Don't Just Code in Delphi, Think in Delphi

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 get past page 23. I'm currently on page 96 of Pawel Glowaki's book "Expert Delphi" and had to stop because he talks about using the TTextWriter class which is a class with virtual abstract methods. Virtual Abstract Methods, are you kidding me. What the hell are Virtual Abstract Methods.

(Expert Delphi page 96) "Notice that the TTextWriter class is a class with virtual abstract methods that just define the interface to the text writing functionality so we need to use one of the text writer descendants such as TStringWriter."

Okay, so I get a small glimpse into what Pawel's talking about. These VAM's are just interface definitions. They don't really exist. The real functions exist somewhere else. In this case the TStringWriter class. I'm just barely hanging on here, but I'm hanging on.

I blame my Delphi ignorance on my lack of going back to square one and learning Delphi's OOP think from the beginning. At the time I started using Delphi I just plowed ahead and made the code work. I wanted a Windows program and that is all I cared about. Looking back at it, I'd say I forced Delphi to work like my top-down procedural thinking. I never fully embraced the Delphi OOP think.

Hodges, Glowaki, Cantu, and all the other Delphi authors out there think in Delphi. And if I want to understand them and be proficient in Delphi I need to think in Delphi too.

So, how do you think in Delphi?

You find a resource that explains Delphi in a simple straight-forward manner. Perhaps a resource that teaches you how Delphi came into being. Does such a resource exist? Yes. And I just so happened to have a copy on my bookshelf.

Here are three paragraphs from page 7 and 8. If these paragraphs speak to you like they did me, then I highly recommend you read the entire Turbo Pascal 5.5 Object Oriented Programming Guide.

The challenge of object-oriented programming (OOP) is that it sometimes requires you to set aside habits and ways of thinking about programming that have been considered standard for many years. Once that is done, however, OOP is simple, straight- forward, and superior for solving many of the problems that plague traditional software programs. 

A note to you who have done object-oriented programming in other languages: Put aside your previous impressions of OOP and learn Turbo Pascal 5.5's object-oriented features on their own terms. OOP is not one single way; it is a continuum of ideas. In its object philosophy, Turbo Pascal 5.5 is more like C++ than Smalltalk. Smalltalk is an interpreter, while from the beginning, Turbo Pascal has been a pure native code compiler. Native code compilers do things differently (and far more quickly) than interpreters. Turbo Pascal was designed to be a production development tool, not a research tool. 

And a note to you who haven't any notion at all what OOP is about: That's just as well. Too much hype, too much confusion, and too many people talking about something they don't understand have greatly muddied the waters in the last year or so. Strive to forget what people have told you about OOP. The best way (in fact, the only way) to learn anything useful about OOP is to do what you're about to do: Sit down and try it yourself.

I'm convinced this little 124 page resource will give me the solid foundation of Delphi think that I've  been missing. I was so excited to find this little gem and what it offers, I had to stop reading and tell you guys about it.

A copy is available on archive.org

Enjoy!

Semper Fi
Gunny Mike
zilchworks.com

What do you, me, Warren Buffet, and his pilot have in common?

Success. Each one of us; you, me, Buffett, his pilot all want success. Whether we acknowledge it or not, we each hunger for success. So, what separates the exceptionally successful people from the rest of us?

Check out this story about Warren Buffet and his long-time pilot then you decide.

Mike Flint was Buffett's personal airplane pilot for 10 years. Flint had flown for 4 different U.S. Presidents before, so he was pretty good at flying. Yet he still felt as though he hadn't achieved all of the career and life goals that he wanted to.

So one day Buffett jokingly says to Flint: "The fact that you're still working for me tells me I'm not doing my job. You should be out going after more of your goals and dreams."

So Flint asks Buffett for his help, and Buffett tells him to go through this 3-step exercise.

Here's how it works (you can play along at home, too)…

STEP 1
Buffett started by asking Flint to write down his top 25 goals - the things that came to mind when he thought of success in his career and life. So, Flint took some time and wrote them down.

STEP 2
Then, Buffett asked Flint to review his list and circle his top 5 goals - the things that were most important to him and that he wanted more than anything else in the world.

This was a lot harder for Flint, since everything on his list was important to him (after all, that's why he wrote them down). But Warren insisted that he could only pick five, so after some time and thought, he made five circles.

"Are you sure these are the absolute highest priority for you?" Warren asked. Steve confidently replied that they were.

STEP 3
At this point, Flint had two lists. The 5 items he had circled were List A and the 20 items he hadn't circled were List B.

Warren now asked Flint when he planned to get to work on these top 5 goals and what his approach would be.

Flint explained, "Warren, these are the most important things in my life right now. I'm going to get to work on them right away. I'll start tomorrow. Actually, no I'll start tonight."

Flint went on to explain his plan, who he would enlist to help him, when he expected to complete each item…

And that's when Buffett asked him about the second list, "And what about these other 20 things on your list that you didn't circle? What is your plan for completing those?"

Flint replied, "Well the top 5 are my primary focus, but the other 20 come in at a close second. They are still important so I'll work on those intermittently as I see fit as I'm getting through my top 5. They aren't as urgent, but I still plan to give them a dedicated effort."

To which Buffett replied:

"No. You've got it wrong, Mike. Everything you didn't circle just became your 'avoid at all cost list.' No matter what, these things get no attention from you until you've succeeded with your top 5."

Semper Fi
Gunny Mike
zilchworks.com

Embarcadero Discontinues the Sale of Upgrade Products

I received an email today informing me that as of April 1, 2018 Embarcadero will discontinue the sale of upgrade products for Rad Studio, Delphi and C++ Builder.

My first reaction was "OMG here we go again." Bailey didn't do a very good job at explaining what this means to me, a non-subscription owner of Delphi 10 Seattle. Fortunately, Malcolm Groves put out a fantastic video that explains what this means and what it will cost going forward.

I also found out from Bailey that Embarcadero is offering a 25% discount until March 31, 2018. So, for a non-subscription Delphi Enterprise user like me, that means $1,824 US. Ouch!

After listening to Malcolm describe what is really going on here, I don't feel as panic stricken as I did when I first read the email. $1,824 will get me up-to-date with Delphi 10.2.2 and give me a 12 month update subscription. Next year when my current subscription runs out it should cost approximately 23% of the new user price or $809 which works out to be $68 per month.

Delphi Enterprise Non-Subscription Upgrade Cost

Year	Annual Cost	Monthly Cost
2018	$1,824	$152
2019	$809	$68

$809 is 23% of $3,514 (Current New User License)

Semper Fi
Gunny Mike
zilchworks.com

Playing With Fire(Monkey)

If you are like me and have been apprehensive about using FireMonkey let me offer you a renewed sense of hope. It's unfortunate that this hopefulness comes as the Delphi community morns the loss of Pawel Glowacki. However, Pawel will continue to influence at least this Delphi programmer, perhaps you, and undoubtedly many, many more.

I discovered the existence of Pawel's "Expert Delphi" book while reading one of the many R.I.P. blog posts. I sent myself a reminder to go purchase his book. And, this weekend I did purchase his book. I'm glad I did. I look forward to "Playing with Fire(Monkey)"!

In August I blogged "Why My Next Software Product Will Be Windows VCL Only". Well, this book is not about the VCL. Makes my VCL statement kind of ironic, don't you think. This book is about using Delphi FireMonkey to create cross-platform Mobile Apps from one code base. I did not know this about his book when I wrote that post. Taking on a new coding platform is a daunting task. I'm stepping up to the plate and taking on this task with the help of Pawel's book. I welcome you to join me in discovering how to "Play with Fire(Monkey)".

Purchase Link:

https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/expert-delphi

Expert Delphi - Preface

The world of a mobile app developer is getting more and more complicated. The technology is not standing still. Every day, new versions of mobile operating systems are released to the market. Mobile devices are getting new capabilities. User expectations are constantly growing, and it is becoming increasingly harder to meet them.

The only way to meet and exceed all challenges in the contemporary world of mobile development is to become a developer superhero! Super heroes have super tools. In this book, we are going to embark on the journey of mastering Delphi development. We will learn how to gain amazing productivity powers and rapidly build stunning cross-platform mobile apps from one codebase.

We will start with getting comfortable with using the Delphi IDE. Then, we will review the key constructs of the Object Pascal language and everyday programmer tasks, so you can easily understand and write solid and maintainable source code. Over the course of this book, the fun levels are only going to increase. We will start our adventure with mobile development with Delphi from building small projects that will make you feel like a real Delphi developer. Having mastered simple things, you will be ready for doing more serious stuff. We will go deep into understanding the concept of FireMonkey styles, which is the cornerstone of building stunning cross-platform user interfaces that will make the difference in the end user experience of your apps. The rest of the journey is all about gaining practical knowledge of using more complex Delphi frameworks. We will get down to the metal and harness the full power of mobile hardware and operating systems. We will be working with sensors, extending to the Internet of Things, building data-driven user interfaces, embedding mobile databases, integrating with REST web services, architecting scalable, multiuser backends, and more.

This book is packed with practical code examples and best practices for you to become an excellent mobile developer!

