C++ has a long history, beginning in 1979, with Cpre, which added classes to C. By 1980, it was C with Classes. And then in December of 1983, the term C++ was first used, suggested by Rick Mascitti. That’s thirty-five years ago this year! Read more in this fascinating article by Bjarne Stroustrup, which also discusses many other aspects of C++’s history. We also recently…
On Thursday 9 November we held the launch webinar for Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio 12. We had an unprecedented number of attendees, to the point of doing a rerun on Nov 30th. This QA represents questions raised in both. If you were unable to attend take a look at our…
Welcome!Last timewe looked at the architecture of a simple calculator app, showing how to design an application well by separating the UI and logic, abstracting through interfaces, and ensuring each class had a single responsibility. That’s important…
Learn to program C++ with C++Builder Community Edition: #3, Design, Architecture, and UIs
July 24, 2018
Welcome! Last timewe looked at the IDE, projects, a simple first application, and basic use of the debugger. Today we’re actually going to write code!
Weare going to write a scientific calculator. It’s a useful, real-world app. You might put it on your phone and use it (and we’ll show how to do this in the last blog post of the series.)
Part of programming is…
CodeRage XII is this week! (Nov 7-9.) And I have something very cool to show in one session,a weekend project that has been pure fun to write, reminding me of the days when I was a teenager learning to code and writing just because I enjoyed it.
I’m…
Learn to program with C++Builder: #4, Real code and Useful C++: Ownership, smart pointers, styles, and optional values
November 8, 2016
Update July 24, 2018:With thejust-released Community Edition of C++Builder, we’ve updated these posts.
Please visit the new version of this blog post here.
Community Editionreplaces the old Starter edition, and is a full-featured, free…
Learn to program with C++Builder: #3, Design, Architecture, and UIs
October 28, 2016
Update July 24, 2018: With the just-released Community Edition of C++Builder, we’ve updated these posts.
Please visit the new version of this blog post here.
Community Edition replaces the old Starter edition, and is a full-featured, free, Professional-level edition of C++Builder. It and the updated ‘Learn programming’ course are well worth checking…
