The Podcast at Delphi.org

I’ve been tracking my traffic and I am getting a pretty heafty amount of traffic on my feeds.  So I have setup 3 new FeedBurner feeds.  This should alleviate some of the server load, and also provide a lot of great support to the subscribers.  If you have any trouble or would like a new [...]

Posted on August 28th, 2008 under News. Tags: Audio podCast, feed, podcast. Comments: None

I was really expecting someone to pick this up from the podcast and mention it.  If you listen at about 15:56 in the podcast, we hear Nick say the following about the .NET Roadmap.
Historically one of our strong .NET stories has been close compatibility with the .NET and Win32 compilers.  But as we have evaluated [...]

Posted on August 27th, 2008 under News. Tags: .NET, codegear, Compatibility, delphi, Win32. Comments: 8

A few other bloggers have mentioned the install time being much faster, but I wanted to get a good measurement last night. In a fully patched XP SP3 VM with the prerequisites already installed (which does not include the .NET SDK), I started timing after finishing all the configuration.
Results: Just shy of 10 minutes.  [...]

Posted on August 26th, 2008 under News. Tags: betablogging, delphi 2009, installation, upgrade. Comments: 1

We knew this day was coming, but it is still exciting it is here.  Nick Hodges has a nice collection of links for more information.  Be sure to check out his interview in the latest PodCast for even more details.

Posted on August 25th, 2008 under News. Tags: codegear, delphi, delphi 2009. Comments: 2

As I mentioned in the podcast, Gurock Software is donating a free copy of their SmartInspect tracing and debugging application for one lucky listener. If you are interested in winning a copy then download the 30-day trial of Smart Inspect version 3.0. Test it out and then send me your short review and [...]

Posted on August 25th, 2008 under News. Tags: giveaway, podcast, smartinspect. Comments: 5

This very special episode features an interview with Nick Hodges, the Delphi Product Manager for Embarcadero’s CodeGear.  A lot of great information and news on the changes with CodeGear and Delphi 2009.  This one is a little bit longer at 38:46 with all that we covered in our interview.  You will probably find it just [...]

 

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Posted on August 25th, 2008 under Audio podCast. Tags: beyond compare, codegear, delphi, podcast, smartinspect, tiburon. Comments: 9

Nick Hodges just linked to an eWeek article that boldy places the release date of Delphi 2009 as 6 days from now on August 25th.
Embarcadero Technologies plans to release the next generation of its CodeGear—formerly Borland—rapid application development tools for Windows, Delphi 2009 and C++Builder 2009, on Aug. 25.
[UPDATE: This is when they will accept [...]

Posted on August 19th, 2008 under News. Tags: annoucement, delphi, eweek, podcast. Comments: 10

I am collecting some questions to ask Nick in our interview this week.  If you have any questions you would like considered for the interview please include them here.  I want to interview him early this week, so post your questions right away.
I am experimenting with a new anti-spam system on this blog.  It claims [...]

Posted on August 18th, 2008 under News. Tags: codegear, delphi, interview, questions. Comments: 24

The PodCast at Delphi.org is now carried on iTurns so you can get the latest episodes downloaded directly to your iPod.
If you have iTunes installed then you can use the link on that ridiculously large button on the right to go straight to the podcast and subscribe in itunes.

Posted on August 18th, 2008 under News. Comments: None