Delphi for PHP Article 3: A Brief History of Time and Delphi for PHP
March 20, 2007
When I was first fiddling around with the beta test stuff for Delphi for PHP, and before I’d gotten BetaBlogger status, I’d put together a post with what history I’d been able to scrounge about D4PHP from the WayBack Machine and Google. I’d never gotten around to posting what I’d found. Before it disappears forever into the nether regions of my harddrive, I thought I would hit Paste and Publish.
I think I’ve gotten most of the details correct, but there are some guesses that might be inaccurate. Also, there are loads of links because I wanted to make it VERY clear that this info was gathered from the web and I was not breaking my NDA. That’s not a concern anymore, luckily. You might find some of the links interesting.
So, here’s the history of Delphi for PHP as I know it:
Delphi for PHP Article 2: A Lazy Sunday (Video)
March 18, 2007
OK, I just got back from church and I am stuffed from the three bowls of soup and a huge salad. So, I am feeling lazy, but I still want to get a Delphi for PHP article out (since I have a limited exclusion from my NDA and am alowed to discuss such matters or so I must say in each of these articles.)
So, today you get treated with a video I made for the other Delphi for PHP testers. It isn’t too exciting, but it will show you a little bit about the underlying structure of the DB Demos in the beta releases of Delphi for PHP. I should say that it is entirely possible that the demos requiring the steps described in this video will be reworked for the final product. If that’s the case you likely won’t have to do much, or ANY of this process in the full blown 1.0 process.
If you are new to PHP programming, you can use this process to create a webserver on your local home computer. That’s downright handy for testing any web product. So, you’ll benifit that way even if the Delphi for PHP stuff isn’t too handy for ya.
OK here you go:
The Delphi for PHP Beta Bloggers are on their way!
March 17, 2007
I was granted my Delphi for PHP BetaBlogger priveledges back on March 1. I was the first to have that priveledge, but it was done specificaly so that I could have discussions with the WordPress folks at Automattic regarding a possible joint CodeGear/WordPress project for the 2007 Google Summer of Code™. Unfortunately, with everyone crunching for possible product releases while the CodeRage conference was happening, the logistics could not be nailed down. (BTW, that’s no problem. What it REALLY means is that it openned the door for several other opportunities. The first of which I’ll announce tomorrow. Of course Matt‘s and Lloyd‘s readers already know all about it…)
Though I had the legal rights to discuss the Delphi for PHP project with you, the BetaBlogger program had not officially started and I didn’t want to approve my priviledges. So, while I did release one video and did another for the testers, I’ve kept mostly quiet until the full Beta Blogger program began. Well that day is almost here.
The WordPress for PHP BetaBlogger is about to start in earnest and I plan to be on top of this thing. And I need your help to pull that off. (Oh yeah, I should say in so-many-words that I am allowed to discuss this with you because I have a limited exclusion from my Delphi for PHP Non-Disclosure. You will now be returned to your regularly scheduled program, already in progress)
Here’s my proposal: I will inform you of EVERY new D4PHP BetaBlogger post I hear spoken about behind the closed doors, and you all, come back here to this post and leave a comment for every one YOU see. In return I’ll continue to put out Delphi for PHP videos and samples (as I have time) until you know this great new PHP tool inside and out.
Does that sound like a plan or what? Is it a deal?
CodeRage 2007 Wrapup Presentation (Video 1hr)
March 16, 2007
The Video: (sorry for my 1 second long outlook popup inthe middle of it….)
The Chat:
Delphi for PHP Article 1: A Video Walk Through
March 10, 2007
Rumors have been flying around for the last month about Borland producing a PHP product. “PHP? Are they nuts?” some said, “Concentrate on what you know! Are you trying to create another Kylix just to have it fade away to nothing?” Needless to say, I was a bit more optimistic than that… I mean come on! RAD PHP development? How cool would that be? PHP has the EXACT same feel as Pacal did back in the late 80s. It’s a baby language just starting to grow up. Even the people in it have the same core “I’m gonna help you because I know later you will help me” attitude that Pascal and Delphi always had.
Plus, since the restructuring of Borland has sifted the chaff from the wheat, CodeGear seems have its act together and the people of CodeGear are really the cream of the crop. (Yes, I know. I just said that they are Cream of Wheat, let it go… just let it go.)
Well, dreams came true when I was invited to be a CodeGear field tester. And last Thursday morning, with the verbiage hot off the presses from the Borland legal department, I was granted a limited exemption from my NDA (Non-disclosure agreement) to pitch a possible Google Summer of Code 2007 joint D4p/WordPress project to Automattic (I’ll let you know later how that turns out…). That NDA exemption also gave me permission to post articles and write reviews of the product. So here we are today!
So, now I can show you tell you all about the cool stuff I’ve been doing and show you movies I’ve made of the product in action.
In my usual fashion, I’ve written a gargantuan article. Instead of posting huge thing, I’m splitting the sections off into separate articles. Today, I just want to give you walk through of the product and show you some of the stuff that makes it unique.
This video uses a pre-release version of Delphi for PHP. Components, look and feel, and features may change before release. THIS VIDEO HAS SOUND.
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If you have any problems with the video playback on any browser please let me know and I will try to get it to work.