My Worst Delphi Program The worst “on-the-fly” (pun intended) Delphi demo I ever wrote was a thread based sort program (Dreaded Sorts). I created the code on the flight from San Jose to Seattle for the Microsoft Windows 95 launch. The launch took place on Thursday August 24, 1995 on the Microsoft campus. Multiple software READ MORE
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A C++ Language Conversation with Bjarne Stroustrup Hosted by David Intersimone “David I”
This session was presented by David Intersimone as part of Embarcadero’s CodeRage 2018 virtual developers conference. The conversation took place live online on December 4, 2018. Bjarne Stroustrup (designer and original implementer of C++, Managing Director in the technology division of Morgan Stanley in New York City and a Visiting Professor in Computer Science at READ MORE
My First Trip to “The Computer Doctor”
The first personal computer I owned was an IMSAI 8080 kit computer that I bought and put together in December 1975. Putting the IMSAI kit together involved a lot of soldering: Soldered all twenty-two slot S-100 bus connectors onto the non-solder-masked motherboard Soldered the front panel circuit board, Intel 8080 processor board and two 4K READ MORE
The Week’s Technology News – Monday, February 07, 2022 to Sunday, February 13, 2022
This week in technology news contains links to articles of interest to software developers, UI/UX designers, hardware developers, devops team members, product owners, project leaders, engineering managers, software architects, QA engineers, business managers, business analysts, company executives and anyone interested in technology and programming. IDEs/Editors Java on Visual Studio Code Update – February 2022 Read READ MORE
Technology News Worth Reading – Week Ending December 17, 2021
Here are a few technology news stories that I’ve read in the past week. How developers scrambled to secure the Log4j vulnerability The first line of defense was Log4j itself. Apache’s Logging Services team is made up of 16 unpaid volunteers, distributed across almost every time zone around the world. “We do this because we READ MORE
Runtime, a Computer Science and Software Engineering “Children’s Book”
Runtime is a children’s book written and illustrated by Jasmine Patel – Author and Cal Poly Computer Science / Software Engineering (CSSE’20) Alumna. “Runtime,” is a children’s book that highlights the creative and fun elements of computer science to inspire youth to pursue computer science. Amazon Description “Runtime is a whimsical adventure jam-packed with educational READ MORE
Technology News Worth Reading
Here are a few technology news stories that I’ve read in the past week or so. How to Convert a PDF to PNG or JPG in Java This article reviews three Conversion APIs that will allow you to convert any PDF document into an image. This includes conversion to a PNG or JPG array with READ MORE
Technology News Worth Reading
Here are a few technology news stories that I’ve read in the past week or so. Cloud Native Computing Foundation Announces Rook Graduation Rook is an open source cloud native storage orchestrator for Kubernetes, providing the platform, framework, and support for a diverse set of storage solutions to natively integrate with cloud native environments. Rook READ MORE
Using Python4Delphi with C++Builder VCL applications
Some C++ developers also use Python for their application development. There are several ways to integrate the two languages together. One way is to create Python extension modules containing C++ functions that implement new object types and functions. Another way is to use the Boost Python C++ library that enables interoperability between the Python and READ MORE
Technology News Worth Reading
Here are a few technology news stories that I’ve read in the past week or so. Microsoft’s 10 app store principles to promote choice, fairness and innovation For software developers, app stores have become a critical gateway to some of the world’s most popular digital platforms. We and others have raised questions and, at times, READ MORE