Expert- Delphi - Table of Contents

1: FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS

• Delphi installation
• Delphi compilers and toolchains
• Hello World app
• Deploying to mobile devices
• Summary

2: MIND YOUR LANGUAGE

• Do you speak Object Pascal?
• Object Pascal Phrase Book
• Summary

3: PACKING UP YOUR TOOLBOX

• Parallel Programming Library
• Working with files
• JSON
• XML
• Summary

4: PLAYING WITH FIREMONKEY

• Drawing in code
• Get moving with timers
• The power of parenting
• Touch me
• Game of Memory
• Summary

5: FIREMONKEY IN 3D

• Cross-platform 3D rendering
• Using Context3D
• Custom Wireframe component
• Objects 3D
• Moving Earth
• Building an interactive 3D scene
• Using 3D models
• Starfield simulation
• Mixing 3D and 2D
• Summary

6: BUILDING USER INTERFACES WITH STYLE

• Working with built-in styles
• Using custom styles
• Embedding styles as resources
• Customizing styles
• Using frames
• Working with inherited views
• Previewing forms on devices
• Summary

7: WORKING WITH MOBILE OPERATING SYSTEM

• James Bond's toy
• What I'm running on?
• The life of an app
• Sensing the world
• Taking photos
• Using share sheets
• Camera, light, action!
• Working with address book
• Notify me!
• Navigating the web
• Working with maps
• Creating and consuming Android services
• Delphi language bridges
• Summary

8: EXTENDING TO THE INTERNET OF THINGS

• Communication protocols
• Understanding BLE
• Connecting to things with ThingConnect
• Getting close with beacons
• Proximity solutions with BeaconFence
• App tethering
• Summary

9: EMBEDDING DATABASES

• Architecting data-driven apps
• Modeling data
• Choosing a database
• Accessing databases with FireDAC
• Building data-driven user interface
• Using visual live bindings
• Fast user interface prototyping
• Summary

10: INTEGRATING WITH WEB SERVICES

• Understanding web services
• Native HTTP client
• Consuming XML SOAP web services
• Integrating with REST services
• Backend as a service client
• Integrating with the cloud
• Summary

11: BUILDING MOBILE BACKENDS

• Delphi and multi-tier architectures
• Getting low-level with WebBroker
• Do it yourself with DataSnap
• Easy REST API publishing with RAD Server
• Summary

12: APP DEPLOYMENT

• Deploying to App Stores
• Enhancing your apps
• Summary

13: THE ROAD AHEAD

• What we have learned
• Staying on top of everything
• Your next Delphi mobile app
• Summary

Expert Delphi - Prerequisites

You are expected to have a basic knowledge of Delphi and an interest in building crossplatform mobile apps for Android and iOS.

The Delphi IDE is a Windows program, so you will need a physical or virtual Windows installation. In order to develop for iOS, you will need a Mac computer. You will also need an Enterprise or Architect license for Delphi itself. In the beginning of the first chapter of this book, we cover the installation process of Delphi in a great detail.

Purchase Link:

https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/expert-delphi

Semper Fi,
Gunny Mike
zilchworks.com

I've Been Telling the Wrong Product Stories

This post has nothing to do with Delphi other than it's the software development tool I use. In November of last year I finally purchased Microsoft Office 365. A couple days later I received a promotional email introducing me to Microsoft Virtual Academy (https://mva.microsoft.com/).

I visited the MVA site, signed up for a free account, and by pure dumb luck stumbled across an amazing set of videos designed to teach you how to create stories. The video series is called "Crash Course: Analytics Storytelling for Impact". (https://goo.gl/oFEc9F) This video series was put together to teach people how to present data analytics in a very impactful way. Although it's focus is on how to present data analytics, it has a very unique set of videos all about stories and storytelling.

The storyteller is Mario Juarez and he is phenomenal. The third video "Definition of a Story" (https://goo.gl/L5e1g8) hit me like a ton of bricks. It was as if everything all of the sudden fell into place. All the previous stuff I had read or heard about marketing such as; don't sell features sell benefits finally made sense.

In the past no matter how hard I had tried I always wound up telling what Jaurez refers to as "transactional stories". The description of the thing I did. The transaction or process. What I built, how it works, the sequencing of events. Sound familiar.

The stories I need to tell are what Juarez calls "transcendent stories". These are stories of how human life changed because of the interaction with your product. Transcendent stories go to the place of human experience and human values and human meaning.

Watch this video series. They will change they way you talk about your products.

The first story I'm working on is for my Credit Card Math product. I've created a fictitious customer persona called Kate. The story I'm creating is "How Credit Card Math Saved Kate's Marriage." The story model I'm using is defined by Kurt Vonnegut as "Man in hole". (https://youtu.be/oP3c1h8v2ZQ)

Here's a sneak peak at Kate:

My first video is taking me longer than I expected. Hopefully it will be completed soon. I'm very excited to see how this whole process goes.


Semper Fi,
Gunny Mike
zilchworks.com

The Lazarus Effect

I haven't been focused on much software development lately, I've been working on some marketing material which I hope to have completed soon. Then I will get back to software development.

Last night I was prodded by my friend Jeff Duntemann's post on Facebook regarding the release of Lazarus 1.8 (with FPC 3.0.4). He mentioned this stuff to me a few years back and said I should check it out. I have always been a die-hard Delphi fan so I gave it a casual, glancing thought and moved on.

Well, now may be the time to give Lazarus a throrough going-over. I downloaded Jeff's book this morning and read through the first 30 pages and then skipped ahead to the "Installation" chapter. I'm always leery of installing freeware stuff, it's never as simple as point, click, and install.

I had no idea that FreePascal was the compiler and Lazarus was the IDE. had always thought these were two competing products.

Hopefully before the end of the year I will get Lazarus and FreePascal installed and give it a whirl. I'll let you know what I think.

Lazarus 1.8 (with FPC 3.0.4)

FreePascal From Square One by Jeff Duntemann (free book)

Lazarus
https://www.lazarus-ide.org/
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/

FreePascal
https://www.freepascal.org/
http://wiki.freepascal.org/

FreePascal From Square One by Jeff Duntemann (free book)
http://www.copperwood.com/pub/FreePascalFromSquareOne.pdf


Semper Fi,
Gunny Mike
zilchworks.com

Why My Next Software Product Will Be Windows VCL Only

I started this blog back in 2009 as I slowly emerged from a severe case of burn-out. From that first day I've been consistently saying I'm working on an update to one of my software products. And I'm still saying that today. I'm like the Rip Van Winkle of Delphi programming. I basically dropped off the face of the Delphi coding world, woke up from an 8 year technology nap, and have been in a learning fog ever since.

I have been procrastinating at every turn, about every tool, and every methodology. The bottom-line is... I can't make a decision. Check out this common theme among some of my posts going back quite some time.

How do you get past the Analysis to Paralysis when working on a new project?
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/155621/

What is The Best Database for Delphi Desktop Applications that Supports Stored Procedures?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1619887/

I Took A Little Walk-About - But I'm Back (Shit or get of the pot)
http://capecodgunny.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-took-little-walk-about-but-im-back.html

Last week I heard about Warren Buffett's 25-5 Rule.  I've never heard it put quite that way before. Anyway, it got me to change my attitude about decision making.

For example:

Should the new release of my Zilch software be Windows?
Windows and Mac?
Windows, Mac, iOS, Android?
What about the Web version?

ENOUGH!

I'm going Windows VCL Only! Period. I made the decision and it's final. Making decisions is so liberating.

• I am the most proficient with Delphi VCL.
• I have a distribution channel and payment gateway for Windows already in-place. 
• I have 25 years worth of Windows customers I can market my software upgrade to.
• I can use the current development tool chain I already have.

2017 is the 25th anniversary of my original product launch. I need to get busy working on the things that matter most and ignoring everything else if I hope to get it released this year.

I don't care if the Warren Buffett story is true or not. It's a good thing. I encourage all of you to have a look at it.

Cheers!

Semper Fi,
Gunny Mike

Error: Cannot Restore Form State--No TRzRegIniFile Component Specified

It's been a while since I fired up Delphi, about three months. And you know, it's true what they say "If you don't use it you loose it". I love my Raize Components now called Konopka VCL Controls, they make a lot of things very easy. For example, automatically remembering the size and position of form windows. I've used this dozens of times. It's a no-brainer.

So today, I was playing around with the DBGrid, trying different things. I created a new project with a Form and a Data Module. Added a lookup field to the grid. Just having fun and experimenting with stuff. One of the things I wanted to do but haven't got around to yet, was save the column widths of the grid after they've been resized. I find it annoying always having to resize the columns every time a program runs. That will be for another day.

Anyway, I decided I wanted to start by saving the state of the Main form window, just like I've done in the past. Drop a RzRegIniFile component on the Data Module. Drop an RzFormState component on the Main form. Set the RzFormState.RegIniFile property to the DM.RzRegIniFile component. And Voila... Done! Right!

NOT!

I kept getting the following error: "Cannot Restore Form State--No TRzRegIniFile Component Specified".

I'm going back and forth like a madman, checking things on the Data Module and the Main form. I tried dropping and re-adding the components. Nope. I started googling the error... nothing. Then it hits me. It's got to be a timing thing.

Yup! I opened the source file for the project and sure as shit, the Data Module was being created after the Main form.

begin
  Application.Initialize;
  Application.MainFormOnTaskbar := True;
  Application.CreateForm(TForm4, Form4);
  Application.CreateForm(TDataModule5, DataModule5);
  Application.Run;
end.

I moved the creation of the Data Model before the Main form and bingo... works like a champ!

begin
  Application.Initialize;
  Application.MainFormOnTaskbar := True;
  Application.CreateForm(TDataModule5, DataModule5);
  Application.CreateForm(TForm4, Form4);
  Application.Run;
end.

I'm amazed how quickly I lost sight of this little detail. I was only away from Delphi for maybe three months. Gee Whiz.

Enjoy!

