Borland Developer Studio

Borland Developer Studio (BDS) delivers a flexible programming environment that allows you to create the applications of your dreams. BDS includes Delphi_ 2006, C++Builder_ 2006 and C#Builder_ 2006 as well as support for Microsoft_ .NET Framework, ASP.NET, VCL.NET, VCL, Web Applications, Web Services, UML Modeling, and Win32 SDKs. With the same support for all languages, your investment in your code is safe, and can be re-used for all the projects on your docket – now and into the future. You can even mix projects on different languages and platforms in the same Project Group.

Model driven development is seen by many to be central to very rapid application development in a true Object Oriented architecture. Borland's ECO technology embodies model driven development initiatives, with ECO, the model is the system. Join Tim Jarvis, the APAC Product Evangelist Team Leader, CodeGear, as he demonstrates the awesome power that ECO puts into a developer's hands.

Interoperation is key to modern development, the ability to re-use code from different languages and targeting different platforms is one of Borland Developer Studio's strengths, with 4 language personalities, you have a wealth of choices available to you, but the ability to interoperate between them all is a significant advantage - Tim will show you how.

Join Tim as he demonstrates the new language additions to Delphi Win32 such as:
• For in loop iteration
• Records with methods
• Operator overloading
• Class variables / Static class data

Language additions to Delphi .NET such as:
• Multi unit namespaces
• Unmanaged exports / inverse P/Invoke
• Nested Types (also in Delphi Win32)

As well as new language features Tim will demonstrate new productivity enhancements in Borland Developer Studio such as:
• Changes in the Code Editor to color highlight changed code
• Code templates
• Refactorings
• File version history
• Code visualization with UML

About our speaker

Tim Jarvis
Team Leader for the APAC Product Evangelist Team,
CodeGear – A Borland Company

As Team Leader for the APAC Product Evangelist Team, CodeGear, a Borland Company, Tim Jarvis is responsible for the Region's Product Evangelists. Tim is now based in Melbourne, having recently spent 4 years in the UK as a Senior Consultant for Borland and also the EMEA .Net Specialist.

With more than 20 years development experience across a range of languages, development platforms and business problem domains, Tim is one of the premier applications architects in the region. Tim also has deep technical expertise with Borland's RAD range of products; Delphi for Win32, Delphi for Microsoft's .NET platform, C# and C++ Builder, Tim is also one of Borland's .NET technical specialists and has worked with the .NET platform since its earliest beta.

Tim has written a number of Whitepapers, written for and been quoted in numerous publications and is a regular speaker at technology events.