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VOTECombining const and out parameters
Dalija Prasnikar
This is a continuation of a previous blog post, Are const parameters dangerous?Basically, adding an out parameter into the mix does not change anything that has been said in the previous post about using const… … Read more
4 years ago in Delphi
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Delphi Event-based and Asynchronous Programming Webinar Replay
Dalija Prasnikar
“Embarcadero Technologies – Conversation with Dalija Prasnikar, Embarcadero MVP, on covering her new book on Delphi Event-based and Asynchronous Programming.” Book intro by Neven Prasnikar Jr. and a recording of live Q&A chat hosted by Jim… … Read more
4 years ago in Asynchronous programming, Delphi, Webinar
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Overprotecting multithreaded code
Dalija Prasnikar
Running long tasks in a background thread to keep the UI responsive is one of the main purposes of multithreading. A common code pattern for doing so would look like:procedure TMainForm.BtnClick(Sender: TObject);begin TThread.CreateAnonymousThread( … … Read more
4 years ago in Delphi, multithreading, synchronize
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Autorelease Pool
Dalija Prasnikar
Manual memory management requires some thought and ceremony. It is not so much of a problem with long-lasting instances, but managing temporary local objects, especially when you need to create more than one, is a… … Read more
4 years ago in ARC, Delphi, memory management
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Delphi Event-based and Asynchronous Programming Book – Paperback Edition and Invitation to Webinar
Dalija Prasnikar
You asked for it, and here it is! The paperback version of the book is here! (I hope Gaia will forgive me again…)Celebrating the release of the new book, “Delphi Event-based and Asynchronous Programming,” Jim McKeeth… … Read more
4 years ago in Asynchronous programming, book, Delphi, event based programming, multithreading, Webinar
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If it is too complex, you are probably doing it wrong
Dalija Prasnikar
If there is one thing experience has taught me, it is that too much complexityin some code usually means that design is wrong. That does not mean thateverything must and can be as simple as… … Read more
4 years ago
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Just released: Delphi Event-based and Asynchronous Programming – Complete version – 291 Pages
Dalija Prasnikar
Delphi Event-based and Asynchronous Programminghttps://dalija.prasnikar.info/delphiebap/index.htmlEvent-based programming is everywhere. Nowadays, you can hardly write any kind of application without leaning on events and messages.This simple, ye… … Read more
4 years ago in Asynchronous programming, book, Delphi, event based programming, multithreading
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You already purchased Delphi Event-based and Asynchronous Programming Part I?
Dalija Prasnikar
Thanks to all of you who purchased the incomplete pre-release version (179 pages) of my eBook!After a minor delay, the full version is here!You can download it through the same PDF/epub/mobi links that you have… … Read more
4 years ago in Asynchronous programming, book, Delphi, event based programming, multithreading
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Just released eBook: Delphi Event-based and Asynchronous Programming
Dalija Prasnikar
Delphi Event-based and Asynchronous Programming I just had to do it… Go with the flow!It’s the Black Friday / Cyber Monday “season”, so I had to rush the book offer The book was actually scheduled for release… … Read more
4 years ago in Asynchronous programming, book, Delphi, event based programming, multithreading
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New Book In The Press!
Dalija Prasnikar
Delphi Event-based and Asynchronous Programming About to be released by the end of the month, Delphi Event-based and Asynchronous Programming brings you the following in about 260 pages:Event loopsMessaging systemsAsynchronous programmingRem… … Read more
4 years ago in Asynchronous programming, book, Delphi, event based programming, multithreading
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DelphiCon 2020: Windows VCL Panel
Dalija Prasnikar
Join Ian Barker, Marco Cantù, Alister Christie, Victory Fernandes (Vic), Dr. Holger Flick, David Millington and me at Windows VCL Panel. We will talk about the best Delphi core feature, you all know and love, VCL… … Read more
4 years ago in DelphiCon2020, vcl
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Pass the Dog, Get the Cat
Dalija Prasnikar
This story begins with the FreeAndNil procedure, why its signature could not have a typed var parameter, why we can only pass variables declared as TObject to such procedures, and why the compiler refuses to… … Read more
5 years ago in Delphi, FreeAndNil, Parameters
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Why some people cannot use dark themes?
Dalija Prasnikar
Olivier Sannier answers that question in his posts about astigmatism and its impact on everyday software usage:https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/astigmatism-part-1-starry-effects-olivier-sannier/https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/astigmatism-part-2-blurry-eff… … Read more
5 years ago in accessibility, dark themes
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