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VOTEWhen You Don’t Know, What You Don’t Know
Michael Riley
I’ve been in a rut for about the past six months. Not just a Delphi programming rut but a “life rut”. What’s worse, I knew I was in a rut and thought I was trying… … Read more
5 years ago in fmxexpress, github, kanban
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Delphi Tip of the Day – Who’s up First?
Michael Riley
I’m working on updating my old flagship product and I ran into an issue where a file kept getting deleted on startup. I could not for the life of me figure out where this was… … Read more
5 years ago in tip-of-the-day
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Delphi Tip of the Day – Rounding (Again!)
Michael Riley
It’s been over 7 years since I dove into the mystical world of rounding numbers within Delphi. It’s amazing how much code actually gets written in support of the main stuff an application does. I… … Read more
5 years ago in tip-of-the-day
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Stop saying "I don’t have time" – Say "It’s not a priority"
Michael Riley
That little switch from saying “I don’t have time”, to saying “It’s not a priority” is a HUGE game changer. I learned about this from a co-worker last week. She didn’t invent it… she heard… … Read more
5 years ago in smarter-not-harder
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Delphi Tip of the Day – TODO or not TODO
Michael Riley
I tend to be a scatter-brain when it comes to Delphi.Really? Tend to be? “No Gunny. You are a scatter-brain when it comes to Delphi.” I can hear all of you who know me saying… … Read more
5 years ago in tip-of-the-day
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Delphi Makes Updating Old Code Very Easy (Hidden Gem)
Michael Riley
When my computer hard drive crashed in October 2018 I was really upset. The hard drive was completely shot and unrecoverable. I lost all of the code I had been working on… ARRRGH! The last… … Read more
5 years ago in Delphi, delphi-nugget, pure-dumb-luck, smarter-not-harder
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Say what you mean and mean what you say!
Michael Riley
How often are you or your words misinterpreted? Do you even know? Would someone tell you? Or would you go on with life thinking everything is just honky dory. Only to find out later things… … Read more
5 years ago in toastmasters
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Delphi Tip of the Day – Forward Declarations. Solving the Chicken or the Egg Problem.
Michael Riley
Today’s Delphi Tip of the Day is about resolving “which came first, the chicken or the egg”. Because Delphi is a strongly typed language you can’t refer to something until it’s been defined. However, there… … Read more
6 years ago in tip-of-the-day
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Delphi Tip of the Day – What is the "A" prefix I see used on parameters?
Michael Riley
Today’s Delphi Tip of the Day is all about consistent naming conventions. Consistency in the Delphi and Object Pascal language makes it easier to read and comprehend the code.I have often wondered why the “A”… … Read more
6 years ago in tip-of-the-day
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Expert Delphi – Code Errata
Michael Riley
For the past month I have been making my way through Pawel Gloawcki’s book Expert Delphi. I love this book. I am having fun and learning so much. I completed the “Game of Memory” application… … Read more
6 years ago in code-errata, expert-delphi
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Code Rage 2018 Replay: What’s New With RAD Studio 10.3 Rio
Michael Riley
I was unable to attend Code Rage 2018 this year. I’d like to thank Embarcadero for making the replays available. In this video, Sarina Dupont, David Millington, and Marco Cantu discuss what’s new with RAD… … Read more
6 years ago in code-rage-2018
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The 20-Second Hug
Michael Riley
program TwentySecondHug;{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}{$R *.res}uses System.SysUtils;begin try Writeln(‘The 20-Second Hug’); Writeln(‘Copyright (C) 2018 by Michael J. Riley’); Writeln(‘(May be freely distributed worldwide)’); Writeln(‘#20SecondHug #2… … Read more
6 years ago in pilotlight, Source Code
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Delphi Book Collection
Michael Riley
One week after I wrote about Warren Buffet’s 25-5 rule I created my own “Top 5” list. However, this time I put a little twist on it. Instead of creating a to-do list of things… … Read more
6 years ago in Delphi, duntemann
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Don’t Just Code in Delphi, Think in Delphi
Michael Riley
I have always struggled with fully understanding the object oriented nature of Delphi. I still struggle with it today. For example, I have tried to read Nick Hodge’s book “Coding in Delphi” three times and can’t… … Read more
7 years ago in delphi oop turbo-pascal
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