Using non supported values in TCookie
A couple of weeks back, a web server user from one of the Delphi groups I am part of was complaining about support of new missing elements in the TCookie class that comes with Delphi. For those who are uninitiated in cookies, cookies are small bits of information that the web server send to the …. Read More
Implementing your own simple Roles mechanism in Delphi MVC Framework
Important Note: DMVC already has a Roles framework in place which is quite sophisticated and you can find it in the samples. My purpose of writing this blog is to demystify the subject by explaining it conceptually and then implementing it with bare hands so that you can understand the functionality of it all. In …. Read More
Managing session information in web tokens in Delphi MVC Framework (Part 4)
In the previous section, I explained what a web token consists of and how you can generate it from your Delphi code. In this section, we will talk about how that token is sent to the client for further use and information sharing across different microservices. Remember the unit we created for the token generation …. Read More
Managing session information in web tokens in Delphi MVC Framework (Part 3)
In the previous section of this series, we delved into the concepts of encoding data and hashing it. In this section, we will write some code to implement what we understood. Like I mentioned before, a web token will consist of two components Encoded Data Hash string Lets implement a helper function that generates the …. Read More
Why this is the time to move your Delphi legacy applications to the web
In the last couple of years, I have had a ton of queries from companies asking questions about the strategies for moving to the web. In this article, I will try and address those questions and tell you why this is the right time to move your Delphi apps to the web. Way back in …. Read More