Semper Fi,
Gunny Mike

Program to an Interface and not an Implementation

I have been struggling with trying to understand what it means to "Program to an interface and not an implementation." Nick Hodges said if he could teach new developers one thing it would be "program to an abstraction, not an implementation". This is the same thing. (wayback machine link)

So I asked Hodges to explain this to me. Instead of trying to regurgitate some sort of answer that might come up short of what I was looking for, he sent me a link to a fascinating thread on StackOverflow (https://goo.gl/PNq7bY). This really is a great read. After reading it I was close to understanding but still not getting all of it.

I have recently started reading Head First Design Patterns by Eric Freeman & Elisabeth Robson. This book does an absolutely fantastic job of describing the GoF design Patterns that Uncle Bob so bluntly told me I need to understand. To be quite honest, I never would have bought this book solely based on the cover. (Not buying this book would have been a mistake.)

Amazon: https://goo.gl/MVybeZ

On page 11 of Head First Design Patterns they point out Design Principal #2: "Program to an interface and not an implementation." They do an excellent job of explaining what this means. My ability to understand what they mean... "Not so much". This is even after reading page 11 three times and reading the entire SO link Hodges sent me.

Why am I so dim?
How come everyone else gets it but me?

Ah ha, it hits me.

Each Delphi Unit has an Interface section and an Implementation section. In Delphi these sections are like Public Scratch Paper and Private Scratch Paper. (https://goo.gl/B7U5RR) All Delphi noobs are taught to stick stuff in the Interface section that you want to share with other units and stick stuff in the Implementation section that you don't want other units to have access to.

That is NOT what it means to "Program to an Interface and not an Implementation."

I had to unlearn what I had known about Interface and Implementation because of my 25+ years of Turbo Pascal/Delphi. And relearn that there are different meanings associated with Interface and Implementation. Sometimes it takes the light bulb a long time to go on

My end goal in all of this "new learning" is to understand Dependency Injection and how to put DI to use when I design/redesign software. I'm slowly getting there. Delphi's Interface and Implementation sections have different usage and meaning than the OOP Design Principle: Program to an interface not an implementation.

So, what does it mean to "Program to an interface and not an implementation"?

You have to figure this out on your own. I'm not trying to be a smart ass here. Once you get it, you'll get it. Asking someone for a quick 5 minute explanation won't do it. You'll have to dig and keep trying until it makes sense for you. In learning this concept some people use widgets. Some use sprockets. Some use ducks. I like chess.

Think about the simplest piece in a chess game. The Pawn.

What's the same about every pawn?
What's different about each pawn?
If you forget about color, how many different pawns are there? 8, 1, 3, 4 ?
What about the pawn to the far-left?
What about the pawn to the far-right?
What about the pawn that reaches the last row?
How many different moves does a pawn have?
Do all pawns have the same moves?

Trying to understand what it means to "Program to an interface and not an implementation" requires a different way of thinking.

Here is my completely oversimplified chess example:

+--------------------------------+
| PawnMovement (Interface)       |
+--------------------------------+

+--------------------------------+
| PawnMovementImplementations    |
+--------------------------------+
ForwardOne 
ForwardTwo
AttackLeft
AttackRight
EnPassant

So to me learning how to "Program to an interface and not an implementation" means making sure your pawn has movement not what the pawn's movement is.

Think this:
Pawn1.PawnMovement.ForwardOne
Pawn1.PawnMovement.ForwardTwo
Pawn1.PawnMovement.AttackRight
Pawn1.PawnMovement.EnPassant

Don't Think this:
Pawn1.ForwardOne
Pawn1.ForwardTwo
Pawn1.AttackRight
Pawn1.EnPassant

Enjoy!

Semper Fi,
Gunny Mike

Gunny Meets Uncle Bob - Part 1

The last few days have been very interesting. It started when my friend Jon Aasenden posted a link to a you tube video called "SOLID Principles of Object Oriented & Agile Design" by some guy named Uncle Bob. This wasn't the first time I heard about Uncle Bob. Nick Hodges made a reference to something called SOLID in his book which is supposedly Uncle Bob's principles of object oriented design.

I bought Nick Hodges book "Coding in Delphi" over two years ago. I actually bought two copies. My first purchase was the printed edition. I went back and purchased the pdf version a couple months later after I decided I didn't want to type the examples if I could cut and paste them.

Anyway, I made it to page 28 and no further. I had a mental block about something and never worked through it. It's been sitting on my bookshelf unopened for over two years. It's amazing how fast time goes by. I have since learned that Nick has two more books. "More Coding in Delphi" and "dependency injection in delphi".

So after watching the Uncle Bob's video I decided to buy three of his books; "Clean Code", "The Clean Coder" and the yet to be released "The Clean Architecture".

I came home from work yesterday and "The Clean Coder" had been delivered. I was so excited. I couldn't wait to read Chapter 1.

BOOM!

I haven't felt this inadequate in a long time. Thank you Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin. In less than twenty pages you humbled this US Marine.

I went on Facebook and whined about how inadequate Martin made me feel. To my surprise a couple of highly respected friends mentioned they too had felt the same way after reading his stuff.  That was a little comforting but I still felt like crap.

According to Martin I'm supposed to give my employer 40 hours a week and then spend another 20 hours a week on my career. Learning, reading, practicing.

I'm also supposed to understand and describe the 24 patterns in the Gang of Four (GOF) book plus have a working knowledge of many of the patterns in the POSA books.

I scrambled around and googled for the 24 GOF patterns. Found a clean, concise 8-10 page pdf. Read it real quick. Check - That's done. I'll do the POSA stuff tomorrow. It's late. I'm tired. I'm going to bed.

Day Two:

I woke up this morning a little early because I had to pee. I came back to bed and tried to fall back to sleep. But I couldn't get Martin and what he said out of my head. I kept thinking, "I haven't got time for all this crap, I need to learn Dependency Injection. That's what started this whole thing anyway."

Then it hit me.

I started thinking about chess, and how Jimmy O'hara used to kick my ass every time we played chess back when we were both twelve years old. That was forty-six years ago. He'd take my queen within the first four to five minutes. Oh did I get pissed when that happened. I now had to play without my strongest piece.

Then I thought. Wow, chess was a really complicated game. It took a long time to learn how to move them 16 different pieces around. Wait a minute there aren't really 16 different pieces there are only 6 different pieces. I spent a lot of time learning how those 6 pieces moved.

Then it dawned on me.

If I want to be good at my craft I have to identify the chess pieces of my craft and learn how to move them. Wait a minute. Didn't Martin just tell me last night that I need to understand the 24 GOF patterns. He did. Aren't those the chess pieces of my craft? They are.

How can I expect to be good at my craft if I only give a casual glance at the chess pieces I need to use in my craft. I can't. Bingo.

Then it hit me again.

What about the POSA books and those designs?

I like to play golf. I started playing golf when I was twelve. Yup forty-six years ago. Learning golf was hard and it took a long time to get good at it and to learn how to use of each club. Hey wait a minute. I see a pattern here. Why can't I treat the patterns in the POSA books like golf clubs. If I want to be good at my craft I have to learn what each club does and how and when to use each one of them.

But wait there more. What about SOLID? Hey Gunny, how do you reconcile SOLID like you did using chess for GOF and golf for POSA?

JJDIDTIEBUCKLE The twelve leadership traits.

I spent twenty years in the Marine Corps. It's all about leadership and leadership traits. I lived, breathed, taught, and honed those twelve traits. I need to do the same thing with SOLID.

This works for me. You need to find a way to make it work for you.

Gang of Four Patterns = Chess
POSA Patterns = Golf
SOLID = JJDIDTIEBUCKLE

This journey I'm taking with Uncle Bob is not in the least a passive journey. If I want to fully embrace my craft (software development) I need to dedicate myself to it the same way I did for chess, golf, and leadership within the Marine Corps.

Time to strap it on.

Enjoy!

Semper Fi,
Gunny Mike

Google, Mobile, and You. Are You Good?

I put my Delphi development on hold a few months ago so I could work on creating a responsive website for my software. The hardest part for me was trying to find a layout I was happy with. I took a little inspiration from the Embarcadero Communty website. I settled on a Bootstrap 9 X 3 layout. And now it's done and I can move on.

It's only been a couple days but I have already seen a 300% increase in traffic to my website.

Dave Collins from Software Promotions has put together a 5 minute video that talks about Google's big shift toward mobile first indexing. I strongly encourage you to watch this video. Mobile-friendly isn’t necessarily mobile-friendly

I'm just an Independent Software Deveopler like many of you. I felt compelled to share what I have learned over the past three months. We all love Delphi and the opportunities it gives us to create software and apps. You can have the best software or app out there but if people can't find it, it's not a good thing. Don't let this happen.

I look forward to getting back at it. It feels good to know thay my development efforts will have a fighting chance.

Semper Fi,
Gunny Mike
zilchworks.com

EMBT Webinar: Overcoming Monetization Challenges Using Licensing

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Gunny Mike

How to use the SET LOG MESSAGE Feature Within ElevateDB

The more I use ElevateDB the more impressed I get with this product. Last week I visited the ElevateDB support forum, most likely related to a syntax issue I was trying to resolve. As I read through some of the posts written by other users, I came across a very curious and interesting tidbit of information. A user mentioned the following:

"If you add a log message before the OPEN Crsr, you will see that the function is executed for each row."

This certainly got my investigative juices flowing. I had to find out what he meant. He was referring to the SET LOG MESSAGE statement. There were no pictures to show how to implement this log message feature so I began digging around and figured out how this works.

ElevateDB comes with it's own GUI called ElevateDB Manager. It's similar to the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Microsoft distributes.

