​​Do you write a code to test your production code?
👍 - Yes, 👎 - No, 🔥- Cool!

​​The team behind Smart Mobile Studio has released a new version of their wonderful product.
Smart Mobile Studio 3.9.1 allows you to write Object Pascal, which is compiled to JavaScript.
You get all the advantages of a strongly typed language, which prevents you from making bugs.
http://www.delphimagazine.com/2019/12/21/smart-mobile-studio-3-9-1-is-released/

A Package Manager for Delphi, Testing Studio, FireMonkey Multi Device Design, and many more. Watch this video in which Malcolm Groves talks about This Month in RAD Studio.
https://youtu.be/KwTFSA2lnqY

​​Sometimes you need to know in which version which feature appeared in Delphi. There is a good Stackoverflow article.
https://buff.ly/2rw44jh

​​Programmer jokes

​​What a nice project! It allows to parse Object Pascal and emit JavaScript. The ability to write one code for different platforms is invaluable. You can debug app modules in Delphi IDE using its powerful debugger, and after adding the necessary bindings, get a working web application!
https://wiki.freepascal.org/pas2js

BTW, to those, who wants to learn more about practical use of PAS2JS, there is a Habr link: https://habr.com/ru/post/436920/ 🎄

An interesting site, which describes how SQL indexing works. The investigation doesn't cover Firebird/Interbase, but includes MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MS SQL servers. Lets read and learn :)
https://use-the-index-luke.com/

​​I Wish all of you success, good health, good mood, vital optimism, confidence in their abilities, as well as the successful programming skills in the New, 2020! 💥🍾🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

​​Take a look at this UTF-8 encoder. The author proposes a flexible and economical algorithm of decoding UTF-8 characters. The source code is in c++, but it's not difficult to convert it to Delphi.
Press 👍 if you like it!
http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de/utf-8/decoder/dfa/

​​The big change coming to about every website starting from Jan. 1, 2020. Pay your attention on a button or link, probably at the bottom of the page, reading "Do Not Sell My Personal Information." Read more here:
https://slate.com/technology/2019/12/california-data-privacy-law-ccpa-do-not-sell-changes.html

Check out a new video from TMSSoftware, which demonstrates Frames support for TMS Web Core VCL apps. What are Frames? How to customize them in the visual designer? Just watch the video.
https://flixengineering.com/archives/1217

​​Have you ever experienced this?
👍 - Yes, regularly, 👎 - Never, 😂 - Cool!

The introduced video shows how to use IBM Watson and the power of machine learning in Delphi and C++Builder. There is the other powerful Al platform, Tensor Flow, which can be used in Delphi. Take a look at these GitHub resources and compare. Do you use Al in your projects? Which platform you prefer? Let's discuss.
https://youtu.be/G1iDSjubr9Y
https://macpgmr.github.io/MacXPlatform/PascalForTensorFlow.html
https://github.com/hartmutdavid/TensorFlow4Delphi/

Do you need to implement a REST client/server solution using master-detail relationships over REST? Check out these series of articles. There are videos, code examples, and detailed explanations from Stephen Ball, Embarcadero MVP.
https://delphiaball.co.uk/2019/12/24/developing-client-applications-using-restful-master-detail-data-with-trestresponsedatasetadapter/

Did you know, Chrome release 65 provides a long awaited and nifty tool for overriding resources used by web pages and replacing them with our own local resources. Really, it allows you to use Chrome as a local web server. Just read the article to learn more on how to set up this feature on your PC.
https://medium.com/@jmatix/using-chrome-as-a-local-web-server-af04baffd581

​​Take a look at this interesting project. DocxManager is written in pure Delphi. It represents a document manager for Microsoft Word and turns Word into a document-focused website builder with theming ability. Unbelieveble, about 10 years ago, I used Word and VBA to build xslt-based websites. Now, DocxManager offers the other approach, and it's very interesting. Check out the program's website to learn more about the main features and download an installation.
https://docxmanager.com/

​​Gitlab vs Github vs BitBucket. Which one to choose ⁉️

The article compares three DevOps lifecycle tools, provides pros and cons for each system, and discusses about perspectives. I didn't hear about BitBucket before, but successfully use both Gitlab and Github for several years in my work.

Let's read and discuss 👉
https://dev.to/zechtyounes/gitlab-vs-github-vs-bitbucket-which-one-deserve-your-time-2npm

​​Not sure why you may need this functionality...but check out this SQL code generator. It uses in pure T-SQL and does not depend on other software for its operation or obtaining SQL code, where you can modify or add new functionalities to the code for your needs and objectives. Enjoy:
https://www.codeproject.com/Tips/5246828/Code-Generator-for-SQL-Server

CleverComponents has published a new YouTube video, which describes how to connect to an SFTP host, authorize via user/pass or public/key algorithms, download/upload files, and browse SFTP directories. https://youtu.be/ruX3yfh23xg

👍 Let's support and Like their new YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Si4WNQVSeXQMjdEJ8j1fg

​​Check out this interesting article - Delphi RTTI and the Linker. The author proposes a tool, Reflection, which can perform certain tasks, such as enumerating classes with specific attributes, discovering command classes and registering them with a command registry, etc. Delphi makes rich runtime type information available to developers, facilitating the use of reflection.

👉The article provides several useful links and resources, as well:
https://beyondvelocity.blog/2020/01/08/delphi-rtti-and-the-linker/