This is part 3 in my series of developing an REST server and client application and will focus around using the TRESTResponseDataSetAdapter. In my last two posts, we have created a REST server with a fully documented API using YAML , and exposed 3 datasets with master detail relationships over REST using zero lines of code. … Continue reading Developing client applications using RESTful master-detail data with TRESTResponseDataSetAdapter →
How to create Auto Incremental Fields in RAD Server with InterBase, FireDAC and TEMSDataSetResource One key feature when asking a remote server to add a record is to get the new record ID value returned. Thankfully this is easily achieved with InterBase and FireDAC via RAD Server with TEMSDataSetResource InterBase has a concept of Generators. … Continue reading Auto Inc Fields in RAD Server with InterBase →
This month has seen an ever-changing global situation with the outbreak of the coronavirus. The first time that I can remember I had to radically change / cancel a live event due to circumstances out of our control. At the start of March we were keeping an eye on the news to see how the … Continue reading Musings from March – Inc Denmark and Poland →
Adding tools into the RAD Studio IDE. Now, this isn’t new! But, this week in Sweden, I spoke to a developer who has been using Delphi for years and didn’t know about this handy trick. As I am currently working over a series when I’m developing a RESTful backend and client, it makes sense to … Continue reading Adding Tools into the IDE →
MailChimp Integration I would never think of building a tire to use on my car, I’d buy one that is refined, tested and works! So why do so many developers insist in re-inventing the wheel? I was talking to a Developer recently who wanted to build a mass emailing system to add value to their … Continue reading Using the Mail Chimp API to target the right customers →
JSON to Delphi Classes I’m currently working on a new blog post showing how to integrate a popular REST API. One of my tasks is to convert JSON to Delphi Objects, so I need to define the Delphi class structures to work with so I can use the TJSON.JSONToObject that I covered previously. I decided to see … Continue reading Building Delphi Classes from JSON →
Programming with Delphi & InterBase