Workshop "Everything AI" with Olaf Monien at Hotel Hesselet, April 28 - 29, 2026

 Olaf Monien:

Everything AI

April 28 and 29, 2026
Hotel Hesselet, Christianslundsvej 119, 5800 Nyborg

About Olaf Monien

Olaf Monien  is a globally recognized Delphi expert and long-time Embarcadero MVP, known for his deep technical insight and practical approach.

He has worked professionally with Delphi for decades and is a frequent speaker at international conferences and workshops.

Olaf specializes in modern Delphi development, software architecture, and high-performance systems.

In recent years, his focus has expanded strongly into Artificial Intelligence, demonstrating how AI can be both embedded into Delphi applications  and used to enhance the development process itself.

His presentations are valued for their clarity, real-world relevance, and engaging delivery.

We are very much lookring forward to seeing you at the workshop.

Because of a limited number of rooms at Hotel Hesselet, we suggest that you register for the workshop as soon as possible.

You find the registration form here

Please note that you must register on Friady March 27, 2026 at latest.

If you want to participate in the workshop, but did not register in time, please send an email including contact info to dapug@veco.dk. There is a good chance that we can find a solution.

Workshop participation requires that you or your company is a paying member of DAPUG. The annual membership fee of DKK 800 covers all registrants for that company. If you are not representing a company you will need to have a personal membership of DAPUG, which is also an annual fee of DKK 800

Workshop registration fee is DKK 7.800 per participant. This includes both workshop days, including all meals and accommodation.

Worksthop Agenda

Tuesday: Day 1 - AI-Assisted Development with Delphi

08:00 – Arrival

09:30 – Welcome

• The Impossible Intro - What AI can do for Delphi developers
• Overview of Day 1 and Day 2
• Wi-Fi, Delphi toolchain check
• Git intro for beginners
• Clone workshop repo, build + tests green

10:00 – AI Fundamentals

• What is an LLM? (Transformer, tokens, context window)
• Model landscape: GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Llama, Mistral, DeepSeek
• Provider vs. model vs. API
• Cloud vs. local: latency, cost, privacy
• API basics: prompt, completion, streaming, temperature

10:15 – AI Today: State of the Art

• From autocomplete to agents
• What works, what doesn't
• Opportunities for Delphi teams
• Risks: hallucinations, security, licensing, "silent breakage"
• Where does my data go?
• Markdown as the "glue" in AI development (README, CLAUDE.md, prompts, conventions)

10:45 – Break

11:00 – Coding Agents in Practice

• Live comparison: Claude Code, Kilo.ai, Chucki.ai
• Tasks: implement feature, refactor legacy, fix bug, explain code
• Steering agents effectively, avoiding "AI drift"

11:30 – UI Development with AIFrom thought to design: AI-assisted UI workflows

• Tools: Figma, Pencil
• MCP (Model Context Protocol): connecting AI to external tools and data

12:00 – Lunch

13:00 – Hands-on Block 1: Build the Project

• Teams work through prepared backlog (6-10 tickets)
• Gates: build green, tests green, review, prompt log

14:00 – Break

14:10 – Hands-on Block 2: Model Shootout

• Compare cloud + local models in real repo
• Criteria: planning, refactoring, tests, debugging, Delphi idioms
• Outcome: task → model matrix

15:00 – Coffee Break

15:15 – Day 1 Wrap-up: Workflow Kit

• Delphi prompt library
• Review checklist + AI safety rules
• Repo conventions
• Model/tool selection matrix

16:00 – A word from Noyau

18:30 – Drinks / 19:00 – Dinner

Wednesday: Day 2 - AI Inside Delphi Applications

07:00 – Breakfast & Check Out (Please Check Out from your room before 09:00)

09:30 – Session 1: Models for App Problems

• Perspective shift: not "writing code" but "solving user problems"
• Micro-exercise: same prompt, different models
• Evaluation: correctness, latency, format, cost, privacy

