We have a vibrant .Net community here in the Eastern Pennsylvania/Philadelphia area. Philly.Net runs events once or twice a month at the Microsoft campus, and semi-annual Code Camps that are usually attended by well over 700 people. I attend whenever I can. But I’ve noticed something interesting over the last year or two: almost all the coding topics are now Javascript-based. I see them doing very few C# – based presentations. This event is pretty typical. (I am going to be attending this one, by the way…..) Anyway, just an observation that I think is interesting.
If you aren’t satisfied with the RAD Studio IDE’s bookmarking system – and you shouldn’t be as it leaves a lot to be desired – you might be interested in the free IDE plugin called Parnassus Bookmarks from David Millington. It works great, is totally free, and is a solid replacement for the existing system. Download and install is recommended.
Well, Delphi has done really well in the #Code2014 survey. Thanks to everyone who tweeted. It’s nice to see Delphi up near the top in a very respectable position. As of this writing, Delphi is only 19 tweets behind C++ – nothing to blow your nose at. Javascript continues to dominate in a pretty big way, nearly doubling the second place Python. (See my comment above).
New Project of the Week: Another gem from the inestimable Malcolm Groves – TStateMachine. From the README: “TStateMachine is a framework for declaring and running state machines in Delphi. It supports generic types for states and triggers, anonymous methods for Guards and Effects (State.OnEntry? and State.OnExit?), and a Fluid interface for configuring the State Machine.” Very interesting and worth a look. Maybe even worth a new chapter in my book.
Cary and Ray have set the agenda for their Delphi Developer Days conference. Again, this is always a high-quality event, and I try to make it every year. Word of advice: Don’t ever miss Ray Konopka when he is speaking. He’s very, very good.
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More good stuff. Thanks.
It’s hard to believe people still use dot net. I was under the impression MS was getting rid of that.
Nick, I’ll be there in Chicago. Does that mean there won’t be a Baltimore event? And if not, does that mean 1) You’ll be coming to the Chicago event, and 2) Seats will be more limited so I have to sign up early?
I don’t know if I’ll be there. As far as I know, there is no Baltimore event. Pity. I will try to go to Chicago.
More good stuff. Thanks.
It’s hard to believe people still use dot net. I was under the impression MS was getting rid of that.
Nick, I’ll be there in Chicago. Does that mean there won’t be a Baltimore event? And if not, does that mean 1) You’ll be coming to the Chicago event, and 2) Seats will be more limited so I have to sign up early?
I don’t know if I’ll be there. As far as I know, there is no Baltimore event. Pity. I will try to go to Chicago.