January 2000 Meeting

DATE: Monday, January 10, 2000 TIME: 6:00pm - 8:00pm TOPIC: InternetExpress and MIDAS Technology

Happy Holidays and Seasons Greetings from the all the staff of InfoCan Management! Please note there will be no Vancouver Delphi Developers Association (VDDA) meeting held in December. The next meeting of the VDDA will be held on Monday, January 10, 2000, at 6:00 pm. John Kaster, Senior Developer Relations Manager for Inprise/Borland, will be speaking about how the Borland community web site, CodeCentral, the login system, threaded conversations are built with Delphi's WebBroker, InternetExpress; and MIDAS technology. As the key development, this will be an excellent chance to see some of the behind the scenes work. For more details, visit the Borland website at: http:/www.Borland.com.

John Kaster is a Senior Developer Relations Manager for Inprise/Borland and architect for the Borland Community web site. Previously, he was Enterprise Product Manager for Inprise, responsible for MIDAS, distributed computing technology for Delphi and C++ Builder, and the Borland Database Engine (BDE). John is the author of the CodeCentral repository and several other custom applications for the community web site, all built with Borland technology. Before coming to Borland, he produced several award-winning software development tools. He is co-author of Delphi Database Development, Programming in Clipper 5, and numerous articles for various computing magazines. John has been speaking at conferences and providing training around the world for more than a decade. He loves to share his discoveries about software development and discuss design philosophy with other enthusiasts.