10:15 – Session 2: Production AI Layer in Delphi

• Provider abstraction (cloud/local interchangeable)
• Streaming, timeouts, retries, cancellation
• Logging with redaction
• Cost awareness hooks

10:45 – Break

11:00 – Session 3: Tools / Function CallingImplement tool dispatcher

• Examples: DB query, log parser, validation, reports
• Flow: model → tool call → Delphi → result → model

12:00 – Lunch

13:00 – Session 4: Generic vs. Component Integration

• A) Hand-rolled: HTTP/JSON, full control
• B) MakerAI-style: Delphi-native components
• Refactoring: app code depends only on interfaces
• Backend swappable

14:00 – Coffee Break

14:15 – Hands-on Block: Ship AI Features

• Smart Customer Search — "Show me all customers from Hamburg who didn't order last
• year"
• Invoice/Document Parser — PDF/scan → structured data (OCR + LLM)
• Feature Brainstorm — attendees pitch & implement their own AI feature idea

Each feature: UI entry point, tests, safety checklist

15:00 – Break

15:10 – Final Wrap-up: Production Checklist

• Security & privacy
• Latency & UX
• Cost controls
• Observability
• Testing & rollout

16:00 – Evaluation & Goodbye

ERFA-møde 11. november 2025 på Risø

DAPUG holder erfamøde tirsdag d. 11. november 2025 kl. 10 - 16 på Risø, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde.

Hovedtemaerne bliver udvikling med intelligent anvendelse af AI og nyheder i Delphi 13,

Det vigtigste formål med erfa-møderne er at mødes fysisk og udveksle erfaringer og gode ideer. Derfor kræver deltagelse i mødet fysisk fremmøde. Alle er velkomne til deltage, uanset medlemskab af DAPUG eller ej.

Deltagelse er gratis for medlemmer af DAPUG. Ikke-medlemmer opkræves deltagergebyr på kr. 150,-.

Du er medlem af DAPUG, hvis blot din virksomhed har tegnet medlemskab. Hvis I deltager flere personer fra samme firma, opkræves deltagergebyr for deltager nr. 2, 3, 4 osv.

Sidste tilmeldingsfrist er onsdag d. 5. november kl. 16, men vi vil gerne have at du tilmelder dig tidligere af hensyn til planlægningen. Ved behov for til- eller framelding efter 5. november: Ring (send ikke en SMS) til Thomas Vedel på 4019 1189.

Tilmelding foretages her.

Hvis du er tilmeldt og bliver forhindret, kan du indtil 5. november sende en ny tilmelding, hvor du i kommentarfeltet skriver, at du er blevet forhindret. Hvis du gemmer den kvittering, du automatisk modtager på mail umiddelbart efter tilmelding, kan du også vha. linket i mailen ændre din tilmelding. Bemærk at kvitteringen afsendes fra Google, så du skal måske lede efter den i din spam-mappe.

Ved behov for framelding efter 5. november bedes du ringe til Thomas Vedel på 4019 1189.

Alle tilmeldte deltagere modtager senest fredag d. 7. november info om DTU Risø Campus, transport m.v.

Forberedelse:
Det er en god idé at medbringe en bærbar PC til mødet, så du kan afprøve det vi snakker om undervejs. Der vil være mulighed for trådløs internet-adgang, men husk forlængerkabel til strøm og kablet netværk, hvis du er afhængig heraf.

Agenda:
(som sædvanligt vil der kunne forekomme ændringer)

09:45 - 10:00 Ankomst og evt. opsætning af medbragt PC.
Kaffe

10:00 - 12:00 Udvikling i Delphi med anvendelse af (generativ) AI (Thomas Vedel m.fl.)
Thomas har et stykke tid anvendt AI som hjælp til udvikling af Delphi-programmer. Der er en del mere avancerede muligheder, end dem der umiddelbart er indbygget i Delphis editor. Vi kigger på muligheder og begrænsninger. Indlægget er opbygget som et "hands on", hvor der vil være mulighed for at prøve de forskellige muligheder i praksis.

