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My RSS Reader - Implemented a modern hinting system

Sun, 15 Aug 2004 @ 7:00 AM
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What's the difference between a Delphi application developer and a Delphi component developer?

The difference, I've read elsewhere, is that a Delphi application developer doesn't have to know OOP, and can develop a Delphi program without much effort. Consequently, it is said that, that helps Borland to sell more Delphi products, because the learning curve to using and developing a Delphi program is pretty low.

What do you think?

In other news, I have now implemented a modern hinting system for “My RSS Reader”.

The modern hinting system uses the ToolTip control as implemented by Common Controls 4.7 and 5.8. It is implemented by deriving from (or when I was programming in OWL more than 12-14 years ago, subclassing) THintWindow, and placing the new THintWindow's metaclass reference into HintWindowClass. More about the design of the new THintWindow descendant (or subclass) in the future.

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  • 16 Aug 2004 1:06 AM
    You have found a truth about Delphi. I rememeber interviewing Delphi developers that could not explain the differences in the 4 parts of a class interface... and that would be our first question. Using and knowing how to use Delphi effectively is a big difference.
  • 16 Aug 2004 9:29 PM
    In some of the consultation I've done with companies in Singapore, certain Delphi developers don't know that the IDE can load multiple projects.

    Most Delphi developers I've met don't know how to activate/use Code Completion, code navigation, etc.

    And of course, most developers I've met dumped all their declarations into the public section of classes.
  • 19 Aug 2004 8:36 PM
    I think you might want to use a JPG next time. That image is distorted. Small and clear beats large and blurry :p

    Borland Delphi is a great tool for RAD development, it gets people coming from practically any language up to speed and building applications in no time at all.

    Ideals such as OOP are secondary nowadays (except for component builders, library coders, etc). You must get applications built and out the door!

    I suppose most technologists saw it coming a few years ago when tools like Delphi and Visual Basic started becoming the mainstay of corporate development, RAD would kill paradigms like OOP.
  • 19 Aug 2004 9:12 PM
    Chris, the image itself is clear and complete. In fact, it's a full screen image.

    I deliberate changed the IMG's WIDTH and HEIGHT to something like 90%.

    For complete and clearer images, check out "My RSS Reader" gallery at http://chuacw.hn.org/chuacw/gallery/66.aspx
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