The true value of unit testing.
I have been somewhat dismayed recently by prominent developers stating that they don’t do unit testing. Often, the reasons given seek to undermine and diminish the value of the tests, but appear to lack...
Author: Craig Chapman
A Farewell to Embarcadero.
Two days ago, a new meeting appeared in my work calendar from an Embarcadero VP, labeled as a “Catch-Up.” This is actually nothing too far outside the usual, as I have been working from...
The Amibox Project
What happens when you mate an original Microsoft XBox with a Commodore Amiga? Anyone familiar with my blog will know that it has been heavily Delphi focused for the past few years, but did...
OpenCL Test Tool
I’m blogging a little less frequently these days, mainly due to work keeping me busy, but also because my spare time is consumed. As any keen followers of my blog / social media activities...
New collections library for Delphi – darkCollections
It’s no news to anyone following my blog, that my darkGlass game engine project has begun to generate some useful sub-components, which I’ve been releasing as open source libraries. Over the past couple of...
Custom VCL Control for getting window handles. (Spy++ style reticle)
Introduction Over the years, I don’t think I can count the number of times that I’ve wanted to send window messages to some other application. It can be useful for automating the target application,...
Why I’m now using both Git and Subversion for one project!
I’ve been using subversion for many years, and it has always served my needs well. When I decided to switch to GitHub for hosting my ‘DarkGlass’ project, I didn’t foresee the difficulties that I...
Building REST services with RAD Server (Delphi & C++ Builder)
REST Services using Delphi: REST Services using C++ Builder: Source code for both Delphi and C++ Builder: RADServerSample
Instantly expose a table as a REST endpoint – again.
Introduction A while back I wrote a component for exposing FireDAC tables as REST endpoints in Delphi. I wasn’t entirely happy with the component that I’d written, however, it was really intended as a...
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