Modern versions of Microsoft Windows are arguably a lot more pleasing to look at. Gone are the days of apps being gray slabs and chunky buttons. When Microsoft adopted the Fluent UI interface, along with it came a richer color palette, a cleaner, leaner look, and fonts without the curls and twists of the Serif families. Sidling in with that beauty treatment were a number of other…
OK, so you’ve written something brilliant, The Next Big Thing. You’re taking a modern approach. You’ve read up – or watched – our series on Fluent UI and maybe even applied a few visual things like the neo-skeuomorphism we learned about at the Desktop First…
Add STOMP to your apps for lightweight real-time streaming
April 25, 2021
STOMP is a publish/subscribe messaging protocol that allows for very lightweight communications between almost any mixture of programming languages, operating system platforms, and “message brokers”. This article goes into detail about what STOMP is, why you would want…
Websockets Harness Real-Time Power In Your Delphi Apps
April 16, 2021
Do you currently use websockets in your applications? Do you want to learn more about what websockets can do for your apps? Continue reading to learn everything you need to know about using websockets with Delphi, as well as a rundown of some of the available component sets that take the guesswork out of making the magic happen.
What are WebSockets?
A websocket implementation has two sides…
How To Make An Epic Dashboard Visualization For Windows, Mobile And The Web The Easy Way
April 12, 2021
Dashboards, graphical visualization of data, seem to be everywhere, especially in these pandemic times where daily and weekly trends take on a very personal significance. In this article, we are going to look at a beautiful dashboard that you can very easily customize to…