadmap for our .Net development products. http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/04/23/39051 A Delphi hotfix we are calling "The April 2008 Hotfix" is now live at http://cc.codegear.com/item/25495.  It is also referenced at the Registered Users Site. Some things to note: This hotfix applies to all versions of Delphi 2007, C++Builder 2007, and RAD Studio 2007. ... http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/04/18/39050 Saleen Software has a rather impressive set of free utilities, all built with Delphi. http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/04/17/39049 Hey, welcome to the world, Delphi for PHP 2.0! You can order your upgrade or new version right this very minute! There are a lot of really cool things going on with this product.  First up:  there are some great features that make building PHP applications even easier.  You ... http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/04/16/39048 There are 24 entries in Zarko's "Creating Fancy Applications" Delphi Contest. I may have an app laying around that I'm going to submit.  ;-) Way to go, Marco!  Keep up the good work.  And while we are reading Marco's blog, make sure to ... http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/04/12/39047 From this "If you can read Portuguese" Department -- RBM Web has a nice collection of products, all built with Delphi for PHP.  If you haven't yet taken a look at Delphi for PHP, you should.  And keep an eye out, as the road map shows where ... http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/04/07/39046 FL Studio   "FL Studio is the most complete virtual studio currently available. It will play any sample file (wav), generator (softsynth), VSTi & DXi) or midi instrument you feed it." I'm told that they get 5,000,000 downloads a year -- pretty slick.Share This | Email ... http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/04/03/39045 Q10 from Baara EStudio And the cool part is it is free. And it is a PortableApp.  http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/04/02/39044 I am going to be on the road next week.  I'll be attending the COMMON Conference for AS400 developers, showing them all the cool stuff you can do with Delphi/400 and Delphi/400 for PHP.  Should be fun -- it is being held in Nashville at the Gaylord ... http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/03/28/39043 This Eric Lippert post really hits home for me.  It is always way more complicated to get something done than you first think. That was a big lesson of my first year here.  Starting here, I was as guilty as the next non-tech poster of saying "Why ... http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/03/26/39042 We've been hard at work on our Unicode product called "Tiburon".  Things are going really, really well. Internally, the process has been quite smooth.  The process went like this: The first step was to get the compiler working.  ... http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/03/24/39041 Nice article in Redmond Developer -- Delphi Goes to School in Russia Here's another one in SDA India -- QA with Jim Douglas (CEO) & Ravi Kumar (Principal Architect of JBuilder) for CodeGear Help Update #2 is now available for download on the Registered User Page. You can also get the ... http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/03/20/39040 BTW, pursuant to the launch of the Delphi/400 products, I'll be at the COMMON Conference in Nashville at the end of the month. Some of you old timers might remember the venue from Borcon a number of years ago. If by chance you are there, stop by our ... http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/03/12/39039 Today we announced two new products: Delphi/400 and Delphi/400 for PHP. You can find out more about them on the product page. I'm pretty excited about this new product. We've worked with SystemObjects in the past, but we decided to take the partnership a step further and create an ... http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/03/10/39036 Gleaned this from the newsgroups: We have an important announcement for customers of our Intraweb components and for the greater Delphi/Intraweb community: Effective immediately, Arcana Technologies (www.arcanatech.com) has terminated sales of the Elite Suite ... http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/03/09/39035 The Delphi Survey is now available in Polish. Nice mention of Delphi and CodeGear here.  I like the sound of "A Compiler for Every Child", especially when it is the Delphi compiler.  ;-) New Blog: Turbo for Noobs ... http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/03/06/39034 CodeGear made more money. I've been going around the world telling people that we will be "continuously improving and frequently updating the help".  Well, pursuant to that, we have released another help update.  Please download it and give it a look.  And please be sure to tell all your friends about ... http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/03/01/39033 TDUG  meeting Monday, March 3 (www.tdug.com) A continuation of the Jan 23 presentation on the significant additions to Delphi since Delphi 7 Topics (Among others) 1. Demonstrate more refactoring ... http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/02/29/39031 The Delphi Survey is now available in Russian! The main article about the survey is here. http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/02/26/39030 New Blog: Danny Magin Are you guys aware that with the December Update, we distributed some new source code? Take a look at: C:\Program Files\CodeGear\RAD Studio\5.0\source\dotNet\asp\provider and see. It's the code for the DBXASPProvider that we ship with Delphi for .Net. Give it a look, as it shows ... http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/02/25/39029 Here is a Delphi job opening in New York City: This position is for a prestigious financial services firm in NYC - it can be either long-term consulting or full-time.  Experienced Delphi developer who has worked in creating Windows based applications rich ... http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges/2008/02/22/39028