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Just released eBook: Delphi Event-based and Asynchronous Programming

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 Delphi Event-based and Asynchronous Programming  I just had to do it... Go with the flow! It's the Black Friday / Cyber Monday "season", so I had to rush the book offer  The book was actually scheduled for release in early December, but then the Black Friday deals started popping up all over the place... pressure was building... and I finally caved in! I cut the darn thing in two, and decided to offer Part I at a discount, and will give Part II for free to all Buyers. Not really a 97% BF discount but hey... Junior is still studying, and we still have to pay the bills (Corona doesn't help, either)! So, here it is!  I hope you'll like it like you did Delphi Memory Management! https://dalija.prasnikar.info/delphiebap/index.html Event-based programming is everywhere. Nowadays, you can hardly write any kind of application without leaning on events and messages. This simple, yet extremely powerful mechanism is also the cornerstone of asynchronous and multithreaded prog...

New Book In The Press!

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 Delphi Event-based and Asynchronous Programming  About to be released by the end of the month, Delphi Event-based and Asynchronous Programming brings you the following in about 260 pages: Event loops Messaging systems Asynchronous programming Removing Application.ProcessMessages and moving tasks to background threads Threads in general Tasks Futures Thread safety Communicating with the GUI And more... Stay tuned  Just released eBook: Delphi Event-based and Asynchronous Programming

DelphiCon 2020: Windows VCL Panel

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Join Ian Barker, Marco Cantù, Alister Christie, Victory Fernandes (Vic), Dr. Holger Flick, David Millington and me at Windows VCL Panel. We will talk about the best Delphi core feature, you all know and love, VCL framework. Scheduled for November 18, 2020, 5:00 pm CET https://delphicon.embarcadero.com/talks/windows-vcl-panel/ DelphiCon 2020. is starting in less than 8 hours. But there is still plenty of time to review the schedule and pick what you like. https://delphicon.embarcadero.com/