Vi vil også møde begge versioner af VIBE: Den seriøse, hvor det er intentionen at kode ved at beskrive i naturligt sprog, og den useriøse: "Very Inefficient But Entertaining", som en kommentar til at processen kan være både tidskrævende og rodet, men som regel er underholdende.

Der er flere som har budt ind med mulige indlæg, så det bliver forhåbentlig en session med flere "på podiet"

12:00 - 13:00 Frokost

13:00 - 14:00 Generel erfa og nyheder i Delphi 13 (fælles / Henrik Poulsen)
Kom med alt hvad du har af mere eller mindre håndfaste ideer og spørgsmål (især om anvendelse af Delphi) og få dem diskuteret med ligesindede. Desuden kigger vi på nyhederne i Delphi 13.

14:00 - 14:45 Udvikling i Delphi med anvendelse af (generativ) AI - Del 2
Vi fortsætter hvor vi slap i formiddags

14:45 - 15:00 Kaffe med tilbehør

15:00 - 15:45 TBA (Jens Fudge)
Jens holder et indlæg, men er endnu ikke fast besluttet på, hvad han vil snakke om.

15:45 - 16:00 Wrap up og tak for i dag

Workshop with Ian Barker at Hotel Hesselet, April 29 - 30, 2025

Ian Barker:

Delphi 12 - "The Next Generation"

April 29 and 30, 2025
Hotel Hesselet, Christianslundsvej 119, 5800 Nyborg

About Ian Barker

Ian is the Chief Developer Advocate at Embarcadero. With this role he is used to traveling the world for seminars, conferences and now even for Workshops in Denmark.

Ian produces tons of Webinars for Embarcadero and has a strong passion for not only creating great software but also for sharing his knowledge. Ian has never before attended the DAPUG workshop, but is looking very much forward to it.

Being Embarcadero staff he has promised to answer as many questions he can about the company and about the product. Please note that you can choose to ask the questions you have using the registration form, making it possible for Ian to be prepared for your questions.

When you check the agenda you will notice that this workshop will cover a wider scope of topics than you will normally see, with a strong focus on how to leverage your skills and integrate several technologies in your development using your existing skills within Delphi programming.

We hope to see you at the workshop.

You find the registration form here.

Please note that you must register on Sunday March 16, 2025 at latest.

If you want to participate in the workshop, but did not register in time, please send an email including contact info to dapug@veco.dk. There is a good chance that we can find a solution.

Workshop participation requires that you or your company is a paying member of DAPUG. The annual membership fee of DKK 800 covers all registrants for that company. If you are not representing a company you will need to have a personal membership of DAPUG, which is also an annual fee of DKK 800

Workshop registration fee is DKK 6000 per participant. This includes both workshop days, including all meals and accommodation.

Offer: Pay no later than the 22nd of April, and you can deduct DKK 500 per participant, bringing the total to DKK 5500.

Workshop Agenda

Tuesday (Day 1)

08:00 - Arrival and setup

09:30 - Welcome to Ian Barker

09:45 - This is what I do.

We sit down for a discussion on what | really do all day and the things that actually go on for the Developer Advocate. Why did | change some fundamental things we used to do, and what are my plans for 2025.

A confidential briefing (a special presentation for attendees). Includes: AMA ­ ask me anything. An open Q & A about RAD Studio, Delphi, C++Builder, Idera, and Embarcadero. If you submit your questions in advance it helps me reach out to others in the company if I do not know the answer; but I am happy for you to ask me unprepared things too!

10:45 - Break

11:00 - User interface masterclass
How to get it right no matter the platform and some techniques and tricks to add a little extra polish to your existing apps. Including how to properly handle styles in your own components and code, alignment, and HiDPI scaling

12:00 - Lunch

13:00 - MySQL
Connecting to it using FireDAC and a look at the pros and cons of other alternatives too such as UniDAC and MyDAC. Covering the recent changes in MySQL 8.4 and the challenges it raises such as the enforced "caching sha2 password" which will break every app written for a prior version.