Here is a screenshot of a New.SQL script inside ElevateDB Manager

The SQL script is a simple loop from 1 to 100 that displays a log message each time X is a multiple of 7.

SCRIPT BEGIN DECLARE MyMod INTEGER; DECLARE X INTEGER DEFAULT 0; SET MyMod = 7; SET LOG MESSAGE TO 'MyMod = ' + CAST(MyMod AS VARCHAR); WHILE X < 100 do   SET X = X + 1;   IF X MOD MyMod = 0 THEN     SET LOG MESSAGE TO 'X = ' + CAST(X AS VARCHAR);   END IF; END WHILE; END

If you execute this script it tells you that "The script was executed successfully in 0 seconds". But where are the log messages?

You have to turn them on.

With the Explorer > Log Messages visible you see all the SET LOG MESSAGE statements. The log messages continue to accumulate each time you execute a script. There are two undocumented ventures available within the Log Messages pane: Save and Clear.

Simply right click anywhere within the log message pane you have an option to either Save or Clear the log messages.

I love the SET LOG MESSAGE feature and use it all the time. I find it extremely helpful and I hope you do as well.

Enjoy
Semper Fi
Gunny Mike

A Better Way to Present and Organize Error Messages in Your Delphi Applications

I'm in the process of totally redesigning an application I wrote 25 years ago. Today, I decided to look for a better way to present error messages to my customers. In the past I simply littered my code with bunch of technical speak ShowMessage('bla bla bla technical speak bla bla bla'); code fragments.

With the help of Google, it didn't take long to find out that the best approach is to use "Apologetic" language in error messages. This has a positive effect on your customers.

http://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/31359/should-error-messages-apologize
http://www.faqoverflow.com/ux/31359.html
http://freshsparks.com/user-experience-tips-best-error-messages/

I've never liked the idea that the standard ShowMessage gets positioned centered on the screen. I'd rather have a messaged display centered on the window where the error occurs. I also don't want my error messages scattered all over the place. So, I set out to do two things;

1. Display error messages that are centered on the form where the error occurs
2. Centralize all the error messages in one place

I created a separate unit for the express purpose of managing and displaying error messages:

unit ZilchMessages; interface uses Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, System.UITypes, Winapi.Windows; const zmsg_00010 = 'Sorry, we can''t save a plan with a blank Plan Name.' +#13#10+ 'Please enter a Plan Name and try again.'; zmsg_00100 = 'Sorry, we couldn''t find any existing Debt Management Plans.'; zmsg_00101 = 'Sorry, we couldn''t find any Debt Management Plans to Delete.'; zmsg_00102 = 'Sorry, we couldn''t find any Debt Management Plans to Undelete.'; function ZilchMsgDlg(const AOwner: TForm; const Msg: string; DlgType: TMsgDlgType; Buttons: TMsgDlgButtons; HelpCtx: Integer = 0): Integer; implementation function ZilchMsgDlg(const AOwner: TForm; const Msg: string; DlgType: TMsgDlgType; Buttons: TMsgDlgButtons; HelpCtx: Integer): Integer; begin if DlgType in [mtError] then MessageBeep(MB_ICONERROR) else MessageBeep(MB_OK); with CreateMessageDialog(Msg, DlgType, Buttons) do try Left := AOwner.Left + (AOwner.Width - Width) div 2; Top := AOwner.Top + (AOwner.Height - Height) div 2; Result := ShowModal; finally Free; end end; end.

This makes it very easy to keep track of all the error messages. It also lets me easily create similar but slightly different error messages for any given situation. I can also group related error messages by using a simple number scheme.

I'm a big fan of code completion Ctrl+Space. When I need to include an error message I simply type zmsg Ctrl+Space and up pops the code completion window with all the available error messages that I can choose from.

Enjoy,
Semper Fi
Gunny Mike

P.S. As far as using "we" inside the error messages. I asked my wife if she was okay with an application giving this type of feedback and she said it was fine with her.

Real World Justification for Purchasing Component Source Code

I'm working on a database project using Delphi 10S Update 1. The database I'm using is ElevateDB, which is written with Delphi. I licensed the ElevateDB VCL Standard version without source code back in 2011 and maintain my annual subscription. I'm very happy with this product.

I ran into an issue where inside the IDE both the 32-bit and 64-bit platforms display data in a grid when all the components are connected and active. However, when I run the application the 32-bit version works great but the 64-bit version gives me an Access Violation.

I read that the initial Delphi 10S had a problem with the 64-bit compiler. I figured that since I upgraded to Delphi 10S Update 1, I didn't have an issue with the 64-bit version of the compiler.

What I failed to realize and only realized after three or four days of frantic postings on the ElevateDB support form, was I was using compiled DCU's. These DCU's, both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, were compiled using the initial Delphi 10S release. Therefore, the 64-bit DCU's were built with the initial flawed Delphi 10S 64-bit compiler.

Shame on me for not understanding and realizing this in the first place. If I had, I would not have acted the way I did.

This brings me to the topic of this blog post. If I had purchased the source code version of these components I could have simply done a build all and the problem would have been solved. I don't remember my reason for not purchasing the source code version. Perhaps it was the added expense. Perhaps it was my thinking "I'm never going to monkey with the code and didn't need it".

The thought never entered my mind that I could wind up with flawed DCU's because they were built with a flawed Delphi compiler.

Lesson Learned!

Semper Fi,

Gunny Mike

Poll: What type of Delphi shop are you?

Back in November I conducted a poll to find out what kind of Delphi shop people belonged to. From these results 70% of the Delphi shops have 5 or less employees.

Here are the results:

Poll Results

Here is the link if you'd like to cast your vote.

Enjoy - Semper Fi
Gunny Mike

A few minor "out of the box" tweaks for Delphi 10 Seattle

I recently upgraded to Delphi 10 Seattle Update 1. The first thing I noticed when I fired up the IDE was the font size of the Object Inspector and Tool Palette looked oddly larger. Then I remembered I had tweaked these settings a while ago when I first installed Delphi 10 Seattle. Of course I couldn't remember how I did this but I did remember there was a discussion about it somewhere.

The "out of the box" font setting for Delphi 10 Seattle is Segoe UI with a font size of 10. I prefer a font size of 9. Embarcadero has a nice wiki on how to change the initial settings.

http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Seattle/en/System_Registry_Keys_for_IDE_Visual_Settings

I made one minor adjustment to EMBT's recommended settings:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\17.0\ModernTheme]
"FontName"="Segoe UI"
"FontSize"=dword:00000009
"MainToolBarColor"="clGradientActiveCaption"

The only other tweak I made was to the editor font. I prefer "Consolas" mainly because it formats zeros with a slash which makes them stand out from the letter "O". The editor font is located here:

Tools > Options > Editor Options > Display

Share your "out of the box" tweaks for Delphi 10 Seattle in the comments.

Enjoy - Semper Fi
Gunny Mike

Create Professional Installs for Mac OS X

I'm just getting started with learning cross-application development. One of the many issues that's crossed my mind has been how do I get the Mac OS X version of my software installed on a customers machine.

Well that question was answered yesterday during the "Prototyping an Object Pascal Code Editor with FireMonkey in Delphi for Windows and OSX" object pascal CodeRageX session.

Eli M. from Peacekeeper Enterprises, LLC presented a slide for a product that lets you create installs for Mac OS X. The product is called Packages and can be found at the below url:
http://s.sudre.free.fr/Software/Packages/about.html

I have not tried Packages yet. However, it appears similar to the Inno Setup tool for Windows.
http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php

Enjoy - Semper Fi,
Gunny Mike

FireMonkey Under the Hood: How FireMonkey Does What It Does

Here are two great videos from ITDevCon 2012 by Ray Konopka that talk about how FireMonkey does what it does. Ray gives an overview of the high-level differences between VCL and FMX. In part 2 he shows how to create custom FMX controls.

I love the way Ray gets frustrated. He's just like us.

Creating Custom FireMonkey Controls Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0NeWCmKAnU

Creating Custom FireMonkey Controls Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufCKmYAxyCA 

Update: 10/03/2015
I spoke with Ray and he gave me the link so we can download the source code he used in the demo. Thanks Ray!
http://www.raize.com/Sessions/CustomFMXControls.zip

Enjoy - Semper Fi
Gunny Mike

Blaise Pascal Magazine: Complete Article Index

I subscribed to Blaise Pascal Magazine last year. I also purchased the complete back issue library which contains all previous issues of the magazine. Unfortunately the index that came with the Lib Stick didn't work. So I made my own index as a quick reference to help me find the articles I'm interested in.

