In Delphi and C++Builder 10.2.2, we’ve added acommonly requested and exciting new feature: a dark IDE theme.
Many productivity tools, or tools that areused for many hours in a row – and RAD Studio certainly falls into that category – offer a dark theme. Why?
Many people find it reduces eye strain, and so a dark theme is easy on the eyes and great when using an IDE…
Is the dark theme toggle not visible for you? Here's how to fix it
December 13, 2017
In RAD Studio 10.2.2, we introduced a new dark IDE theme.I’ll write more about this in detaillater this week.
We’ve seen initial bug reports affecting users upgrading from an existing 10.2.x installation that the toolbar button allowing you to…
Code snippet: IDE debug visualizer plugin for generic and template types
November 27, 2017
In RAD Studio 10.2.1 we added support for debug visualizers for Delphi generic and C++ template types. A debug visualizer is an IDE plugin that allows you to change the display of a variable in the various debug windows, such as Local Variables and…
Session plan for all of CodeRage XII (starts tomorrow, the 7th!)
November 7, 2017
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…
Debug visualisers are a type of IDE plugin that allows you to changethe display of a variable in the various debug windows (Local Variables, Watches, Inspector, and Evaluate/Modify.) For example, the TDateTime visualiser takes the double value that represents time and…
Recently a security issue allowing allowing local code execution after visiting a malicious URL was identified in Subversion, git and Mercurial. All three source control systems released a synchronised security update.
In RAD Studio, we use an external installation of both git and Mercurial, which you point the IDE to in the Options dialog. (Tools > Options > Version Control, and then either…
In RAD Studio 10.2Release 1 (or 10.2.1) we’ve made a number of improvements in the debugger.
Windows debugging: general quality
Do you debug multithreaded applications? You might have noticed that wait chain traversal, showing which threads were blocked on…
In Tokyo Release 1 (otherwise known as 10.2.1) we’ve made a number of improvements toour C++ support: a small but useful change in the IDE, and some significant improvements in the toolchain itself.
Toolchain: compiler, linker, etc
Debugging and viewing…
CodeGuard is a tool for runtime error checking in a C++ application, and catches memory leaks, invalid handles, invalid memory use (such as writing past the end of a buffer), pointer validation, accessing freed memory and resources, and more. If you’ve never used it, check out the list ofruntime errors it will find, andpotential memory access problems it will warn…