14:00 - Break

14:10 - What can you do with Amazon AWS?

An in­depth look at the cloud services offered by Amazon including DynamoDB, Rekognition, simple notification service, S3, and several others. We'll find out what they do, how much they cost (and how to minimize that) and then go through some demo apps to show how we can make use of them ourselves.

15:00 - Coffee break

15:15 - Day one Wrap Up

16:00 - A word from Nohau

18:30 - Drinks before dinner in Tranquebar

19:00 - Dinner

Wednesday (Day 2)

07:00 - Breakfast and CHECK OUT (please check out from your room before 09:00)

09:00 - WebStencils workshop
Making Delphi do server­side web the right way

10:00 - Break

10:10 - Clientside web options

We take a look at TMS WEB Core in depth ­ creating web client apps using Delphi code along with the pros and cons of competing technologies 

11:00 - Coffee break

11:15 - Talking to the real world
We take some hardware devices ­and off the shelf OEM biometric time clock, some cool loT devices, some cloud­hosted devices and sensors ­and write some code live to talk to them and make something useful.

12:00 - Lunch

13:00 - Al in the IDE, Al in your apps
We try out some of the Al features of RAD Studio 12 and see what we like and do not like about it: spoiler alert ­- I have some strong opinions on the subject! We'll also discuss my thoughts on Al in the IDE and how Embarcadero arrived at some of the decisions we made. Then we will look at some of the ways to integrate Al in your own apps and come up with and implement some real use cases and actual working code.

14:00 - Coffee break

14:15 - What's new, what's interesting
Let's take a look at some great open source and commercial projects and see what we can do with them.

15:00 - Break

15:10 - Final wrapup

16:00 - Evaluation and Goodby 

DAPUG erfamøde tirsdag d. 18. marts kl. 10 - 16 med efterfølgende generalforsamling

DAPUG holder erfamøde tirsdag d. 18. marts 2025 kl. 10 - 16 med efterfølgende generalforsamling hos Risø, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde.

Det vigtigste formål med erfa-møderne er at mødes fysisk og udveksle erfaringer og gode ideer. Derfor kræver deltagelse i mødet fysisk fremmøde. Alle er velkomne til deltage i erfamødet, uanset medlemskab af DAPUG eller ej.

Deltagelse er gratis for medlemmer af DAPUG. Ikke-medlemmer opkræves deltagergebyr på kr. 150,-.

Du er medlem af DAPUG, hvis blot din virksomhed har tegnet medlemskab. Hvis I deltager flere personer fra samme firma, opkræves deltagergebyr for deltager nr. 2, 3, 4 osv.

Sidste tilmeldingsfrist er tirsdag d. 11. marts kl. 16, men tilmeld dig gerne tidligere aht. planlægningen.
Ved behov for til- eller framelding efter 11. marts: Ring til Thomas Vedel på 4019 1189

Tilmelding foretages via dette link.

Hvis du er tilmeldt og bliver forhindret, kan du indtil 11. marts sende en ny tilmelding, hvor du i kommentarfeltet skriver, at du er blevet forhindret. Hvis du gemmer den kvittering, du modtager på mail efter tilmelding, kan du også vha. linket i mailen ændre din tilmelding. Ved behov for framelding efter 11. marts bedes du ringe til Thomas Vedel på 40 19 11 89.

Du modtager efter tilmelding en kvittering på mail, så du kan se du er registreret.

Alle tilmeldte deltagere modtager senest fredag d. 14. marts info om DTU Risø Campus, transport m.v.

Det er en god idé at medbringe en bærbar PC til mødet, så du kan afprøve det vi snakker om undervejs. Der vil være mulighed for trådløs internet-adgang, men husk forlængerkabel til strøm og kablet netværk, hvis du er afhængig heraf. 