Download Excel File

Article	Author	Issue	Page	Type	Year
Delphi 2007 Handbook	Frans Doove	1	4	Book Review	2008
Delphi Win 32 / .NET Component Development	Frans Doove	1	4	Book Review	2008
Representing graphics for math functions	Peter Bijlsma	1	6	Article	2008
Client Dataset Toolkit	Detlef Overbeek	1	8	Article	2008
Website name checking	Henk Schreij	1	9	Article	2008
Database normalisation	Herman Peeren	1	11	Article	2008
Delphi 2007 and VCL Component Building	Bob Swart	1	13	Article	2008
Wallpaper	Detlef Overbeek	1	16	Article	2008
Coding for two or more types	Henk Schreij	1	17	Article	2008
Recipe for creating a cookbook	Tim Opsteeg	1	21	Article	2008
Exploring Rave Reports	Rik Smit	1	25	Article	2008
Drawing on a changing background	David Dirkse	1	33	Article	2008
Mini application: Opening files	Detlef Overbeek	1	35	Article	2008
Rotating images	Detlef Overbeek	1	36	Article	2008
Delphi for PHP .2 new version	Herman Peeren	2	3	Article	2008
Delphi 7 for Win 32 Development Essentials	Frans Doove	2	6	Book Review	2008
Essential Pascal	Frans Doove	2	6	Book Review	2008
Applied Mathematics for Database Professionals	Frans Doove	2	7	Book Review	2008
Illustrated C# 2008	Frans Doove	2	7	Book Review	2008
Efficient Pascal – For-loops	Hallvard Vassbotn	2	9	Article	2008
Hack #1: Write access to a read-only property	Hallvard Vassbotn	2	11	Article	2008
Resizing Bitmaps	David Dirkse	2	12	Article	2008
Making right-justified Edits	Henk Schreij	2	14	Article	2008
Delphi 2007 VCL Component Building - II	Bob Swart	2	16	Article	2008
ClientDataset filtering	Martin De Bont	2	20	Article	2008
Binary Heap	Julian Bucknall	2	21	Article	2008
Intraweb and AJAX	Bob Swart	2	25	Article	2008
Solving unknown variables	Peter Bijlsma	2	28	Article	2008
Obfuscator?	Rob van den Bogert	2	30	Article	2008
Restricting Edits to numbers	Henk Schreij	2	32	Article	2008
Monitor aspects	Jeremy North	2	33	Article	2008
Euro symbol generation with the Alt key	Henk Schreij	2	38	Article	2008
VCL Ribbon controls	Jeremy North	3	3	Article	2008
The Tomes of Delphi: Algorithms and Data Structures	Frans Doove	3	5	Book Review	2008
Advantage Database Server, A Developer's Guide	Frans Doove	3	5	Book Review	2008
Combining visual components in an object	Wim Zandt	3	6	Article	2008
A simple component for color selection	David Dirkse	3	9	Article	2008
Introduction to Enumerators	Primož Gabrijelcic	3	10	Article	2008
Images in a DbGrid	Henk Schreij	3	12	Article	2008
Change indication in a multiuser system	Henk Schreij	3	15	Article	2008
Curve Fitting made easy	Peter Bijlsma	3	16	Article	2008
Advantage Database Server 9	Rob van den Bogert	3	19	Article	2008
VCL Property Editors	Bob Swart	3	21	Article	2008
Hack#2: Access to protected methods	Hallvard Vassbotn	3	26	Article	2008
Hack#1 update	Hallvard Vassbotn	3	27	Article	2008
Delphi Stream Classes	Marco Cantù	3	28	Article	2008
TExpandButton	Jeremy North	3	30	Article	2008
Extending streams	Julian Bucknall	3	32	Article	2008
Service Oriented Architecture	Fikret Hasovic	3	36	Article	2008
Advanced Enumerators	Primož Gabrijelcic	4	4	Article	2008
Text encryption	David Dirkse	4	7	Article	2008
First In First Out	Frank Dubbeld	4	8	Article	2008
Delphi and the Keyboard	David Dirkse	4	9	Article	2008
RichEdit reports	Henk Schreij	4	11	Article	2008
BookmarkStr	Henk Schreij	4	15	Article	2008
Continuation Curve Fitting made easy	Peter Bijlsma	4	17	Article	2008
Delphi 2009, Development Essentials	Frans Doove	4	20	Book Review	2008
Delphi 2009 Language Enhancements	Bob Swart	4	21	Article	2008
Hacks3-Access to private fields	Hallvard Vassbotn	4	26	Article	2008
Creating TView object	Jeremy North	4	27	Article	2008
Delphi Memory Streams	Marco Cantù	4	30	Article	2008
SOA part two	Fikret Hasovic	4	33	Article	2008
Delphi 2009 Handbook	Frans Doove	5	4	Book Review	2009
Delphi 2009 Development Essentials	Frans Doove	5	4	Book Review	2009
Specifying more than one shortcut key	Henk Schreij	5	6	Article	2009
Solution for slow scrolling in DbGrids	Henk Schreij	5	7	Article	2009
The Xbitmap component	David Dirkse	5	9	Article	2009
Painting frames	David Dirkse	5	12	Article	2009
Creating Stereographic Images	Peter Bijlsma	5	13	Article	2009
Dialogue boxes	Adrian Kummerlaender	5	15	Article	2009
The “Oracle” of Delphi	Thomas Pfister	5	16	Article	2009
Advanced Enumerators	Primož Gabrijelcic	5	19	Article	2009
Using TReader en TWriter	Marco Cantù	5	22	Article	2009
ASP.NET Web Services with Delphi Prism 2009	Bob Swart	5	24	Article	2009
Ceating a progress bar	Jeremy North	5	30	Article	2009
SOA part three	Fikret Hasovic	5	33	Article	2009
An Advantage for Delphi Developers	Cary Jensen	6	5	Article	2009
Delphi Roadmap	Marco Cantù	6	8	Article	2009
A Twitter REST Client in Delphi	Marco Cantù	6	11	Article	2009
Resolving in “kbmMW”	Fikret Hasovic	6	22	Article	2009
JSDialog Pack	Jeremy North	6	31	Article	2009
Visual Forms	Jeremy North	6	33	Article	2009
RemObjects Hydra: Win32 and .NET Plugins	Bob Swart	6	36	Article	2009
Controlling the parallel port	Thiago Batista Limeira	6	51	Article	2009
The Xbitmap class (part 2) Lines and Ellipses	David Dirkse	6	96	Article	2009
The Xbitmap class (part 3) Polygons	David Dirkse	7	13	Article	2009
FastReport, A report generator for Delphi and .NET	Marco Roessen	7	18	Article	2009
When as var, const, out: or not to declare	Henk Schreij	7	24	Article	2009
Using Colours in DBGrid	Henk Schreij	7	25	Article	2009
Writing Delphi Components: an Introduction	Marco Cantù	7	27	Article	2009
Windows Communication Foundation with Delphi Prism	Bob Swart	7	30	Article	2009
Datastore metadata	Fikret Hasovic	7	34	Article	2009
using the Alt Key	Frans Dubbeid	7	38	Article	2009
Delphi 2010 – what a feeling! Gestures	Bob Swart	8	7	Article	2009
Counters	David Dirkse	8	11	Article	2009
Virus in Delphi?	Nick Hodges	8	14	Article	2009
Dezign for databases	Marco Roessen	8	16	Article	2009
Customizing the T-Field data display	Henk Schreij	8	18	Article	2009
Using Free Pascal and Lazarus to create applications for OSX	Jeremy North	8	20	Article	2009
Writing Delphi Components II	Marco Cantù	8	22	Article	2009
My Top Five Delphi 2010 New Features	Pawel Glowacki	8	24	Article	2009
Fast Graphic deformation by using Scanlines	Peter Bijlsma	8	28	Article	2009
Wide Information Bus (Introduction)	Fikret Hasovic	8	33	Article	2009
Freehand Drawing (Introduction)	David Dirkse	8	36	Article	2009
The 3D spheres generator	David Dirkse	9	5	Article	2009
What is kbmMW?	Benno Evers	9	7	Article	2009
Delphi 2010 Feature Highlight - Debugger Visualizers	Jeremy North	9	12	Article	2009
Introduction to multithreading	Primož Gabrijelcic	9	18	Article	2009
Writing Delphi Components III	Marco Cantù	9	21	Article	2009
Talking Delphi	Henk Schreij	9	25	Article	2009
LCD Interfacing: Driving a HD44780 LCD in Delphi	Thiago Batista Limeira	9	28	Article	2009
Exploring the inplace editing capabilities of TAdvStringGrid	Bruno Fierens	9	34	Article	2009
Remembering input	Henk Schreij	10	6	Article	2010
Rotating photo cube	Peter Bijlsma	10	7	Article	2010
Non overlapping rectangles	David Dirkse	10	11	Article	2010
The Wide Information Bus part 2	Fikret Hasovic	10	12	Article	2010
Library Unit	Henk Schreij	10	16	Article	2010
Delphi Component writing part 4	Marco Cantù	10	20	Article	2010
Delphi 2010 Delayed Dynamic Link Libraries	Bob Swart	10	23	Article	2010
Four Ways to Create a Thread	Primož Gabrijelcic	10	25	Article	2010
Delphi Advanced Tools:	Michael Rozlog	10	30	Article	2010
DelphiController	Anton Vogelaar	10	33	Article	2010
TWebUpdate & UpdateBuilder	Bruno Fierens	10	34	Article	2010
Debugger Visualizers Part 2	Jeremy North	10	36	Article	2010
Synchronisation in a multithreaded environment	Primož Gabrijelcic	11	5	Article	2010
PacMan in Delphi/Lazarus Algorithm jungle - or how to get caught	Jean Pierre Hoefnagel	11	8	Article	2010
Moving from the BDE to ADS he End of the BDE?	Bob Swart	11	11	Article	2010
Putting photographs on the internet A program using Indy Ftp	Henk Schreij	11	16	Article	2010
Shrinking of JPEGs Not small enough?	Henk Schreij	11	20	Article	2010
An Introduction to theGoogle Docs API with Delphi Googling magic...	Marco Cantù	11	22	Article	2010
