Delphi CE Bootcamp 2018 Week 8 - Using 3rd Party Components with Ian Barker
Using 3rd Party Components with Ian Barker
Delphi has a reputation for allowing software developers to design and create programs REALLY quickly without massive reams of 'scaffold' code. Even today, Delphi can get a very stable, bug-free application to market *very* quickly - that's why we call our IDE 'RAD' Studio, short for Rapid Application Development. The secret behind this super-powered development is the great collection of rich component libraries. Delphi MVP Ian Barker takes you through a selection of built-in and third-party components from various suppliers showing you how you can super-charge your development without having to write tons and tons of tedious code; instead, let someone else do the work for you!
Your Instructor
Ian Barker is an Embarcadero Delphi MVP, programmer, writer, speaker and avid Delphi champion having bought Delphi 1 on the very day it was released - he still has the receipt!
Ian describes Delphi as "his secret superpower" because he believes it allows him to rapidly create good-quality software for a broad and varied market to be reliably used by large numbers of 'normal' people with no huge libraries or dependencies to download.
Ian's ebullient and approachable personality makes him a popular speaker and guest at a variety of conferences, webinars, podcasts and places like Embarcadero Academy.
Born in London, England, Ian now lives with his American wife and daughter in the blazing heat of Dallas, Texas with a couple of lazy dogs and a trio of parakeets.