Agenda:

09:45 - 10:00 Ankomst og evt. opsætning af medbragt PC.

Kaffe

10:00 - 11:00 Flere rapporter med FlexCel (Jens Fudge)

Jens går i dybden med flere eksempler på hvordan man kan bruge TMS FlexCel til rapportskrivning fra Delphi. FlexCel er et produkt, som gør det muligt at læse og skrive Excel-filer direkte fra Delphi uden nogen former for afhængigheder af Excel eller andre Office-programmer.

  

11:00 - 12:00 Signering af Windows-programmer: Den komplette guide (Thomas Vedel)

Hvorfor skal man signere sine Windows-programmer, hvad giver det af fordele, og hvordan gør man det i praksis? Thomas fortæller hvad det koster, hvilke certifikater man kan købe, og viser både hvordan man automatisk kan signere programmerne i Delphi eller ved signering i installationsprogrammer.

12:00 - 13:00 Frokost

13:00 - 13:30 Generel erfa (fælles) / værktøjer i IDE'en (Thomas Vedel)

Kom med alt hvad du har af mere eller mindre håndfaste ideer og spørgsmål (især om anvendelse af Delphi) og få dem diskuteret med ligesindede.

13:30 - 14:30 Introduktion til XData, den smarte måde at lave REST (Jens Fudge)

XDATA er endnu et produkt fra TMS. Det er en del af deres BIZ pakke, og Jens arbejder med XData til hverdag. Xdata gør det utroligt nemt at arbejde med REST, så selv om XData ikke er gratis, kan det hurtigt tjene sig hjem igen.

14:30 - 14:45 Kaffepause

14:45 - 15:15 Diverse dagligdags udfordringer og deres løsninger (Thomas Vedel)

Hvordan får man WMware til at køre effektivt på Windows?

Hvordan forbinder man sit Android-device til Delphi uden brug af kabel?

Et par små hjælpeprogrammer som jeg har lavet kan være en hjælp i begge tilfælde.

15:15 - 16:00 Nyheder i RAD Studio / Delphi 12.3 (Thomas Vedel + alle)

Thomas forventer at Delphi 12.3 releases inden erfamødet, og vi vil prøve at kigge på nyhederne. Hvis ellers beta-versionerne afspejler hvad man kan forvente, ser det spændende ud...

16:00 - 16:05 Kaffepause

16:05 - 16:30 Generalforsamling

Ordinær generalforsamling ifølge vedtægterne.

16:30 Tak for i dag

   Arnaud Bouchez:

Delphi with mORMot as a toolbox

Learn going from RAD to REST / SOA, using Test Driven Design, Interfaces, handling Technical Debt, using ORM / mORMot, and more

October 22 and 23, 2024
Hotel Hesselet, Christianslundsvej 119, 5800 Nyborg

Arnaud Bouchez is a Delphi guru located in France. He is a frequent speaker at various conferences in Europe, and this workshop, autumn 2024 will be his first appearance at Hotel Hesselet for the DAPUG Workshop.

Arnaud is the main contributor to the mORMot framework which is a huge framework built over many years as pure open source MPL + GPL + LGPL, so anyone can use it anywhere

In his best Frenglish Arnaud will take us through some of the best gems in the framework, working with interfaces, working with legacy code, working with tests, working with interfaces and a whole bunch of great stuff.

We might even take a look at adding som FPC and Lazarus as additional software in our toolbox

Registration:
You find the registration form here. Registration is closed and no longer possibe.

Please note that you must register on Sunday September 22, 2024 at latest.

Participation requires that your company is a valid member of DAPUG. The membership fee for the year 2024 (April - December) of DKK 800 covers all registrants for that company. If you are not representing a company you will need to have a personal membership of DAPUG, which is the same fee of DKK 800

Workshop registration fee is DKK 6000 per participant. This includes both workshop days, including all meals and accommodation.

