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    One hobbyist programmer's dabblings in the world of open source Delphi programming.
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                <h2>Applications</h2>
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              <p>There are several open source applications here.</p>
              <p>The main one is <em>CodeSnip</em>, a code bank specialising in Pascal code snippets.</p>
              <p>Other apps are mainly mini development tools, but some are just programming exercises.</p>
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              <p>The code library is a collection of reusable components and classes along with a solitary IDE extension.</p>
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              <p>There are two main sources of code snippets.</p>
              <p>The <em>Code Snippets Database</em> contains hundreds of useful Pascal routines, classes, types etc.</p>
              <p><em>SWAG</em> is clone of the old <strong>S</strong>ource<strong>W</strong>are <strong>A</strong>rchive <strong>G</strong>roup database. It's dated but still contains some useful information.</em>
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              <p>Several full length articles explaining various aspects of Delphi programming.</p>
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              <p>A collection of hundreds of hints and tips harvested from all over the web.</p>
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              <p>There's plenty of documentation available for all the applications, the code library and snippets. There's also a small collection of miscellaneous Delphi notes.</p>
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