CodeRage 5 sessions for October 7th

CodeRage continues today with another set of great free sessions on Delphi Prism, Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio and several vendor showcases.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2010

Technical Session #40 5:00am - 5:45am PDT	Delphi at your Fingertips  Touchscreens are becoming more present around us today. Discover how to develop applications simple touch or multitouch for these new touch devices with Delphi. Come put your finger on the future. Thierry Laborde
5:45am - 6:00am BREAK
Technical Session #41 6:00am - 6:45am PDT	Going Agile with RAD Studio XE   Learn how to streamline your development process using RAD Studio XE's tool chest. This session introduces the ideas of agile development and its benefits. See how all the recent add-ons to RAD Studio XE fit into the agile picture. We put Delphi, Subversion, AQTime and FinalBuilder into a productive scenario. Olaf Monien
6:45am - 7:00am BREAK
Technical Session #42 7:00am - 7:45am PDT	VENDOR SHOWASE: Compare, Merge, and Reconcile with Beyond Compare   This session covers using Beyond Compare to compare and merge files from the Delphi XE History view and Subversion integration. It also includes an overview and tips for using the folder viewer to compare source code, zip files, and FTP sites, and the hex and image viewers for binary files. Craig Peterson & Erik Jones - Scooter Software
7:45am - 8:00am BREAK
Technical Session #43 8:00am - 8:45am PDT	.NET Tools and Tricks for Delphi Prism   A look at the expanded .NET tools universe and their use with Delphi Prism. This session also covers some of the more advanced options available with the .NET framework and Delphi Prism. Jim McKeeth - RemObjects Software
8:45am - 9:00am BREAK
Technical Session #44 9:00am - 9:45am PDT	Developing Multithreaded Applications with Delphi and C++Builder   This session covers multithreading architectures, creating threads, and thread synchronization with Delphi and C++Builder. Boian Mitov - Mitov Software
9:45am - 10:00am BREAK
Technical Session #45 10:00am - 10:45am	VENDOR SHOWCASE: Implementing Video & Audio Processing, DSP, and Computer Vision with Delphi   Implementing Video processing, Audio processing, DSP, and Computer Vision with Delphi in minutes using the Mitov Software components: VideoLab, AudioLab, VisionLab, and SignalLab. Boian Mitov - Mitov Software
10:45am - 11:00am BREAK
Technical Session #46 11:00am - 11:45am PDT	VENDOR SHOWCASE: Cross Platform Data with Data Abstract   Windows is great, but sometimes you want to access your data on the Web, the iPhone, the Mac or Linux. See how to use Data Abstract to share your data everywhere you want to be. Jim McKeeth - RemObjects Software
11:45am - 12:00pm BREAK
Technical Session #47 12:00pm - 12:45pm PDT	Data-driven Silverlight  This session discusses using Silverlight as a front end for database applications and covers data binding with Silverlight and Delphi Prism. Jim McKeeth - RemObjects Software
12:45pm - 1:00pm BREAK
Technical Session #48 1:00pm - 1:45pm PDT	UI Design with Ribbons  The new ribbon user interface of Microsoft Office applications has received a lot of attention. The ribbon interface is not for every application, but for some it can be very effective. This session illustrates the steps necessary to create an effective user interface using the new Ribbon Controls that come with Delphi. Ray Konopka - Raise Software
1:45pm - 2:00pm BREAK
Technical Session #49 2:00pm - 2:45pm PDT	Not yet LINQed to LINQ? - How Stuff Works   This session takes you *very* deep in the rabbit hole that hides the LINQ internals in Delphi Prism. All the secrets and all the compiler magic behind LINQ is explained in detail, so that you will be able to use only parts of LINQ where they help you. Especially lambda expressions and the way you can use them with extension methods will make your coding-Fu far more powerful than now, and this goes even further down. Sebastian Gingter - RemObjects Software
2:45pm - 3:00pm BREAK
Technical Session #50 3:00pm - 3:45pm PDT	VENDOR SHOWCASE: Best of Both Worlds: Native Delphi & .NET in Sweet Harmony   You have a lot of native Delphi code, but you want to make use of powerful tools like LINQ? You are going to build a new .NET-based application, but want to re-use your legacy code? RemObjects Hydra can act as a bridge between native and managed code, in both directions. This session shows you how you can get the best of both worlds into one application. Sebastian Gingter - RemObjects Software
3:45pm - 4:00pm BREAK
Technical Session #51 4:00pm - 4:45pm PDT	Using Extended RTTI to Make your Life Easier   The extended RTTI system in Delphi can be used to access information on any object, regardless of class. This makes it useful in cases where your code needs to perform actions on arbitrary data types. This session shows how to use extended RTTI to simplify serialization, dataset-object binding and scripting. Mason Wheeler
4:45pm - 5:00pm BREAK
Technical Session #52 5:00pm - 5:45pm PDT	VENDOR SHOWCASE: Delphi PDF Processing & Document Creation Technologies from Gnostice   In this session, we take a tour of the new versions and new technologies for multi-format electronic document creation, PDF processing and PDF conversion technology from Gnostice. We will see real examples of answers to often asked questions about this topic and tips and tricks on using the Gnostice technologies. Girish Patil - Gnostice Information Technologies