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VOTELearn & Refresh: Using date and time in Delphi
Holger Flick
Date and time values are always considered “special” in each programming language. Many modern object-oriented programming languages provide classes to handle date and time easily. Delphi is no exception. Even though Delphi has been released… … Read more
3 years ago in Beginner, Delphi, English, how it works, MVP, System.DateUtils, TDate, TDateTime, TTime, TTimeSpan
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How it works: Create a self-updating Delphi application (automatic updates)
Holger Flick
With the Internet being easily accessible with sufficient speed everywhere on the planet, it would be amazing if we had an easy way to keep our Delphi applications up-to-date on customer’s systems. Whenever we release… … Read more
3 years ago in Automatic Updates, Delphi, English, TMS VCL UI Pack, TWebUpdate, Updates, vcl
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Introducing a new tutorial video series for Delphi Developers!
Holger Flick
Over the last 4 years, I have produced dozens of product announcements, tutorials, hands-on guides, feature reveals, and various conference sessions. All videos are available on the YouTube channel from TMS Software (https://www.youtube.com/c/tmssoftwareTV). Last Friday,…Read… … Read more
3 years ago in Delphi
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Development for the Raspberry Pi with Delphi got even better!
Holger Flick
A couple of weeks ago, TMS announced that it is possible to build native applications for the Raspberry Pi platform using TMS Miletus. TMS Miletus is a technology based on TMS WEB Core that creates… … Read more
3 years ago in Delphi, English, MVP, RaspberryPi, REST, TMS Web Core, vcl, Video, web, XData
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Generate ‘.gitignore’ for Delphi, FreePascal, and other languages easily
Holger Flick
Every version control system implements a concept to ignore files with a certain file extension to be included. In Git, you add a file named .gitignore to your directory that is to be added to… … Read more
3 years ago in Delphi, English, git, gitignore, MVP, Version Control
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Visit DelphiCon 2021… and be prepared!
Holger Flick
Do not forget to sign up for DelphiCon 2021, a free online conference all about Delphi. It’s happening from November 15 to 18. In my session, you will learn how to create Delphi applications that… … Read more
3 years ago in Delphi, DelphiCon, English, free, MVP, RaspberryPi, session
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Get more out of the new Delphi 11 Alexandria with hands-on examples!
Holger Flick
You might have read that Embarcadero Technologies recently released a new version of Delphi (on 9/9/2021 at 11am ET to be precise) The most exciting feature is that now you cannot only build applications for… … Read more
3 years ago in Alexandria, Delphi, Delphi 11, English
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I was interviewed by Embarcadero MVP Ian Barker!
Holger Flick
That was a fun thing to do last week. In addition to giving some insight into my programming background, I was able to talk about some other non-technical things that are usually not part of… … Read more
3 years ago in Delphi, Embarcadero, English, MVP
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Hardcover for new Delphi book now available!
Holger Flick
There has been plenty of feedback regarding my previous books. One common suggestion was to offer a hardcover version that could be placed on the desk with a robust spine. Also, wear and tear is… … Read more
3 years ago in book, Delphi, Grids, Hands-on, Hardcover, REST, TAdvStringGrid, TMS Web Core, web, Web Core, Web Service, XData
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Next Delphi Hands-on book available for purchase worldwide!
Holger Flick
Today, it is my pleasure to announce worldwide availability for the next Delphi Hands-on book. Its title is “TMS Software Hands-on with Delphi: Multi-tier, cross-platform data access and visualization in grids“ Separate blog posts for… … Read more
3 years ago in Books, cross-platform, database, Delphi, English, FireMonkey, FMX, FNC, multi-platform, Multi-Tier, MVP, TMS, TMS Web Core, vcl
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Next book uploaded… hardcover coming too!
Holger Flick
Before I can offer my books for sale, the publisher needs to update their website with the information. I also assume that there are some other manual quality checks in place (empty pages, age rating,… … Read more
3 years ago in book, Delphi, English, FireMonkey, Mobile, TMS Web Core, vcl, web, Web Core, XData
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Hands-on examples galore…
Holger Flick
My new book has been announced here including its table of contents. Today, I would like to present a list of all the hands-on examples covered. Each example is described in great detail giving background… … Read more
3 years ago in book, Delphi, English, FireMonkey, Hands-on, MVP, TMS Web Core, vcl, web, Web Core, XData
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New book cover and table of contents
Holger Flick
As the proof reading process is still ongoing, I want to share the table of contents and the final title of the book. I decided to call it “Multi-tier, cross-platform data access and visualization in… … Read more
3 years ago in book, database, Delphi, FMX, FNC, Hands-on, Multi-Tier, MVP, Table of Contents, TAdvStringGrid, TMS, vcl, XData
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For your summer reading! New Delphi book coming soon!
Holger Flick
I have to admit that it took me a long time. I have started writing the next part in the Hands-On Delphi book series in October 2020 right after finishing book number 2. However, the… … Read more
3 years ago in book, Delphi, Hands-on, MVP, TMS VCL UI Pack, TMS Web Core, vcl, web
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