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Reminder – User Group Meeting Tomorrow Night

Posted on September 26, 2016 by bmcgee

Come join us for the first of two meetings that will be dedicated to the topic of unit testing and TDD. Tuesday, September 27th, 2016 Fairview Library – 35 Fairview Mall Dr, North York – Room 4 6:00PM to 8:00PM

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TDUG meeting Tuesday, Sept 27th at 6:00 PM – Unit Testing

Posted on September 19, 2016 by bmcgee

We’re back from our summer break. This month we will be talking about the very broad and sometimes controversial topic of unit testing, the value of unit tests and test driven development (TDD) and the different tools that are available to … Continue reading →

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A Free Delphi with Free Training

Posted on August 26, 2016 by bmcgee

If you’re interested in getting your hands on the latest version of Delphi, Embarcadero is making their Starter edition free for a limited time. http://blog.marcocantu.com/blog/2016-august-free-delphi-training.html

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Delphi Developer

Posted on August 18, 2016 by bmcgee

Location Kitchener Start Date, Contract Term September, 2016 Description Delphi Developer Requirements Intermediate to senior level Delphi programming skills Ability to maintain, enhance and support our existing suite of applications Ability to create web applications in Delphi, HTML and Java script … Continue reading →

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June meeting follow-up

Posted on July 7, 2016 by bmcgee

Thanks to Warren Postma for giving a great presentation on some different bug tracking software and the benefits of integrating them with your source control software (see May meeting). One of the things that struck me was how easy it is … Continue reading →

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TDUG meeting Thursday, June 30th at 6 PM

Posted on June 27, 2016 by bmcgee

Warren Postma will be talking about bug tracking software, also known as issue tracking or project tracking software. Whether you are a solo developer or you are working on multiple projects with other developers, if you have ever been tempted … Continue reading →

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May meeting follow-up

Posted on May 31, 2016 by bmcgee

We talked about version control software. Here are some of the links were discussed: There are lots of options available. Fortunately, the most popular ones are also free and include Subversion, Mercurial and GIT. Subversion uses the centralised model while … Continue reading →

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Reminder: TDUG meeting Wednesday, May 25th at 6 PM

Posted on May 24, 2016 by bmcgee

We will be talking about source control and how it can help improve you software projects. Wednesday, May 25th, 2016 North York Central Library – 5120 Yonge Street 6:00PM to 8:00PM

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TDUG meeting Wednesday, May 25th at 6 PM

Posted on May 19, 2016 by bmcgee

Note the date change. We are meeting on Wednesday. I will post a reminder before the meeting. Getting back to our semi-regular series on software development best practices, we will be talking about Source Control, sometimes called Version Control. We’ll … Continue reading →

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April meeting follow-up

Posted on April 30, 2016 by bmcgee

Open Tools API Warren Postma showed us different ways to write plug-ins for the Rad Studio IDE and explained the pros and cons of each approach. One of his examples uses the Castalia Delphi Parser to look for badly aligned begin/end … Continue reading →

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