Offer: Pay no later than October 10, and you can deduct DKK 500 per participant, bringing the total to DKK 5500.

Workshop Agenda:

Tuesday (Day 1)

08:00 - Arrival and setup

09:30 - Welcome to Arnaud Bouchez

09:45 - mORMot as a ToolBox
Our Open Source framework has a lot of features. We will detail its initial goal, and the current state of its main reusable bricks, and what makes it unique. We will also see how to find your way into its code base.

10:45 - Break

11:00 - From classes / components to interfaces
The Delphi "interface" keyword is a very efficient concept, not only to avoid manual memory management. We will review the SOLID principles, and how they help writing cleaner code.

12:00 - Lunch

13:00 - From RAD to REST/SOA
Delphi favors the very efficient RAD/VCL approach since its beginning, especially via RAD DB components. Instead of directly accessing the database, REST/SOA proposes scenario-based client APIs, encapsulating the logic, decoupled from the UI.

14:00 - Break

14:10 - Technical Debt
Working from an existing code base, a solution with decade(s) of legacy but working code, may be a challenge. We will see some patterns to enhance maintainability and testing

15:00 - Coffee break

15:15 - Day one Wrap Up
Time to answer some practical concerns or ideas which may have emerged during this first day. For instance, we may speak about DDD, or clean/orthogonal architecture.

16:00 - A word from Nohau

18:30 - Drinks before dinner in Tranquebar

19:00 - Dinner

Wednesday (Day 2)
07:00 - Breakfast and CHECK OUT (please check out from your room before 09:00)

09:00 - Test Driven Design
Testing is everything. We will share our own practical experience with testing, and see how may be come one step further, without losing too much productivity.

10:00 - Break

10:10 - ORM
SQL is very powerful. But we will see in which cases ORM may help. Or other NoSQL database engines or solutions, locally or in the cloud.

11:00 - Coffee break

11:15 - mORMot gems part 1
We will present some unique aspects of mORMot 2: RTTI, collections, data structures, JSON, PDF, network, cryptography, cross-platform.

12:00 - Lunch

13:00 - mORMot gems part 2
We will present some unique aspects of mORMot 2: RTTI, collections, data structures, JSON, PDF, network, cryptography, cross-platform.

14:00 - Coffee break

14:15 - FPC and Lazarus
We will see how Lazarus works in respect to Delphi, and discuss if you may consider it from some part of your code, especially for server-side coding on Linux.

15:00 - Break

15:10 - Final Wrapup
Time to conclude, and answer some practical concerns or ideas which may have emerged during this workshop.

16:00 - Evaluation and Goodbye

DAPUG erfamøde i Fredericia mandag d. 10. juni kl. 10 - 16

DAPUG holder erfamøde mandag d. 10. juni 2024 kl. 10 - 16 hos Archersoft, Videnparken, Vesterballevej 5, 7000 Fredericia.

Det vigtigste formål med erfa-møderne er at mødes fysisk og udveksle erfaringer og gode ideer. Derfor vender vi tilbage til normal praksis som "før Corona", så deltagelse i mødet kræver fysisk fremmøde. Alle er velkomne til deltage i erfamødet, uanset om man er medlem af DAPUG eller ej..Deltagelse er gratis for medlemmer af DAPUG. Ikke-medlemmer opkræves deltagergebyr på kr. 150,-.

Du er medlem af DAPUG, hvis blot din virksomhed har tegnet medlemsskab. Hvis I deltager flere personer fra samme firma, opkræves deltagergebyr for deltager nr. 2, 3, 4 osv.

Sidste tilmeldingsfrist er onsdag d. 5. juni kl. 16.
Hvis du er tilmeldt og bliver forhindret, kan du indtil 5. juni sende en ny tilmelding, hvor du i kommentarfeltet skriver, at du er blevet forhindret i at deltage. Hvis du har gemt den kvittering, du modtager efter tilmelding, kan du også vha. linket i den ændre din tilmelding. Ved behov for framelding efter 5. juni bedes du ringe til Thomas Vedel på 40 19 11 89.

