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IMPORTANT NEWS: A-level computer science students will no longer be taught C, C# or PHP from next year following a decision to withdraw the languages by the largest exam board. Schools teaching the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance's (AQA) COMP1 syllabus have been asked to use one of its other approved languages - Java, Pascal/Delphi, Python 2.6, Python 3.1, Visual Basic 6 and VB.Net 2008. The final resits allowing work in C, C# and PHP will be held in June 2011. In a document detailing the withdrawal (pdf), the AQA said the move was a response to low take-up of some of the eight languages originally allowed under its syllabus. The board "highly recommended" switching to Pascal/Delphi because it is stable and was designed to teach programming and problem solving. Teachers planning to use Java are warned that many universities are considering dropping it from their first year computer science programmes, "as has happened in the US". "You have to consider carefully whether you should be teaching a language that could very well be taught in [higher education]," the AQA wrote. The allowed variants of Python and Visual Basic are presented by the AQA without comment. Simon Humphreys, the British Computing Society's coordinator of computing at school, backed the decision. “I understand that the reason for AQA dropping C#, PHP and C from the AS Computing examination is one of demand," he told The Register. "Most centres offer Pascal/Delphi and Visual Basic as the language of choice for their students. This selection is based on the experience of the teacher in that centre and their own comfort with that language. "The Computing A Level is not intended as a programming course but a course that covers the fundamentals of computing of which programming (and problem solving) form a key component." http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/12/aqa_c_php/

BLAISE PASCAL MAGAZINE is organizing a Dutch Lazarus Event in Holland: take a look at www.delphigg.nl Dutch (only for Dutchspeaking participants) The final program is avialable International Lazarus Event in Holland: on Saturday 18 September 2010(native in English) will take place in Holland at the same place Reservations: office@blaisepascal.eu More details will follow soon...

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Michael Rozlog has written a series of articles about UML and Design Patterns... Part 1: UML, Unit Testing, Audits, Metrics, and Refactoring Part 2: What support for UML is in Delphi 2010? Part 3: Integrated Unit Testing			Herman Peeren has written a short explanation of Designpatterns and given a short description

New Lazarus-support website http://www.lazarussupport.com/

An English version of the recently published (German) Lazarus book is now going to be translated.
We'll keep you informed about the work of the authors: Michael Van Canneyt, Mattias Gaertner, Swen Heinig, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho and Inoussa Ouedraogo..

We are pleased to announce the release of DeZign for Databases V6.2, an update to our easy-to-use database design tool. DeZign for Databases V6.2 introduces schema/owner mapping, a new feature that enables you to map schema names in your data model to schema names in your database when comparing (and synchronizing) your model with your database. The new version also adds support for case insensitive comparison of model and database. Version 6.2 offers several other enhancements, such as a improved generation of PDF reports and improved model-to-database synchro-nization scripts. Visit our website for a complete list of changes:

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