Delphi Jumps Ship: Welcome Embarcadero
via As you probably know by now, Delphi has a new owner. After 25 years of Borland Turbo Pascal and later Borland Delphi, after the Inprise fiasco and... more »
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So long Borland.. it has been a true rollercoaster ride with lots of fun on the way!
What does the future bring for the sell of CodeGear to Embarcadero? My take on it.
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Borland (Finally) Sells CodeGear to Embarcadero
Borland's management has been accusing the tool division for dragging down profitability for a long time. With this transaction, we will finally able... more »
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Embarcadero Buys CodeGear for $23M: New Life for JBuilder?
Embarcadero Technologies, a privately held database tools vendor, today announced a definitive agreement to purchase Borland's CodeGear division for... more »
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Javascript Wolfenstein 3D
An implementation of Wolfenstein 3D using Javascript and Canvas.
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Architecture astronauts take over (Joel on Software)
That's one sure tip-off to the fact that you're being assaulted by an Architecture Astronaut: the incredible amount of bombast; the heroic, utopian... more »
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Programmers Don't Read Books - But You Should
If programmers don't learn from books today, how do they learn to program? They do it the old-fashioned way: by rolling up their sleeves and writing... more »
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JBuilder 2008: Bold vision, rough edges
What is the point of JBuilder, when you can simply use Eclipse? That has been the marketing challenge for CodeGear ever since it decided to scrap its... more »
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The top 10 tools every (Delphi) programmer needs
This week I was at a client site to talk about our ways of developing software. Our client uses Delphi for developing their software too and are... more »
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ExtJS 2.1 Javascript Library Switches To GPL
ExtJs switches to GPL 3.0 and the consequences to projects relying on LGPL ExJs
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Know Your Environment: PHP Server Module Reporter
Knowing your hosting environment's limitations before developing a website is a must. This practical script by David Walsh analyzes your host 's... more »
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Everything I Needed to Know About Programming I Learned from BASIC
Edsger Dijkstra had this to say about Beginner's All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code: It is practically impossible to teach good programming style... more »
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Object-Oriented Programming with PHP 5
"Object Oriented Programming with PHP5" is a good reference book with strong chapters on Database and MVC design. This review provides more details... more »
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Subversion visually explained in 30 sec
Flash video showing 2 concurrent SVN users. Includes conflict solving.
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Slapped in a Dark Tunnel at an Interview
When "what if" interview questions go bad.
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Using CSS to Do Anything: 50+ Creative Examples and Tutorials
A round-up of CSS coding, creative approaches and techniques. Definitely worth taking a very close look at!
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Version control with Subversion: so easy my wife can do it
Yes folks, it's true. I have converted my wife to be a loyal Subversion user. My wife is not technical, not by a long shot. But the power of... more »
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7 Incredibly Useful Tools for Evaluating a Web Design
"An effective web design is one in which your users are able to find information quickly and in a logical fashion. Do they visit the content you want... more »
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The cost of modern software development
Geek.com is running an opinion piece on the extensive reliance of programmers today on languages like Java and .NET. The author lambastes the... more »
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Should we post our own articles on DZone?
Should we post our own articles on DZone? Is this frowned upon? If we have written an interesting article that we would like to share with the... more »
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Synoptic is “GMail for your notes”
It gives you an efficient and friendly interface that makes it possible to keep and categorize a large number of small-ish notes and tidbits of... more »
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Caching PHP pages
As your site traffic grows it takes longer and longer to generate a dynamic page from sending multiple queries to a database. One possible solution to... more »
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Dynamic Domain Objects in PHP
Modeling real-world objects with computer Data Structures is one of the more fundamental principles of Computer Science. Data Models however are often... more »
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The Most Reusable Piece Of Code Ever…Period
Can anyone else think of a cleaner, more highly used piece of “pocket code” than the good old State enumeration that they have used time and time... more »
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CodeGear's Delphi PHP suite gets nip and tuck job
Borland Software's CodeGear subsidiary has refined its PHP development environment, Delphi for PHP. The tool continues to be associated with the older... more »
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