A Summary of Year 2024 for RAD Studio, Delphi, and C++Builder

Marco Cantu

4 months ago

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Embarcadero released RAD Studio 12.1 Athens, primarily focuses on enhancing the features in RAD Studio 12 but also including the first official release of new C++ Win64 Clang–based compiler and toolchain, Delphi Android API Level 34 support, improved Visual Assist Integration for C++Builder, Split Editor views, and more
The new Embarcadero Quality Portal was made available at qp.embarcadero.com/ (see the blog post “The New Quality Portal Is Live“)

Embarcadero started promoting the joint use of HTMX and RAD Studio, continuing here and here

Embarcadero announced a renewed partnership with Raize Software for KSVC Maintenance

Embarcadero released RAD Studio 12.2 Athens, including Runtime Packages, Compile Speed and More for the Modernized C++ Compiler and Toolchain; 64-bit Version of Delphi Windows compilers; Smart CodeInsight: our first AI Powered Coding for the IDE; Editor Enhancements including Focus Mode and Scrollbar Annotations; a brand new WebStencils Template Library, improvements in C++Builder Visual Assist Integration, Mobile Development and external libraries linking, and in many other product areas.
You can read about 12.2 also here

There were also two terribly sad news in 2024, as the Embarcadero developer community lost two very visible members (and good friends with many of us), Matthias and Eugene.