Marco News #13 - December 24th, 2011

[Marco Cantu']

Welcome to my not-really monthly newsletter, featuring updates
on my work and some recent Delphi-related news.

First of all let me wish you a Happy Christmas and a Great 2011.
As "computer wishes" you can follow these links to the "Digital
Nativity" video (http://blog.marcocantu.com/blog/
digital_story_nativity.html) or to the best JavaScript Christmas Tree
I've ever seen (works really well only in the Chrome browser, at
http://js1k.com/2010-xmas/demo/856).

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DELPHI DEVELOPER DAYS 2011

There is still one week for the Very Early Bird of the DDD 2011 event
in the US, and 3 weeks for the same 25% discount for Europe. Here is
the announcement:

"Top Delphi experts Marco Cantù and Cary Jensen are teaming up again
to present Delphi Developer Days 2011, a four-city tour in the United
States and Europe in April - May 2011.

Cites and Dates:
-- DC/Baltimore area, US: April 11-12, 2011
-- Houston, Texas, US: April 14-15, 2011
-- Frankfurt, Germany: May 12-13, 2011
-- Amsterdam, The Netherlands: May 16-17, 2011
This one-of-a-kind event includes both joint sessions, presented by
Marco and Cary together, as well as simultaneous tracks, where Marco
and Cary break out into separate rooms to present individual topics.
Whether you are using the latest version of Delphi, or are developing
with an older Delphi version, you will come away with information that
will improve your development and make you more productive. Complete
descriptions are at: http://www.delphideveloperdays.com/descriptions.html.
There's also an Embarcadero Technologies Special Keynote, and an
additional presentation by a guest speaker."

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RECENT BLOG POSTS

November 2011: http://blog.marcocantu.com/blogarchive/2010-11.html

On Microsoft and Silverlight
Extended Delphi Applications Showcase
Some Sample HTML5 Sites
Cantools Wizards for Delphi XE
Can Firebird gain against MySQL?
Delphi XE Update 1 Released
Migrating from WinForms to WPF?
Bye Bye, Novell

December 2011: http://blog.marcocantu.com/blogarchive/2010-12.html

Silverlight 5... for Windows?
Pascal Programming for Schools
Video and Comments on Microsoft C++
Delphi Developer Days 2011 Announced

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DELPHI 2010 HANDBOOK

My last book (since I still don't have a Delphi XE book out) is
available:

- in print on Amazon US: http://bit.ly/b0dLQb
- in print on other outlets as listed on: http://www.marcocantu.com/dh2010/
- in PDF format (free) to registered users of Delphi 20101 at:
http://cc.embarcadero.com/item/27613
- in PDF format (paid) for anyone else at:
http://sites.fastspring.com/wintechitalia/product/delphi2010handbook

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OTHER BOOKS
All of the handbooks cover specific versions of Delphi, so in case
you
are migrating from Delphi 7 to Delphi 2010, beside the Delphi 2010
handbook you might want to get also the two past ones:

Delphi 2009 Handbook
- Print: http://bit.ly/bjFKs1
- PDF: http://bit.ly/7H8LFD

Delphi 2007 Handbook
- Print: http://bit.ly/do8dnP
- PDF: http://bit.ly/7ZYnT0

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ONLINE PRESENCE
You can follow me on twitter at: http://twitter.com/marcocantu
You can find me on Facebook as: http://www.facebook.com/marcocantu
My blog is on http://blog.marcocantu.com

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-Marco Cantù, Author of the Delphi books, Expert in Delphi, XML, Web
2.0
speaker, trainer, consultant. http://www.marcocantu.com