Comments for The Art of Delphi Programming

Comment on When, What, Why! by William Meyer

William Meyer — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:14:23 +0000

I agree that code which can also be useful outside the event handler should be refactored to separate methods. However, when the code is valid only for use in the event handler, I consider that extracting it is a risk, and arbitrary.

If I extract such code, then at the very least, I would need to use naming conventions which make plain that it is really only for use inside that event handler.

By the way, this editor behaves very oddly in Chrome. Long lines cause the editor to scroll left, but the editor does not seem properly contained. That is, what looks like a border on the right is routinely exceeded.

Comment on When, What, Why! by ObjectMethodology.com

ObjectMethodology.com — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:20:12 +0000

A little to hard and fast for me. There is perfectly fine actual “event code” that can be included. In fact extracting some “event related code” is improper development.

Comment on When, What, Why! by Heinz Z.

Heinz Z. — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:47:28 +0000

Good explanation of why we should do it the way we should do it.

Comment on 18 Years of Delphi Programming by Uwe Raabe

Uwe Raabe — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:33:36 +0000

Well, he left the company and I cannot say for sure why. Perhaps he couldn’t stand that his choice of tools didn’t perform as good as others.

Comment on 18 Years of Delphi Programming by Veiko

Veiko — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:48:44 +0000

Hello.

Interesting story, but what do you mean by “he quit”.

Left the company? Why? Because you was able to complete the job?

Comment on Do you know Build Groups? by Michael

Michael — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:33:26 +0000

It’s XE. Very handy indeed.

Comment on Do you know Build Groups? by Uwe Raabe

Uwe Raabe — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:04:05 +0000

Seems they were introduced in XE.

Comment on Do you know Build Groups? by Thomas Mueller

Thomas Mueller — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:56:10 +0000

It would be useful if you mention the version of the Delphi IDE which supports the feature you are describing. I assume XE3 but that’s just guessing. Maybe Build Groups already existed in older versions?

Comment on Do you know Build Groups? by LDS

LDS — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:31:03 +0000

The problem using Delphi is you always fail #8 and #9 in Joel Test. Actually #8 fails due to #9, the environment often is not quiet because someone starts to get mad about that Delphi bug never fixed since Delphi 5… or a new functionality that would be nice but works only in webcast demos…

Comment on DataSnap in the Cloud by Mike Sutton

Mike Sutton — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:06:41 +0000

Hi Uwe, sorry for OT post. I’m offering a free copy of my MonkeyStyler FireMonkey style editor software to all MVPs. Email me if you’re interested.