Tilmelding sker ved udfyldelse af tilmeldingsformularen som du finder her.

Du modtager på mail en kvittering efter tilmeldingen, så du kan se du er registreret. Fredag d. 5. juni modtager du yderligere oplysninger om hvordan mødet afholdes.

Det er en god idé at medbringe en bærbar PC til mødet, så du kan afprøve det vi snakker om undervejs. Der vil være mulighed for trådløs internet-adgang, men husk forlængerkabel til strøm og kablet netværk, hvis du er afhængig heraf. 

Agenda (ændringer kan forekomme):

09:45 - 10:00 Ankomst og evt. opsætning af medbragt PC.

Kaffe

10:00 - 12:00 Hvordan laver man en lagdelt applikation? (Jens Fudge, Archersoft)

Under seneste workshop blev Jens et par gange spurgt om, hvordan man i praksis laver en lagdelt applikation, hvor præsentationslag, forretningslag og databaselag er adskilt.

Jens viser, hvordan han anvender en "ikke rigid fortolkning" af MVVM metoden til i praksis at lave en en veldesignet arkitektur i en applikation, som er til at vedligeholde.

12:00 - 13:00 Frokost

13:00 - 14:00 Generel erfa (fælles) / værktøjer i IDE'en (Thomas Vedel)

Kom med alt hvad du har af mere eller mindre håndfaste ideer og spørgsmål (især om anvendelse af Delphi) og få dem diskuteret med ligesindede.

Desuden vil vi se på hvilke værtøjer og genveje der tilbydes i Delphis brugerflade / IDE.

14:00 - 15:00 Debugging i praksis (Thomas Vedel)

Det kan være drilsk nok at skrive kode. Og når man har gjort det, er der desværre ingen af os som kun laver fejlfri kode. Så hvordan debugger man egentlig den kode, man har lavet? Hvilke værktøjer er der indbygget i Delphi? Måske fejler koden kun på en anden maskine, end man har udviklet på - hvordan debugger man så?

15:00 - 15:15 Kaffepause

15:15 - 16:00 Integrer modellering i udviklingen (Thomas Vedel)

Codolex er et (i hvert fald indtil videre) gratis værktøj, som integrerer modellering og traditionel kodning. Man kan frit blande modellerne med ordinær kodning, fordi modellerne bliver oversat til 100% ren Delphi-kode. Anvendelse af modeller kan desuden være en god måde at kommunikere med kunder / opgavestillere på.

Workshop with Dr. Cary Jensen at Hotel Hesselet, April 30 - May 1, 2024

   Dr. Cary Jensen:

Cary Jensen's Greatest Hits

April 30 and May 1, 2024
Hotel Hesselet, Christianslundsvej 119, 5800 Nyborg

Cary Jensen gave his first DAPUG Workshop in 1997, and has since been a featured DAPUG Workshop speaker many times since then (maybe 15 times? It’s too many to count). He has demonstrated his deep knowledge of Delphi, and has made many friends in the DAPUG community.

This spring’s Workshop (April 30 – May 1) will likely be Cary’s last DAPUG Workshop, and he hopes to go out with a Bang. Titled “Cary Jensen’s Greatest Hits,” this workshop will include some favorite material from numerous presentations, including material that he created for his long-running Delphi Developer Days tours, DAPUG Workshops, the German Entwickler Konference, the Dutch Software Developer’s Group (SDN) conferences, magazine and internet articles, and more.

This workshop will focus on many aspects of Windows development with Delphi, including database development, Windows services, some Open Tools API (OTI) stuff, and his always popular Tips and Tricks.

If you are a first-timer to one of Cary’s events, this is one you won’t want to miss. If you are long-time DAPUG member, and have attended his workshops in the past, this will be the perfect bookend to a legacy of informative talks by one of Delphi’s leading advocates.

