This is hilarious and intriguing at the same time. Takes me back to Mark’s “Dark side of Delphi” sessions at BorCon years ago. Will be interesting to see how fast he gets with some practice, though I’m not sure he realises Ricks are notoriously tricky beasts, maybe he should be using a strat.
Archive for the ‘Misc’ Category
Forget “With” in Delphi, it seems “If” is the new evil that must be fought :) http://www.antiifcampaign.com/
I’ve seen a lot of arguments about the With statement in Delphi, and even taken part in some, but I’ve never considered setting up a website. Guess that just marks me out as some sort of slacker. Anti-If Campaign
10/gui. Intriguing multitouch/desktop reinvention concept (Thanks @richardvowles).
Another one courtesy of Richard Vowles. This video is quite intriguing. I’m not sure how much this exists beyond the concept video. The multitouch on the desktop part is not that surprising, not a million miles from other solutions, both existing and prototypes. The window approach, and the combination of the two is the part that has me thinking, although how many desktop reinventions have come and gone over the years? At least this one is not 3d, as most seem to be 🙂
$10 for 10 Jira Users. Wow! #Atlassian #getstarted
Richard Vowles just told me about an offer that Atlassian are running. $10 for 10 users on Jira (Bug Tracking) and a bunch of their other products (Confluence, Bamboo, etc). I’ve used Jira a little and have been very impressed, same with Confluence. They seem to be permanent licenses, and full product (not limited features, etc). Plus the money goes to charity. Very much worth checking out.
MS Multitouch Mouse demos – Could be cool for Delphi 2010 Multitouch apps on the desktop.
These could make a lot more sense for multitouch on the desktop than actually reaching out to the screen.
NB: The link has an apostrophe in it, which seems to cause issues with some browsers. Chrome deals ok, but IE not so much.
When you click on the link and it fails, if the last portion of the URL looks like this, 2009-10/microsoft-multitouch-mice-demo’d, try replacing it with this, 2009-10/microsoft-multitouch-mice-demo%E2%80%99d
Worst case, the video (but not the article) is here
More Delphi 2010 Events
The Canberra event last week went very well, and this week is Perth and Adelaide (I’m writing this on the flight to Perth). We’ve also just added a Brisbane event, again in conjunction with ADUG, and are about to add Auckland and Christchurch (I may have just leaked that, I don’t think the notification is going out for a bit, so just keep it between us, ok?).
Delphi 2010 in Canberra, Adelaide and Perth
As mentioned earlier, I’ll be presenting sessions on Delphi 2010 in Canberra, Adelaide and Perth over the next few weeks. The venues and times have all been sorted out now, go here for more details.
Drag-and-drop Gutter Icons in Delphi 2010
Sticking with the theme of small but useful features in Delphi 2010, did you know you can now drag-and-drop various code-editor gutter icons?
Let’s say you’ve set a breakpoint, and right-clicked to adjust its properties, such as pass count, thread, group and various other settings. Then you realise you actually wanted this on a different line instead. In the past you’d have to create a new breakpoint and set all those properties yet again.
Two Free Domain Driven Design ebooks
I’ve been doing a bit of reading on Domain Driven Design lately. I read the blue book awhile back, and have to admit to not being blown away. However, that was obviously my fault, as the hype around DDD has been building. There are two free ebooks that are helping make the penny drop for me: DDD Quickly, which ironically is a summary of the aforementioned blue book that I’ve already read, and DDD – Step by Step. There’s something here, just not sure yet whether it is some useful guidance or a movement all of its own.
DevExpress Support for RAD Studio 2010
According to Julian Bucknall’s blog, DevExpress are very close to releasing a supporting update for the VCL components. Given we’ve only just released 2010, that’s a very impressive turnaround time. Nice one guys!