Fun, Info and Humor
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What Happened to "Borland Delphi"? What is CodeGear? What is Embarcadero?
Take a quick look at the box where your Delphi installation CDs (DVDs) are. Does it say Borland Delphi or CodeGear Delphi or Embarcadero Technologies Delphi?
Take a quick look at the box where your Delphi installation CDs (DVDs) are. Does it say Borland Delphi or CodeGear Delphi or Embarcadero Technologies Delphi?
Delphi Contest: Creating Fancy Applications
If you are like me, you like experimenting - creating pieces of Delphi code just to learn something new and create something interesting. If nothing else, to amaze your coworkers / family / yourself. Here's a Delphi contest for you: create a fancy Delphi application or just a piece of Delphi code! For Fame and Glory.
If you are like me, you like experimenting - creating pieces of Delphi code just to learn something new and create something interesting. If nothing else, to amaze your coworkers / family / yourself. Here's a Delphi contest for you: create a fancy Delphi application or just a piece of Delphi code! For Fame and Glory.
Don't Miss: CodeRage 2007 - Free Online Virtual Conference by CodeGear
CodeRage by CodeGear is the first virtual conference for developers! Delphi developers should not miss it!
CodeRage by CodeGear is the first virtual conference for developers! Delphi developers should not miss it!
Who Wants to Be a Delphi Millionaire?
Ever wonder what "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" might look like if there were only Delphi programming questions? Take my quiz and find out how you would do.... (there are no prizes, the $ amounts only indicate difficulty).
Ever wonder what "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" might look like if there were only Delphi programming questions? Take my quiz and find out how you would do.... (there are no prizes, the $ amounts only indicate difficulty).
Holiday Gift Ideas for Delphi programmers
Everything you need to know about what every programmer desires, needs, wants...
Everything you need to know about what every programmer desires, needs, wants...
Borland Delphi no More - It's CodeGear Delphi!
It's official: Delphi is no longer "Borland Delphi", it's "CodeGear Delphi"! For a long time, the main page of the delphi.about.com (this) site was "About Borland Delphi Programming", then I turned it into "About Borland ("Devco") Delphi Programming", today (11/14/2006) the *new name* is "About CodeGear Delphi Programming"!
It's official: Delphi is no longer "Borland Delphi", it's "CodeGear Delphi"! For a long time, the main page of the delphi.about.com (this) site was "About Borland Delphi Programming", then I turned it into "About Borland ("Devco") Delphi Programming", today (11/14/2006) the *new name* is "About CodeGear Delphi Programming"!
Add an Easter Egg to your Delphi application
Looking for some hidden fun in Delphi? Find out what are Easter Eggs and how to add them to your applications. Find out how to add cheat codes to your Delphi games.
Looking for some hidden fun in Delphi? Find out what are Easter Eggs and how to add them to your applications. Find out how to add cheat codes to your Delphi games.
How to Build your First "Hello World VIRUS"
Who said programming cannot be fun? Let's create a simple "memory eater" that executes itself an unlimited number of times - thus consuming all the Windows memory :) Ah, ok. This Virus will also free the memory it occupies.
Who said programming cannot be fun? Let's create a simple "memory eater" that executes itself an unlimited number of times - thus consuming all the Windows memory :) Ah, ok. This Virus will also free the memory it occupies.
Top 10 Fun Reasons why you Should Stop Using Delphi, now!
I don't know about you, but I've seen too many newsgroups/forum posts that state/ask something like "Is Delphi dying?" or "Delphi has no future", and similar.
I don't know about you, but I've seen too many newsgroups/forum posts that state/ask something like "Is Delphi dying?" or "Delphi has no future", and similar.
Celebrating 10 Delphi Years (with a chance to win a Delphi book)
02/15/1995 is the date remembered as the birth date of Borland Delphi. For this special occasion we'll award one developer with a copy of "Delphi for .NET developers Guide"
02/15/1995 is the date remembered as the birth date of Borland Delphi. For this special occasion we'll award one developer with a copy of "Delphi for .NET developers Guide"
Delphi history – from Pascal to Octane
This document provides concise descriptions of Delphi versions and its history, along with a brief list of features and notes. Find out how Delphi evolved from Pascal to a RAD tool that can help you solve complex development problems.
This document provides concise descriptions of Delphi versions and its history, along with a brief list of features and notes. Find out how Delphi evolved from Pascal to a RAD tool that can help you solve complex development problems.
Drawing Snowflakes All Over your Desktop Screen
Amaze your co-workers: *Snowflakes* application randomly draws and moves snowflake images over your Desktop screen. While having some fun, learn how to create transparent, top-most and caption-less forms that randomly move over your screen.
Amaze your co-workers: *Snowflakes* application randomly draws and moves snowflake images over your Desktop screen. While having some fun, learn how to create transparent, top-most and caption-less forms that randomly move over your screen.
Hackers and Crackers and Bears -- Oh My!
Understanding the Difference between Hackers and Crackers
Understanding the Difference between Hackers and Crackers
Bride of the Fun Side: Delphi
Useless Data-Aware Components, Dis-Integrating the Enterprise...
Useless Data-Aware Components, Dis-Integrating the Enterprise...
How To Write Unmaintainable Code
Read how to write Unmaintainable Code and laugh.
Read how to write Unmaintainable Code and laugh.
Humor: The Evolution of a programmer
How code gets more sophisticated while we get old.
How code gets more sophisticated while we get old.
The coming of age of Delphi
Fun article about the age of Delphi.
Fun article about the age of Delphi.
The Fun Side of Delphi
Writing Useless Components in Delphi.
Writing Useless Components in Delphi.
The Daily WTF
The Daily WTF presents scary code examples, updated daily. If you are looking for a good laugh, visit The Daily WTF site. Note: you just need to make sure your own code is not somewhere there :))
The Daily WTF presents scary code examples, updated daily. If you are looking for a good laugh, visit The Daily WTF site. Note: you just need to make sure your own code is not somewhere there :))
You might be a programmer if...
Politically incorrect views on programmers by a programmer.
Politically incorrect views on programmers by a programmer.
Why the name "Delphi?"
Delphi started out as a beta codename for a closely guarded skunkworks project at Borland: a next-generation visual development environment for Windows based on Borland's Object Pascal programming language...."
Delphi started out as a beta codename for a closely guarded skunkworks project at Borland: a next-generation visual development environment for Windows based on Borland's Object Pascal programming language...."