Today, Niklaus Wirth, “father” of The Pascal Programming Language turned 80.
Happy birthday!
–jeroen
Archive for the ‘Development’ Category
Happy 80th birthday Niklaus Wirth!
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/15
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Google Play Services 4.2 versions I saw in the wild on Android
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/14
Now that the Google Play Services 4.2 have been rolled out to enough Android devices, and the Google Play Services Library version 15 is out, this is my list of Play Services 4.2 versions I have seen in the wild:
- 4.2.34
- 4.2.39 (997510-038)
- 4.2.42 (1013934-034)
Sorry, I didn’t note the build number for 4.2.34.
Anyone that can help complete this list?
–jeroen
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Genymotion (formerly AndroVM) is an Android x86 virtual machine appliance (via: install in VMware Player/Workstation – YouTube)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/14
Very interesting: Install AndroVM in VMware Player/Workstation – YouTube.
The successor is Genymotion “the faster Android emulator”, and seems to have an easier installation path: Run Android on Your Desktop With Genymotion Android Emulator.
One of the drawbacks of going native: the Delphi for Android compiler currently only generates ARM Android code, otherwise this would be a great way to test your apps.
But it works fine if you use Java, Oxygene for Java or MonoDroid: much faster than the emulator (which you cannot run in a VM at all).
There seems to be a way to install ARM translation, so I need to check that out: android – How to install google play service in the genymotion (ubuntu 13.04) .Currently it doesn’t have drag and drop suport – Stack Overflow.
–jeroen
via: Koushik Dutta – Google+ – Even if Microsoft is considering supporting Android apps on….
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Posted in .NET, Android, Android Devices, Delphi, Delphi XE5, Development, Mobile Development, Mono for Android, Power User, Software Development | Tagged: Android emulator, VMware | 4 Comments »
Google Cast SDK for Android Released: The Google Play services library (revision 15)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/13
Thanks Leon Nicholls – Google+. and Android Developers – Google+ for sharing these two posts: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted in Android, Android Devices, Chrome, Chromecast, Development, Google, Mobile Development, Power User, Software Development | Leave a Comment »
Keeping Google Cloud Messaging For Android Working Reliably [Technical Post] (via: Pushbullet – Google+)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/13
For all the Android developers out there, we’ve just published a technical post with four big tips for keeping Google Cloud Messaging working reliably in your apps.
Google Cloud Messaging is the technology used for Push notifications on Android and these four tips are the things we wish we’d known when we started working on Pushbullet!
Keeping Google Cloud Messaging For Android Working Reliably [Technical Post] | PushBullet Blog.
–jeroen
via Pushbullet – Google+ – For all the Android developers out there, we’ve just….
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ManagedSpy now maintained by ForNeVeR (via: managed – What happened to ManagedSpy?)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/13
ForNeVeR now maintains ManagedSpy, see his answer on StackOverflow
BTW, I’ve cloned the original ManagedSpy source code and maintaining the code today (for example, ported it to .NET4).
See project on GitHub.
–jeroen
via: managed – What happened to ManagedSpy? – Stack Overflow.
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Do not share DCU files between projects (via: delphi – Compiler Directive IF and IFEND – Stack Overflow)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/13
Summary: Always try to avoid sharing .DCU files between projects.
I see a lot of projects at clients that do not have their individual DCU directories set (therefore having the DCU files in the same directory as the PAS files causing shared units to share the DCU files), or share DCU files among different projects.
Both are a very bad idea, as the compiler does not always understand when the DCU file does not match the combination of PAS file and compiler options.
The result is the occasional use of the DCU file in stead of the PAS file causing wrong code to be used, or wrong debugger information to be included.
Danny Thorpe phrased it on Stack Overflow: Read the rest of this entry »
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Q&A log for the “RAD-in-Action Webinar Unit Testing in Delphi featuring Nick Hodges”
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/12
Here is the Q&A part for the “Mid” one (I will edit later): Read the rest of this entry »
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Don’t forget to register: RAD-in-Action Webinar Unit Testing in Delphi featuring Nick Hodges
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/12
Do not forget to register for the RAD-in-Action Webinar Unit Testing in Delphi featuring Nick Hodges.
If you cannot watch it live: register anyway, as that will give you the URL for the replay download.
Very interesting stuff (I attended his sessions during the German EKON Conference) and a very entertaining speaker.
He is going to cover a lot in this seminar, and it is a great addition to the material in his Coding in Delphi book (Warren Postma wrote a nice review). You get the electronic edition of the book free when you have Delphi XE5, a hard-copy should be available soon. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted in Delphi, Delphi XE, Delphi XE2, Delphi XE3, Delphi XE4, Delphi XE5, Development, Software Development | Tagged: Delphi, nick hodges, Warren Postma | 1 Comment »
Delphi: some notes on running the RADPAServer/PAServer debugger platform assistant
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/12
Just as a few small notes as a reminder to myself:
- bash profile shortcuts to the right PAServer or paserver
- PAServer command-line options
- example output of PAServer commands
Lets get started: Read the rest of this entry »
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