13Sep 2017 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Day of the Programmer so let’s Celebrate

Software Events
Day of the Programmer so let's celebrate The Day of the Programmer is an international professional day that is celebrated on the 256th (hexadecimal 100th, or the 28th) day of each year (September 13 during common years and on September 12 in leap years). It is officially recognized in Argentina, Bangladesh, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Austria, Germany, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, India, Belgium, Australia, Poland, Romania, Ireland, Italy, Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, the United States and Russia.[1][2] The number 256 (28) was chosen because it is the number of distinct values that can be represented with an eight-bit byte, a value well-known to programmers. 256 is also the highest power of two that is less than 365, the number of days in a common year. You wonder why Russia out of all places decided to create the official day…
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13Sep 2017 by richard@baronsoftware.com

New Build 4 Now Available for Version 2.26 of ElevateDB from Elevate Software

Software Events, Software Releases
New Build 4 Now Available for Version 2.26 of ElevateDB from Elevate Software Elevate Software is  pleased to announce that build 4 for version 2.26 of ElevateDB is now available. The software release provides the following: Altering a Table in a Database with Dependent Views Can Result in a Table Checksum Mismatch COMPARE DATABASE Generating Incorrect Statement Terminators for ALTER Statements If you own the subscription model or are looking for a database manager that works with Delphi this is the package to go with. ElevateDB is licensed per-developer, and includes royalty-free distribution. License management isn't required at all, and the money that you used to pay to the database engine vendor is now your profit to keep. What does ElevateDB do ? You don't need to use a feature-crippled…
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05Sep 2017 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Coding Boot Camps should they go or be used ?

Software development Concepts, Software Events
Coding Boot Camps should they go or be used ? Within the past week, two well-known and well-established coding bootcamps have announced they’ll be closing their doors: Dev Bootcamp, owned by Kaplan Inc., and The Iron Yard, owned by the Apollo Education Group (parent company of the University of Phoenix).  Not the most strongest places to learn how to code but some industry observers have suggested that the market may be merging in the coming months. It appears that there are simply more coding bootcamps – almost 100 across the US and Canada – than there are students looking to learn to code.   Remember these courses are geared for a quick turnaround in studying and learning how to program.  I never mentioned that these were gifted academic schools since on average…
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03Sep 2017 by richard@baronsoftware.com

New iPhone will be announced soon

Software Events, Software Releases
New iPhone will be announced soon   September 12th a very important date to mark on your calendar.  That’s when Apple will host its next media event, at the Steve Jobs Theater on its new Cupertino campus, where it’s expected to unveil three new iPhone models, the third-generation Apple Watch, and an upgraded Apple TV with support for 4K and HDR display technologies. With new iPhones just days away from being officially revealed, a Bloomberg journalist has reported what he saw in images of the expected new high-end model. The key change is said to be the removal of the Home button, which has been rumored before. However, Bloomberg goes into fine detail on accompanying gestural changes on the software side. Click here to read more about this. Even if you’re planning…
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31Aug 2017 by richard@baronsoftware.com

A simple approach to software development

Rad Studio Delphi Development, Software development Concepts
A simple approach to software development Setting up your software development for a new application there are quite a few set of software developers that tend to jump on their machine and begin coding.  I would strongly suggest that an application which could be successful needs to start from thought to paper (even electronic) before any new code is typed. Now as some suggest creating designs or layouts are the best method for them and sometimes that does make sense.  Creating a sketch board  or laying out the screen design is a simple way to visually see what you want to achieve. Here are the steps that you can use when you are preparing to create a new application. Sitting at a table or desk Using white boards do help…
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