Watch me coding in Delphi on YouTube

[silvercoder79 23]

I guess there are people with differing levels of ability. And while I don't intend to post links to all videos, today's video is a real-world example of  adding code to a word search game and squashing those pesky bugs along the way!  Hopefully, it will inspire you to  tackle your own coding challenges and share your creations in the comments!

https://youtu.be/K1iJIYtBPaw

[David Duffy 0]

Good to see a headset in your latest videos. The audio is much better.

[silvercoder79 23]

One day, I might invest in a proper mic, and until then... the headset will do,

 

(feels a bit like "ground control to major tom")

[Rollo62 520]

 

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Edited July 4 by Rollo62

[silvercoder79 23]

Not a real programmer... not wearing his delphi programming socks!

 

(It was a short from tscoding on YouTube.)

[Rollo62 520]

Yeah, it should look like this, originally.
But unfortunately the AI refuses to reproduce logos, socks, styles and so on, in the right way.
Nevertheless, I'm sure this is quite the right picture of a messy programmer, at least as I am

 

If anybody will tell you that AI ist not ruling the word yet, this proofs him work.
AI already dictates how the the political correct content shall look like and refuses to produce anything else you ask for.

 

Edited July 9 by Rollo62

[Lars Fosdal 1765]

This is me

[silvercoder79 23]

The funny part is that I have different colored slippers. Blue for left foot and brown for right, and only because I cannot locate the other brown slipper. 

 

And next week, I will be back with some Delphi coding videos.  Been playing with Lazarus recently. But if that sort of things peaks your curiosity, you know where to find me? I hope.

 

https://www.youtube.com/@silvercoder70

[Rollo62 520]

On 7/9/2024 at 12:22 PM, Rollo62 said:

Yeah, it should look like this, originally.
But unfortunately the AI refuses to reproduce logos, socks, styles and so on, in the right way.
Nevertheless, I'm sure this is quite the right picture of a messy programmer, at least as I am

 

If anybody will tell you that AI ist not ruling the word yet, this proofs him wrong.
AI already dictates how the the political correct content shall look like and refuses to produce anything else you ask for.

 

 

[dummzeuch 1456]

On 7/9/2024 at 12:22 PM, Rollo62 said:

AI already dictates how the the political correct content shall look like and refuses to produce anything else you ask for.

Break out the crayons and draw away. We don't need no stinkin' AI.

[Rollo62 520]

13 minutes ago, dummzeuch said:

Break out the crayons and draw away. We don't need no stinkin' AI. 

No nooo, its just like in the Jurassic Park: The strange AI animals can be nice to watch and study, but be very sure to keep the cage door closed

[silvercoder79 23]

On AI...  I have seen some strange answers come out! And similar code then used in articles on the web and do read this literally...
 

if (condition) then
  do something
  do something else

rest of code here

Where is the begin/end pair?!?

[silvercoder79 23]

New video from The Silver Code exploring the functionalities of  classes, sysutils, and dateutils units, providing a strong foundation for building robust Delphi applications. Over the coming weeks I'll look at these units in more details...

 

What units are most important for you? Would love to hear from you!

 

 

 

[silvercoder79 23]

Safeguard Your Object Pascal Code: Initialization and Error Handling

 

Nobody likes dealing with bugs after their software is out in the wild. That's where defensive programming comes in. Starting with solid variable initialization is your first line of defense. Learn how to prevent those nasty surprises, handle those tricky constructor exceptions, and master the art of dealing with pesky nil pointers in Object Pascal.

 

References:
Initialised Variables - https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/...
Declarations - https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/...

 

 

[silvercoder79 23]

Setting Up Delphi and RAD Studio for Android Development

Link: https://youtu.be/g7tvSlGoG0k

 

In this video, I walk you through the step-by-step process of configuring Delphi RAD Studio for Android development and using the SDK Manager to get the required packages. Along the way,  we learn how to overcome common challenges and get your development environment up and running.

 

Useful links:

https://en.delphipraxis.net/topic/10436-delphi-120-athens-is-not-correctly-installing-the-android-sdk/
http://delphi.org/2013/10/wireless-android-debugging-with-delphi-xe5/
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31886049/list-installed-sdk-package-via-command-line

 

Edited August 19 by silvercoder79

[silvercoder79 23]

#Delphi's Ternary Trick: IfThen vs. C's Conditional Operator

 

 

 

Ever wondered how to write concise conditional statements in Delphi? Discover the IfThen function, Delphi's equivalent to the C ternary operator. Learn how to use it effectively in your code for cleaner, more readable, and potentially more efficient solutions.

 

#Delphi #Programming #TernaryOperator #IfThen #CodingTips #Efficiency #Readability #ProgrammingLanguages

[Anders Melander 1705]

8 minutes ago, silvercoder79 said:

Discover the IfThen function

Next up: How to use "with" to make your code more readable.

[Stefan Glienke 1974]

5 hours ago, silvercoder79 said:

the IfThen function, Delphi's equivalent to the C ternary operator.

omg, no!

 

5 hours ago, Anders Melander said:

Next up: How to use "with" to make your code more readable.

Followed by "How do I fix these random Access Violations that appear in my code"

Edited August 21 by Stefan Glienke

[Lars Fosdal 1765]

On 8/21/2024 at 10:32 AM, silvercoder79 said:

Discover the IfThen function, Delphi's equivalent to the C ternary operator

It may LOOK like a ternary, but looks deceive. It does NOT behave like a ternary op.
Both expressions will be evaluated/executed - and not one or the other.

The only place I use it, is when I want to emit const values, dependant on an expression.

[JonRobertson 63]

On 8/21/2024 at 9:27 AM, Stefan Glienke said:

omg, no!

 

Followed by "How do I fix these random Access Violations that appear in my code"

And how to confuse the heck out of the debugger's evaluator.