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Petra Wins Embarcadero Cool App for December

Any developer knows how time-consuming it can be to come up with good graphics for multi-platform development. There are so many different device pixel densities that require different images. That’s why I’m excited to announce Embarcadero’s December Cool App winner, Petra, which makes it easy to take quality vector graphics from Sketch and turn them into natively drawn user interface…
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Webinar: To Build a FHIR Data Federation Service

HealthcareCase Study with Apex Data Solutions To Build a FHIR Data Federation Service Rethinking User Experience Delivery in Healthcare Thursday, 22-Feb-18 at 8 AM, 12 PM and 8 PM Central Time [Register Now] “The trouble with him was that he was not able to imagine. He was quick and ready in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in their meanings.” — To…
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Get Ready for the New Programmers!

U.S. News an World Report just ranked SoftwareDeveloper as the best job for 2018. They use data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics to rank jobsbased on pay, job security, mental engagement, stress, room to advance,satisfaction, and work-life…
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Law of the Instrument and Curse of the Programmer

If you aren’t familiar with the Law of the Instrument, otherwise known asMaslow’s hammer/gavel, or the golden hammer it is often expressed as If your only tool is a hammer, you treat everything like a nail. My understanding is that the law of the instrument means…
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Some of my New Year’s #CodingResolutions

The jokegoes that, when asked, the software developer responds that their New Year’s Resolution is “7680×4320” or 8K. Joking aside, tradition has it that at the turn of the year we evaluate our lives and look for areas of improvement. Here are a few of my software development related New Year’s #CodingResolutions! Unit Test More: DUnitX and TestInsight being my tools of choice.
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Farewell Paweł Głowacki

As I am sure many of you have heard by now, Paweł Głowacki, ourTechnical Lead for Developer Tools in EMEA passed away. You may know him online from all his training, blogging, webinars and his recently published book. He spent over 7 years working as a senior…
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Merry Christmas from Embarcadero Technologies

I wanted to create a holiday card for all of you, and I decided to create it in code was the best way. I used Sketch App to design the card and then converted it to Delphi code with Petra. You can download the code Gist. It is a FireMonkey TControl that you can either…
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The 10.2.2 Experience

When you first fire up RAD Studio, Delphi, or C++Builder 10.2.2 Tokyo you are greeted by a fantastic new first time opening experience. First, you get to choose your theme. I really like the new Dark theme, although the Light theme has a fantastic new update too. The next screen checks your source control settings for you and prompts you to personalize or restore your common settings. If you…
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