​​Programmer Jokes

​​Upcoming webinar: A Tale of 3 APIs: VCL Integration with WinAPI, COM & ShellAPI, WinRT. Join Marco Cantu on Wed, Sep 4, 2019 7:00 PM, and learn how to access all the APIs on Windows 10 from RAD Studio, Delphi, and C++Builder.
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8006582501534679041

Take part in Delphi and MVVM survey Frank Lauter - www.delphiprofi.de - delphiprofi.blogspot.com. You will be asked on the use of or interest in MVC or MVVM-style models for Delphi and C++Builder.
https://surveyhero.com/c/b4f87a4e

Check out a Delphi library that processes to markdown to HTML. The library supports Daring Fireball, CommonMark Specification, and Github Flavored Markdown dialects:
https://github.com/grahamegrieve/delphi-markdown

​​Yet another software made in Delphi. This free FTP client supports many protocols, including SSL/TLS, SSH, and TFTP. It looks like they use Indy for implementing FTP communication. By some reason, the program doesn't show information about certificates and server signatures in encryption mode, but the main functions work like a charm.
https://www.wftpserver.com/ftprush.htm

​​Join Dion Mai on September 19, 11AM CDT to learn about the new Clang update in C++Builder with full support for C++17.
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7502292593265691137

A common debate in software development projects is between spending time on improving the quality of the software versus concentrating on releasingmore valuable features. At first glance, internal quality does not matter to customers, but...
https://martinfowler.com/articles/is-quality-worth-cost.html

Check out a new version of Clever Internet Suite 9.4. The release includes a new HTTP Proxy component, HTTP Proxy tunnel for all protocol components, the improved SOAP component, and many more. BTW, they promise time-limited discounts for all products.
https://www.clevercomponents.com/products/inetsuite/

​​Take a look at this article that describes creating of DataSnap Client Server. The article is written in Chinese, but Google Chrome rules )
http://firemonkeylessons.blogspot.com/2019/09/datasnap-client-server-3-3.html

Sencha Test 2.3.0 was released. Check out a faster test engine that enables better integration and logging support with build systems, allows streamlining development and integration testing.
https://www.sencha.com/blog/announcing-sencha-test-2-3-0-ga/

​​The following article discusses running JavaScript in Delphi. In Chinese. The author offers to execute scripts using the standard TWebBrowser and HTMLDocument interface. Anybody remembers Delphi Scripter from DreamCompany? I used it more than 10 years ago for running Javascript, VBScript, and Delphi.
http://grandruru.blogspot.com/2019/09/script-engine-in-delphi.html

Froala Pages officially released. This WYSIWYG editor offers a fast and easy way to create and edit standardized and customizable web content. Let's help promoting this project!
https://www.producthunt.com/posts/froala-pages-2

​​Marco Cantu has published a new blog post with some highlights from 40+ minutes technical discussion of the webinar. A Tale of 3 APIs: VCL integration with WinAPI, COM & ShellAPI, WinRT.
http://blog.marcocantu.com/blog/2019-september-tale-of-3-apis.html

​​Programmer Jokes

The team behind Clever Internet Suite published three new tutorials: How to extract/add MIME headers in E-mail messages and HTTP requests; How to create/parse SOAP MTOM/XOP, XML, and binary attachments; How to send a SOAP WSDL request.
https://www.clevercomponents.com/articles/article035/

​​Check out features, provided by a database that is often overlooked even by Delphi developers. InterBase Feature Spotlight: Change Views.
https://community.idera.com/developer-tools/b/blog/posts/interbase-feature-spotlight-change-views

​​Yet another release this fall: TMS Analytics & Physics 3.0. Check out their blog to learn more about new symbolic integration feature, base integration rules, user-defined integrators, and many more.
https://www.tmssoftware.com/site/blog.asp?post=578

​​Watch a new video about ROSDK/Delphi on RemObjects TV:
https://www.remobjects.com/tv/?video=F5821A46C10629B7FAFFB6E31B7A41776432B49C

​​Clever Components updated their GitHub repository (https://github.com/CleverComponents/Clever-Internet-Suite-Examples) and added a new SmtpClientProxy example that shows how to send mail via an HTTP Connect proxy.
https://github.com/CleverComponents/Clever-Internet-Suite-Examples/tree/master/Delphi/SmtpClientProxy

​​Take a look at this Delphi FireMonkey success story. Broken Games is a small, ambitious independent game development company based in Berlin, Germany. Their flagship game, Rise of Legions, is a multiplayer RPG available for the Windows platform. They ultimately chose to develop its own game engine in Delphi. What results this decision gave?
https://www.embarcadero.com/case-study/broken-games-case-study