We hope to see you there.

About Cary Jensen
Cary is Chief Technology Officer at Jensen Data Systems, Inc., and has more than 35 years of experience as a developer, consultant, trainer, and mentor. He is the author of more than 30 books on software, including his latest book Delphi in Depth: FireDAC. His is also an Embarcadero MVP and a Spirit of Delphi recipient.

In 2020, Cary was appointed as an Adjunct Professor in the Human/Computer Interaction Group in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Rice University, one of America’s Leading Research Institutions.

You find the registration form here.
Please note that you must register on Sunday March 17, 2024 at latest.

If you want to participate in the workshop, but did not register in time, please send an email including contact info to dapug@veco.dk. There is a good chance that we can find a solution.

Workshop participation requires that your company is a paying member of DAPUG. The annual membership fee of DKK 800 covers all registrants for that company. If you are not representing a company you will need to have a personal membership of DAPUG, which is also an annual fee of DKK 800

Workshop registration fee is DKK 6000 per participant. This includes both workshop days, including all meals and accommodation.

Offer: Pay no later than the 23th of April, and you can deduct DKK 500 per participant, bringing the total to DKK 5500.

Workshop Agenda

Tuesday (Day 1)

08:00 - Arrival and setup
09:30 - Welcome to Cary Jensen
09:45 - Introduction to Database Development with FireDAC
If you haven’t used FireDAC yet, this session will get you started. If you are currently using it, this session will be a nice review of some of the basics. Topics include types of FireDAC database connections, configuring FireDAC components, and basic FireDAC operations.
10:45 - Break
11:00 - Selected Advanced FireDAC Development Topics
Taking things forward, this session will include caching updates, batch move operations, using FireDAC built-in functions, and Local SQL.
12:00 - Lunch
13:00 - Advanced Language Features
Delphi’s advanced language features can take your development to a new level. Topics covered include generics, attributes, and Delphi’s enhanced RTTI (run-time type information).
14:00 - Break
14:10 - Creating a Manageable Architecture
There are steps you can take that can help you better manage and update your applications quickly and easily. This session discusses these steps, which include creating base form classes, using interfaces, and customizing Delphi’s components.
15:00 - Coffee break
15:15 - Communicating Effectively in Speech and Writing
After 35 years of writing and presenting technical material, Cary shares his perspectives and lessons learned in the art of spoken and written communication. A version of this presentation was recently selected and given as a TEDx talk at Rice University in Houston, Texas, USA.
16:00 - A word from Nohau
18:30 - Drinks before dinner in Tranquebar
19:00 - Dinner

Wednesday (Day 2)
07:00 - Breakfast and CHECK OUT (please check out from your room before 09:00)
09:00 - Enhancing the Delphi IDE
The Delphi IDE was built with Delphi, and Delphi permits you to add to the IDE with your own custom code. This session discusses some of your options, and examines several sample projects that demonstrate how to do this.
10:00 - Break
10:10 - Fundamentals of Multi-Threaded Programming
This session looks at why you might want to add additional threads of execution to your applications, and shows you how to get started.
11:00 - Coffee break
11:15 - Synchronizing Threads
There are a lot of options for synchronizing two or more threads. This section will provide a brief overview of the major options, and will take a more in-depth look at some of them. 
12:00 - Lunch
13:00 - Creating Windows Services
Windows services permit you to write code that requires no user interface, and which can launch automatically when a computer or server starts. Since many Windows services employ threads, this session is a perfect follow-up to the previous two sessions.
14:00 - Coffee break
14:15 - Tips, Tricks, and Techniques, Part 1
Just like is says, here is a bag full of fun and interesting things you can program in Delphi.
15:00 - Break
15:10 - Tips, Tricks, and Techniques, Part 2
Haven’t had enough? Ok, here’s some more tips, tricks, and techniques. 
16:00 - Wrap up and evaluation