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The New Embarcadero MVP Feed

We just launched a MVP Blog Feed on the Community page. You can get to it at embt.co/mvp-feed. Eventually we will expand it to contain all the MVPs, Tech Partners and other Embarcadero Partners that may be of interest to the general public.

We are just getting warmed up!

So go bookmark it today and check back next week for more fun and excitement.

The Craig Chapman IoT Episode

Talking with Craig Chapman about Internet of Things, high altitude balloons, Linux server configuration, enumerating data sets and 4K displays.

Links from today’s episode . . .

The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England Explained

Tiobe Index – Delphi back in the top 10 (Craig’s post about getting Pascal & Delphi combined)

IoT Boot Camp 2017

Makerfabs kit (Promotional…

#ILoveDelphi How About You?

February 14th is Delphi’s birthday (and some other holiday). What a great time to talk about how much we love Delphi.

I moved from Basic to Turbo Pascal back in the DOS days, and then started using Delphi with version 2. Since then I’ve used a number of other development tools, including Objective-C, Java, JavaScript, C# and others. Delphi has always been my favorite. It is the tool I turn to…

Cool Apps & Niagara Falls

Nick and Jim discuss cool mobile apps built with FireMonkey.

SoundJuketurns your smartphone into your personal jukebox at any public site. It uses a combination of these…

Now with More C++Builder and David Millington

It this week’s episode we talk with C++Builder Product Manager David Millington about his role at Embarcadero along with other news and tech tips for the week.

Links relevant to the podcast today . . .

C++Builder MVPs

Drive by Daniel Pink

Animated video

Ted talk

Embarcadero contests

AllPlayer Media is the cool app winner for January

Write up

AllPlayer.org

IoT Boot Camp

Android Apps on…

Checkout the Embarcadero Competitions!

We’ve launched a new competitions section on our community. This is where we will host competitions for you to show off your creativity and technical skills. We are kicking it off with two competitions, the Delphi 10.2 T-Shirt Graphic Contest and the #FunWithDelphi: NASA API Mashup.

#FunWithDelphi: NASA API Mashup

You can have a little fun with Delphi in the new year by entering into our Fun With…

Rebooting the Podcast with Nick Hodges

Podcast @ Delphi.org

It is official, I am rebooting the Podcast with Nick Hodges. Right now I am calling it the Podcast @ Delphi.org since my friend Richard helped me get this domain working again (did you notice it wasn’t working?)

Who knows what the future will hold, but for now you can expect weekly half hour episodes with both Nick and I discussing the news and technology of our community.

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Frequently when I am talking about the VCL or FireMonkey I get some of these common questions:

Is VCL deprecated?

Which is better FMX or VCL?

If I am starting a new app today, should I use VCL or FMX?

The first is easy to answer, the other two are a little harder. The VCL (or Visual Component Library) is NOT depreciated, nor will it be any time soon. As long as there is Windows and the Windows…

MVP Spotlight: Holger Flick

I wanted to spotlight a recent return to the Delphi community as an MVP: Dr. Holger Flick. He’s started blogging again and hasn’t slowed down producing good quality technical content.

Like many of us, Holger started programming with Turbo Pascal and GW Basic. For him it was at the age of 7 (with Basic) and switching to Delphi 2 at the age of 14. In 2003 he became very active in the forums and was…

Get a Copy of Marco’s Object Pascal Handbook with Delphi Starter

As part of the Delphi Boot Camp and Delphi Starter Promotion, you can also get a copy of Marco Cantu’s updated Object Pascal Handbook, all at no cost.

If you want a physical copy of Marco’s book, you can pick one up on his website, or just check out the table of contents . . .

Part I

Chapter 1: Coding in Pascal

Chapter 2: Variables and Data Types

Chapter 3: Language Statements

Chapter 4:…

Blaise Pascal Issue 53 with Atanas Popov Interview

Tried something new where I went over the current issue of Blaise Pascal with Detlef Overbeek. The video is available on YouTube.

INTERVIEW WITH ATANAS POPOV Atanas agreed after being asked immediately to be interviewed. That was about two months ago. About two weeks ago there was quite a lot of turbulence in the community and…

The Trouble with Lists of Programmers

There are two hard things about computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors. That little witticism is true of computer science, and my Top 11 list of Programmers post.

If you Google that quote you may see where Martin Fowler attributed it originally to Phil Karlton of Netscape fame.  Jeff Atwood also tweeted it, and Tim Bray confirmed it was Karlton.

https://twitter…

MVP Spotlight: Eli of FMXExpress.com

I’m sure you’ve all visited FMXExpress.com, if you haven’t then I’ll just let you go there now. Eli is joining us for the C++ Boot Campthis week and is presenting on Thursday with coverage of game development with FireMonkey. He is showing off 4 different FireMonkey games that run on Android, iOS, macOS and Windows. The cool thing is some of the games have features where you can view the game on…

MVP Spotlight: Samuel “Muka” David

Samuel “Muka” David is a Certified Delphi Developer since version 7 and a Certified Delphi Master Instructor. He specializes in software construction and building components. He loves Object Oriented development and is addicted to refactoring and agile techniques. He is always in search of perfect technique, following development teachers to acquire more knowledge in the art of programming.…