February 2011 (5)

2011-02-23

Fast JSON (un)serialization

The core of our SQLite3 framework is using JSON for all its Client/Server communication, and also for the internal cache of previous SQL requests.

There is indeed a damn fast JSON generator and parser in the framework. 

I've written some functions able to serialize and unserialize not only TSQLRecord (which is the main parent class of our ORM), but any TPersistent class instance.

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2011-02-13

SynProject 1.12 released

Synopse SynProject is an open source (GPL) application for code source versioning and automated documentation of Delphi projects.

It has been updated to version 1.12.

Main enhancement of this update (among various fixes or new commands) is the generation of vectorial diagrams for all documents, for better rendering than PNG or JPEG.

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2011-02-08

Synopse PDF Engine 1.12

Our SynPdf unit has been refreshed to the 1.12 version.

The main enhancements are:

  • Can now generate PDF/A-1 files;
  • Direct methods for creating bookmarks, links and document outline;
  • Document information can now be Unicode encoded;
  • The bitmaps can be cached and reused  if drawn multiple times;
  • Some corrected issues.

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2011-02-07

SQLite3 Framework updated to 1.12 - including engine 3.7.5

The Synopse SQLite3 Database Framework was just released under version 1.12:

  • internal SQLite3 database engine was updated to version 3.7.5, and SQL functions have been enhanced;
  • now handle prepared SQL statements with a neutral automated syntax;
  • with Delphi 2009/2010/XE, you can define directly Unicode string properties in TSQLRecord (will be stored as UTF-8);
  • include some overloaded methods using Variants for direct property access (e.g. in any grid);
  • SynPdf has now direct bookmarks and links methods, can reuse any existing bitmap, and generate PDF/A-1 files;
  • internal reporting now supports bookmarks and links (with on screen navigation), and better integrates with SynPdf;
  • a lot of bug fixes, new methods and enhancements.

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2011-02-03

TIOBE : Pascal in TOP TEN language

The 2011 TIOBE Index is a gauge that has long tracked the rise and fall of programming languages. First developed during the mid-1990s, the index relies on various data sources to gauge the popularity of languages; that is, the extent to which they're used (but not how much they're liked).

The problem is that it split Delphi and Pascal into two diverse categories. Without this distinction, we would be in the top ten!

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