Using TMS Poly List Controls	Bruno Fierens	11	24	Article	2010
CodeHealer 2.6: fantastic toolkit or healer?	Rik Smit	11	28	Article	2010
Drawing regular Polygons Make it look like a star	David Dirkse	11	31	Article	2010
Database Workbench, productivity tool A fantastic Tool	Miguel van de Laar	11	34	Article	2010
Programming Frogs	David Dirkse	11	35	Article	2010
Introducing the Open Tools API	Jeremy North	11	37	Article	2010
Design patterns Starting a web series of basic patterns	Herman Peeren	11	39	Article	2010
Electronics Delphi Controller and Delphi Developer board	Anton Vogelaar	12	5	Article	2010
RAD Studio XE Preview	Detlef Overbeek	12	7	Article	2010
SQL produced by the ClientDataSet	Henk Schreij	12	12	Article	2010
Introducing GoogleDocsApi_SecondPart	Marco Cantù	12	16	Article	2010
The use of kbmMW components in a server application	Benno Evers	12	18	Article	2010
Inter Process Communication	Primož Gabrijelcic	12	24	Article	2010
Peg Solitaire - a single player puzzle	David Dirkse	12	27	Article	2010
Trans-continental travel using the great circle	Peter Bijlsma	12	31	Article	2010
Creating gateways and other advanced topics	Fikret Hasovic	12	34	Article	2010
Creating Office 2010 style VCL applications with TMS components	Bruno Fierens	12	37	Article	2010
Mini Course SQL	Miguel van de Laar	13	10	Article	2010
Delphi JSON Viewer	Pawel Glowacki	13	13	Article	2010
Is Lazarus ready for writing commercial applications ?	Zeljan	13	16	Article	2010
NexusDB exceptionaly good, a real surprise...	Erwin Mouthaan	13	22	Article	2010
The TMS DataModeler	Bruno Fierens	13	27	Article	2010
Introduction to Databases Part 1	Cary Jensen	13	31	Article	2010
First Look at Advantage Database Server® 10	Cary Jensen	13	35	Article	2010
Real-time data collection	Anton Vogelaar	13	39	Article	2010
About Object oriented databases	Detlef Overbeek	13	45	Article	2010
Fastreport, whats up?	Detlef Overbeek	13	52	Article	2010
Using ADS with Delphi Prism and ASP.NET	Bob Swart	13	59	Article	2010
A datawarehouse example using kbmMW	Kim Madsen	13	66	Article	2010
Multiplatform Windows CE	Joost van der Sluis	13	73	Article	2010
Five Considerations for Choosing an Effective SQL Development Tool	Scott Walz	13	81	Article	2010
Pascal’s triangle by	Detlef Overbeek	14	8	Article	2010
Create an Index of your (backup) CD's/DVD's by	Peter Bijlsma	14	10	Article	2010
Debugging multithreaded applications by	Primož Gabrijelcic	14	15	Article	2010
Using Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) from Delphi	Marco Cantù	14	19	Article	2010
A small spamming machine by	Detlef Overbeek	14	22	Article	2010
Creating a Webserver in 5 minutes using kbmMW! by	Kim Madsen	14	24	Article	2010
Gadgets in your Delphi Windows application by	Henk Schreij	14	28	Article	2010
Open Tools API (OTA) by	Jeremy North	14	30	Article	2010
Exploring the Async capabilities of TMS IntraWeb grids	Bruno Fierens	14	37	Article	2010
Delphi XE Starter edition reviewed	Howard Page-Clark	15	7	Article	2011
Delphi XE Starter try: a littel Mailserver	Jim Duff	15	13	Article	2011
ClientDataset: what to do if you dont have it?	Detlef Overbeek	15	21	Article	2011
Introduction to Databases Part 2: Common Database Objects	Cary Jensen	15	28	Article	2011
Advantage Database Server and Delphi XE Starter Edition	Howard Page-Clark	15	31	Article	2011
Moving /adding your components into the Delphi Starter Edition	Rik Smit	15	35	Article	2011
Delphi and Unicode	Peter Prisman	16	8	Article	2011
Anything to celebrate?	Peter Bijlsma	16	10	Article	2011
The Xfont project	David Dirkse	16	12	Article	2011
Learning to use FastReport 4 for VCL, Part 1	Sergey Lyubeznyy	16	19	Article	2011
Introduction to 64 bits on Windows	Alexander Alexeev	16	28	Article	2011
Creating iPhone/iPod/iPad web applications with Delphi & TMS controls	Bruno Fierens	16	33	Article	2011
Introduction to Databases Part 3: TDataSet	Cary Jensen	16	39	Article	2011
64-bit Delphi programs are on the way	Primož Gabrijelcic	16	43	Article	2011
Pascal Programing in the Android OS	Felipe Monteiro de Cavalho	16	46	Article	2011
FieldByName alternatives	Henk Schreij	16	54	Article	2011
The FlexCel components in action	Siegfried Zuhr	16	57	Article	2011
Writing new components in Lazarus	Howard Page-Clark	17	4	Article	2011
Theme: Using Amazon S3 from Delphi (Part II)	Marco Cantù	17	12	Article	2011
The calculation of expressions with complex numbers and/or three-dimensional vectors	Anne Meijer	17	17	Article	2011
Waiting for x64: WOW64	Alexander Alexeev	17	21	Article	2011
Learning to use FastReport 4 for VCL, Part 2	Sergey Lyubeznyy	17	24	Article	2011
Pascal's Triangle revisited	Paul Gellings	17	29	Article	2011
Introduction to Test-Driven-Development (TDD) in Delphi	Alexander Alexeev	17	31	Article	2011
Theme: DataSnap and Android (Part I)	Daniele Teti	17	38	Article	2011
Financial functions in Delphi	Peter Bijlsma	17	43	Article	2011
Magic-Button Anti-Pattern	Alexander Alexeev	17	45	Article	2011
Tiles everywhere: introduction to TAdvSmoothTileList	Bruno Fierens	17	48	Article	2011
Introduction to Databases part 4: TDataSet	Cary Jensen	17	53	Article	2011
Writing New Components in Lazarus, Part 2	Howard Page-Clark	18	6	Article	2011
Delphi XE2 is the future - theme XE2	Fikret Hasovic	18	13	Article	2011
Cylindrical anamorphosis	Peter Bijlsma	18	17	Article	2011
Web Service Toolkit as a rich type framework for Plug-in development	Inoussa Ouedraogo	18	21	Article	2011
Polygon colouring and area calculation	David Dirkse	18	24	Article	2011
Creating a Database program from scratch - 1	Detlef Overbeek	18	29	Article	2011
An Android client for a DataSnap Server – Part 2	Daniele Teti	18	34	Article	2011
Anti-freeze for the VCL	Alexander Alexeev	18	39	Article	2011
Delphi XE2 New Features - theme XE2	Bob Swart	18	46	Article	2011
Learning to use FastReport 4 for VCL - Part 3	Sergey Lyubeznyy	18	53	Article	2011
Creating 64-bit applications with Delphi XE2 - theme XE2	Jeremy North	18	64	Article	2011
kbmSQL – Structured Query Language for your memory table	Kim Madsen	18	72	Article	2011
High Level Multithreading	Primož Gabrijelcic	18	76	Article	2011
TMS Scripter Studio Pro	Bruno Fierens	18	81	Article	2011
FreePascal vectorial	Felipe Monteiro de Cavalho	18	90	Article	2011
The tale of the Nigthtingale	Detlef Overbeek	18	96	Article	2011
Using the Advantage Database Client Engine	Michael Van Canneyt	18	101	Article	2011
Introduction to Databases part 5: Configuring OLE DB Providers and ODBC Drivers	Cary Jensen	18	107	Article	2011
Delphi XE2 LiveBinding - theme XE2	Bob Swart	18	113	Article	2011
DataSnap connectivity for iOS using Delphi XE2 and FireMonkey	Anders Ohlsson	19	6	Article	2011
Creating a simple webserver in Lazarus	Michael Van Canneyt	19	16	Article	2011
Using Amazon S3 in Delphi XE2	Marco Cantù	19	21	Article	2011
Creating a Database program from scratch - 2	Detlef Overbeek	19	29	Article	2011
Writing New Components in Lazarus, Part 4	Howard Page-Clark	19	37	Article	2011
TMS MultiTouch SDK	Bruno Fierens	19	46	Article	2011
FireMonkey Containers and Frames	Bob Swart	19	53	Article	2011
Introduction to Databases Part 6: TClientDataSet	Cary Jensen	19	56	Article	2011
The new Lazarus for Android	Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho	20	4	Article	2011
Q&A Special Hint CueBanner	Henk Schreij	20	14	Article	2011
The XFont Class	David Dirkse	20	15	Article	2011
3D geometry development	BJ Rao	20	20	Article	2011
Q&A Determine the latitude and longitude of an address	Henk Schreij	20	23	Article	2011
Writing New Components in Lazarus, Part 4	Howard Page-Clark	20	24	Article	2011
Creating a Database program from scratch - 3	Detlef Overbeek	20	29	Article	2011
Introduction to Databases Part 7: dbExpress	Cary Jensen	20	39	Article	2011
Porting my Amazon S3 client to FireMonkey	Marco Cantù	20	45	Article	2011
Writing a component for iOS using Delphi XE2 & FireMonkey	Anders Ohlsson	20	49	Article	2011
TMS Instrumentation Workshop for FireMonkey	Bruno Fierens	20	51	Article	2011
kbmMW Remote Desktop	Kim Madsen	20	55	Article	2011
Telnet in Pascal	Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho	21	5	Article	2012
How to show formatted HTML text? And how to print?	Henk Schreij	21	12	Article	2012
Developing an Outlook Social Provider	Andrey Terekhov	21	13	Article	2012
How to use the Format function?	Henk Schreij	21	18	Article	2012
Creating a Delphi database application for Mac OS X	Tim Opsteeg	21	19	Article	2012
Working natively with ZIP archives in Windows using zipfldr.dll	Viacheslav Ryabinin	21	23	Article	2012
Using AnyDac in Delphi	Michael Van Canneyt	21	32	Article	2012
VCL Custom Styles – Part 1	Jeremy North	21	37	Article	2012
Introduction to Databases Part 8: dbExpress (continued)	Cary Jensen	21	43	Article	2012
Introduction to Debugging	Primož Gabrijelcic	21	50	Article	2012
Kinect or Xtion? GeNui !	Simon Stuart	21	56	Article	2012
DLL Hell, part 1: DLL redirection	Alexander Alexeev	22	6	Article	2012
Pump some Oxygene into your Android device with Oxygene for Java	Brian Long	22	8	Article	2012
AnyDAC macros and scripting	Michael Van Canneyt	22	19	Article	2012
VCL Custom Styles – Part 2	Jeremy North	22	24	Article	2012
Creating a Database program from scratch - 4	Detlef Overbeek	22	30	Article	2012
One of the hotest topics: XML and lately JSON...	Fikret Hasovic	22	34	Article	2012
Advanced debugging - Part 2	Primož Gabrijelcic	22	39	Article	2012
Object-Relational Mapping with TMS Aurelius	Wagner Landgraf	22	43	Article	2012
Using Excel functions in Delphi	Nikolay Bilfeld	22	49	Article	2012
Unit testing and ’TestGrip’	Marco Geuze	22	50	Article	2012
How to create a simple About screen? Questions and Answers	Henk Schreij	22	59	Article	2012
Writing Cross-Platform Code	Alexander Alexeev	23	8	Article	2012
Solving equations using Regula Falsi	Peter Bijlsma	23	14	Article	2012
Data-Aware FireMonkey Controls using LiveBindings	Cary Jensen	23	19	Article	2012
Advanced debugging Tips and Tricks	Primož Gabrijelcic	23	26	Article	2012
Extending TListBoxItem to customize list box behaviour	Jeremy North	23	29	Article	2012
Pascal for Internet	Primož Gabrijelcic	23	34	Article	2012
Pascal scores high notes	Siegfried Zuhr	23	39	Article	2012
Introducing TTMSFMXGrid	Bruno Fierens	23	43	Article	2012
Delphi XE2, iOS and SQLite	Bob Swart	23	49	Article	2012
Meaningful colours or is it all gray?	David Dirkse	23	52	Article	2012
How to develop n-tier applications for iOS using kbmMW	Roger Nyberg	23	55	Article	2012
Interview with Kim Madsen	Detlef Overbeek	24	5	Article	2012
Sending mails using Lazarus	Michael Van Canneyt	24	10	Article	2012
Interview with Dmitry Arefiev	Detlef Overbeek	24	19	Article	2012
Smart Mobile Studio	Jørn E. Angeltveit	24	29	Article	2012
Interview with Marco Cantu	Detlef Overbeek	24	33	Article	2012
FireMonkey in Delphi XE3: FM2	Marco Cantù	24	36	Article	2012
HTML 5	Bob Swart	24	49	Article	2012
Interview with Michael Rozlog	Detlef Overbeek	24	52	Article	2012
XE3 Style Designer	Jeremy North	24	56	Article	2012
Burgler detection using Lazarus	Michael Van Canneyt	24	62	Article	2012
Supporting new android features in old android versions with Oxygene	Brian Long	24	68	Article	2012
Delphi XE3 Helper Types	Bob Swart	24	76	Article	2012
Interview with Marc Hoffman	Detlef Overbeek	24	79	Article	2012
Introduction to Databases Part 9: Overview of DataSnap	Cary Jensen	24	83	Article	2012
Software taxes - storage	Alexander Alexeev	24	87	Article	2012
Interview with David I. (Intersimone)	Detlef Overbeek	24	96	Article	2012
The Delphi History	Detlef Overbeek	24	101	Article	2012
From Delphi to the cloud	Bruno Fierens	24	106	Article	2012
Interview with Bruno Fierens	Detlef Overbeek	24	111	Article	2012
kbmMW as a RTMP media server	Kim Madsen	24	114	Article	2012
Lazarus and dabatases	Michael Van Canneyt	24	117	Article	2012
Match5, a self learning board game	David Dirkse	25	11	Article	2012
Programming in Smart: Application Design	Primož Gabrijelcic	25	19	Article	2012
TMS FlexCel for VCL and FireMonkey	Adrian Gallero	25	26	Article	2012
Delphi IDE Tips	Brian Long	25	31	Article	2012
DataSnap: DBX vs. REST	Bob Swart	25	40	Article	2012
Crowd Funding	BJ.Rao	25	43	Article	2012
Displaying video files using Free Pascal and Lazarus	Michael Van Canneyt	25	52	Article	2012
High performance virtual filesystems with kbmMW	Kim Madsen	25	58	Article	2012
Introduction to Databases Part 10: IP-Based DataSnap	Cary Jensen	26	7	Article	2012
How to prune a tree	David Dirkse	26	16	Article	2012
How to display a YouTube clip?	Henk Schreij	26	22	Article	2012
Programming in Smart: Supporting Multiple Resolutions	Primož Gabrijelcic	26	32	Article	2012
HTML5 Builder DataSnap Clients	Bob Swart	26	36	Article	2012
Object serialization using kbmMW	Kim Madsen	26	52	Article	2012
Introduction to thread programming in Lazarus	Michael Van Canneyt	27	4	Article	2013
Introduction to Databases Part 11: DataSnap Filters and Security	Cary Jensen	27	13	Article	2013
Electronic document processing tools for Delphi made by Gnostice	Grish Patil	27	23	Article	2013
Use of the "absolute" function abs(..)	David Dirkse	27	36	Article	2013
Development for lazarus	Joost van der Sluis	27	41	Article	2013
What is polymorphism?	Vsevolod Leonov	27	48	Article	2013
Creating and using kbmMW as an Ajax back-end server	Benno Evers	27	52	Article	2013
NEW AND ENHANCED FEATURES IN DELPHI XE4	Editor	28	4	Article	2013
Alternative datastreams (ADS) (better inifile)	Jean Pierre Hoefnagel	28	14	Article	2013
First Look at FireDAC	Cary Jensen	28	16	Article	2013
Writing UI-Independent Code with Anonymous Methods	Marco Cantù	28	18	Article	2013
Introduction to Databases Part 12: A DataSnap Client	Cary Jensen	28	23	Article	2013
Programming in Smart: Refactoring	Primož Gabrijelcic	28	34	Article	2013
Development for lazarus part two	Joost van der Sluis	28	42	Article	2013
Delphi XE4 iOS DataSnap Clients	Bob Swart	28	52	Article	2013
Intro to kbmMW connectivity package 'Spider'	Fikret Hasovic	28	57	Article	2013
Polymorphism in practice	Alexander Alexeev	29	4	Article	2013
The Raspberry Pi, Pi Vision and Lazarus/FPC	BJ Rao	29	14	Article	2013
FPC Hackathon 2013	Michael Van Canneyt	29	22	Article	2013
UniDAC — unique components for DB application development for iOS	Boris Matkov	29	25	Article	2013
1. Pascal Fundamentals: TActionlist, TImagelist and Image editor	Michael Van Canneyt	29	31	Article	2013
2. Pascal Fundamentals: How long is a pice of string: Short strings and Ansi strings	Howard Page-Clark	29	37	Article	2013
Smart Mobile Studio - Multiple categories	Primož Gabrijelcic	29	41	Article	2013
Developing a virtual world	Cary Jensen	29	45	Article	2013
The TMS iCL	By Bruno Fierens	29	51	Article	2013
Serialization using kbmMW	Fikret Hasovic	29	55	Article	2013
Creating an IOS application	Jeremy North	30	4	Article	2013
Introduction Database Development Part 13: Connecting to Data with FireDac	Cary Jensen	30	18	Article	2013
Pascal Fundamentals: Understanding components Part 3: The TListBox component	Howard Page-Clark	30	28	Article	2013
Smart Mobile Studio	Jørn Einar Angeltveit	30	41	Article	2013
Programming with the leap motion	Michael Van Canneyt	30	47	Article	2013
Lazarus Closed Source Packages	Mattias Gaertner	30	56	Article	2013
Support for Word and LibreOffice Text Documents - FPVectorial	Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho	30	60	Article	2013
Delphi XE5 and FireMonkey for Android	Bob Swart	30	69	Article	2013
Sciencepalooza Fact: Man causes the earth heating	Yuri Matteman	30	74	Article	2013
The kbmMW authorization manager	Kim Madsen	30	75	Article	2013
Designing an API: common mistakes	Alexander Alexeev	31/32	8	Article	2013
Newest Leap developments	Michael Van Canneyt	31/32	21	Article	2013
3D Printing	Bj Rao	31/32	26	Article	2013
Kinect ?!	Michael Van Canneyt	31/32	33	Article	2013
Smart Mobile Studio 2.0	Primož Gabrijelcic	31/32	41	Article	2013
A simple superscript text editor	David Dirkse	31/32	50	Article	2013
Using GEO services in Delphi applications with TMS components	Bruno Fierens	31/32	57	Article	2013
Correcting a bad API design:	Alexander Alexeev	31/32	65	Article	2013
The maXbox Pure Code	Max Kleiner	31/32	77	Article	2013
Programming Bitmap Rotation	David Dirkse	31/32	98	Article	2013
Introduction to Model, View and View Model (MVVM) and the Caliburn Micro for Delphi framework	Jeroen Pluimers	31/32	102	Article	2013
kbmFMX for XE5 (android)	Fikret Hasovic	31/32	113	Article	2013
maXbox Starter 5 Start with DLL A Library for All	Max Kleiner	33	5	Article	2014
Suite Rays components	Rik Smit	33	14	Article	2014
Steps in MindScape AppView Step-By-Step	Jeroen Pluimers	33	26	Article	2014
Programming Truth Table reduction	David Dirkse	33	46	Article	2014
Databases for XE6	Cary Jensen	33	59	Article	2014
Updating DotTapper	Jeremy North	33	53	Article	2014
Six new ready to use components!	Fikret Hasovic	33	65	Article	2014
Ode To the Code	Cary Jensen	34	4	Article	2014
Animation Lab for Android	Boin Mitov	34	5	Article	2014
All about understanding the RTTI / Attributes / Functional Programming	Detlef Overbeek	34	7	Article	2014
Raize Components Version 6PART II Continuation	Rik Smit	34	18	Article	2014
QR (Quick Response) Codes	Max Kleiner	34	24	Article	2014
Image Compression	David Dirkse	34	29	Article	2014
Review : Documentation Insight by DevJet Software	Jeremy North	34	36	Article	2014
Introduction Local SQL with FireDAC	Cary Jensen	34	41	Article	2014
Unit testing - test driven development	Michael Van Canneyt	34	46	Article	2014
Serving an off the shelf Content Management System	Kim Madsen	34	53	Article	2014
Smart Mobile Studio: Where to use it and with what? Comment	Christan Budde	35	16	Article	2014
Building simple native applications for Windows	Christan Budde	35	17	Article	2014
node.js on a Raspberry Pi	Christan Budde	35	19	Article	2014
Debugging Techniques in Lazarus	Howard Page Clark	35	23	Article	2014
Start with GEO Maps	Max Kleiner	35	40	Article	2014
A 3D Tic-Tac-Toe game	David Dirkse	35	45	Article	2014
Blazing Performance with FireDAC Array DML	Cary Jensen	35	52	Article	2014
Creating custom edit descendants in XE7	Jeremy North	35	57	Article	2014
Leap Motion Version 2	Michael Van Canneyt	35	62	Article	2014
KBMMW and messaging (the WIB)	Fikret Hasovic	35	64	Article	2014
A WYSIWYG math editor	David Dirkse	36	10	Article	2014
Blue Tooth	Jeremy North	36	16	Article	2014
3D Printing Lab (maxbox)	Max Kleiner	36	23	Article	2014
Converting Delphi to Lazarus and Vice Versa	Editor	36	28	Article	2014
Differences between Delphi and Lazarus	Editor	36	28	Article	2014
Lazarus for beginners: Starting your first program	Howard Page-Clark	36	35	Article	2014
TMS XData and TMS Aurelius – Learning Example	Wagner Landgraf	36	40	Article	2014
UpdateMode and FireDAC DataSets	Cary Jensen	36	50	Article	2014
AMQP (Advanced Message Queuing Protocol)	Fikret Hasovic	36	54	Article	2014
Cloning FDMemTable Cursors	Cary Jensen	37/38	13	Article	2014
Floating points? -	David Dirkse	37/38	20	Article	2014
The Leap Motion Visualizer	Dmitry Boyarintsev	37/38	23	Article	2014
Creating Applications for Mobile: How to make money with apps	Mark Wilcox	37/38	31	Article	2014
Migration to FastReport: How easy can it be ?	Denis Zubov	37/38	37	Article	2014
TIOBE Index for January 2015	Editor	37/38	45	Article	2014
Apple’s Guidelines for Creating and Publishing	Editor	37/38	48	Article	2014
Google’s Guidelines for Creating and Publishing Android Apps	Editor	37/38	53	Article	2014
Google’s help for developers for Android	Editor	37/38	55	Article	2014
Lazarus for beginners 3	Howard Page-Clark	37/38	62	Article	2014
WYSIWYG formatted: text & images editor for VCL & FireMonkey	Bruno Fierens	37/38	71	Article	2014
Regular Expression Report	Max Kleiner	37/38	78	Article	2014
Regular Expressions Explained / Programming	Editor	37/38	88	Article	2014
Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi	Siegfried Zuhr	37/38	89	Article	2014
Using Free Pascal to create Android applications	Michael Van Canneyt	37/38	104	Article	2014
Having fun with Delphi and AMQP	Kim Madsen	37/38	112	Article	2014
ClientDataSets and FDMemTables Compared: Part 1	Cary Jensen	39	11	Article	2015
Accessing Preferences and Databases in Android (FPC)	Michael Van Canneyt	39	22	Article	2015
Painting 3D Lissajous figures	David Dirkse	39	31	Article	2015
Checking your Android device is ready for development	Stephen Ball	39	36	Article	2015
Interbase Change Views	Stephen Ball	40	5	Article	2015
From Delphi to Delphi, overview of the Delphi history	Editor	40	8	Article	2015
Delphi - the city	Editor	40	13	Article	2015
Why the name Delphi?	Editor	40	14	Article	2015
Introduction to FlatBox2D for Delphi XE8	Pawel Glowacki	40	16	Article	2015
ClientDataSets and FDMemTables Compared: Part 2	Cary Jensen	40	24	Article	2015
Start with Function Testing (maXbox)	Max Kleiner	40	31	Article	2015
Working with Bluetooth beacons in Delphi XE8	Jeremy North	40	40	Article	2015
Security And Safety In Applications	Andrea Raimondi	41	5	Article	2015
Beginning Of Time... The Water Clock	Editor	41	9	Article	2015
The New Lazarus 1.4	Editor	41	14	Article	2015
Security In Applications: Password Handling	Andrea Raimondi	41	18	Article	2015
In Remembrance Of Alan Turing	Editor	41	23	Article	2015
Rest Clients: Using The Google Apis In Free Pascal	Michael Van Canneyt	41	25	Article	2015
Arduino: The Visuino Project - Part 1	Boian Mitov	41	37	Article	2015
Working With Google Merchants Rating Data Using kbmmw	Kim Madsen	41	43	Article	2015
Quantum Computing	Editor	42	5	Article	2015
Thales Of Miletus - A Pre-Socratic Greek Philosopher	Editor	42	9	Article	2015
Arduino: The Visuino Project - Part 2	Boian Mitov	42	14	Article	2015
Getting Started With The TMS Planner For Firemonkey	Bruno Fierens	42	22	Article	2015
Mapping Using Delphi	Peter Van Der Sman	42	28	Article	2015
Log, Debug And Audit The kbmmw Way	Kim Madsen	42	33	Article	2015
Free Pascal Compiler 3.0 In Preparation	Michael Van Canneyt	43	6	Article	2015
Overview Of Delphi To Delphi History	Editor	43	8	Article	2015
Pythagoras Of Samos, Not The Inventor Of The A^2 + B^2 = C^2	Editor	43	9	Article	2015
Arduino: The Visuino Project - Part 3	Boian Mitov	43	12	Article	2015
Fast Reports VCL In A Nutshell	John Kuiper	43	30	Article	2015
Brand Your Own Remote Desktop Solution	Kim Madsen	43	40	Article	2015
Overview Of Delphi To Delphi History	Editor	44	6	Article	2015
Euclides	Editor	44	7	Article	2015
An Agep Uzzle	David Dirkse	44	8	Article	2015
Arduino: The Visuino Project - Part 4	Boian Mitov	44	12	Article	2015
Database Workbench 5	Peter Van Der Sman	44	28	Article	2015
Tips And Tricks With KBM Memtable	Kim Madsen	44	39	Article	2015
Overview Of Delphi To Delphi History	Editor	45/46	8	Article	2015
Plato And Platinic Solids	Editor	45/46	9	Article	2015
A Simple Editor For In-Line Help	David Dirkse	45/46	12	Article	2015
FindFirst/FindNext And The Power Of Habits	Heiko Rompel	45/46	18	Article	2015
Android Programming In Free Pascal Networking External Code And Threads	Michael Van Canneyt	45/46	20	Article	2015
Rad Studio 10 Seattle Introduction	Editor	45/46	29	Article	2015
Using Azure Translator Services With Delphi	Stephen Ball	45/46	44	Article	2015
How To Use Fmx: Tframestand Easily Use Tframe(S) In Fmx Applications	Andrea Magni	45/46	54	Article	2015
Delphi Building Blocks - Advanced Collections	Boian Mitov	45/46	62	Article	2015
Maxbox Starter 18 Start With Arduino Programmingv 3.1	Max Kleiner	45/46	72	Article	2015
Archimedes	Editor	47	5	Article	2015
Installing Lazarus On Mac Os X	Michaël Van Canneyt	47	8	Article	2015
Using “Raspberry Pi” As A Flexible Beacon	Danny Wind	47	12	Article	2015
The Towers Of Hanoi	David Dirkse	47	19	Article	2015
Presenting A Fast & Feature-Rich Multicolumn Treeview For Delphi	Bruno Fierens	47	23	Article	2015
The Enhanced Rtti (Runtime Type Library)	Boian Mitov	47	29	Article	2015
Getting Things Done At Time, Every Time	Kim Madsen	47	37	Article	2015
A Microseconds Counter Component In Delphi	David Dirkse	48	5	Article	2015
Watch Your Calories Using The Nutrition Monitor!	Peter Bijlsma	48	7	Article	2015
Custom Forms In Delphi	Michaël Van Canneyt	48	19	Article	2015
Installing Lazarus On Linux Mint	Michaël Van Canneyt	48	26	Article	2015
Connect Iot With The Cloud Using Tms Lcl Cloud Pack	Bruno Fierens	48	30	Article	2015
Time Is On My Side - Maxbox	Max Kleiner	48	36	Article	2015

Enjoy - Semper Fi
Gunny Mike