With the release of 10.4.2 Sydney, the TEdgeBrowser for Delphi, C++Builder, and RAD Studio now works with the released version of Microsoft Edge and the Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime. This VCL component offers a number of improvements over the existing TWebBrowser, and the one I want to show you now is how to render arbitrary HTML, run arbitrary JavaScript, and grab the HTML Source from a web…
So many great entries for the Delphi 26th Showcase Challenge! There were 170 entries covering a wide range of project types. Everything from games and multimedia to line-of-business and consumer software. Both on VCL on the desktop and FireMonkey on mobile platforms. It is…
Delphi 10.4.2 Sydney is out, and it is full of new features, fixes, and general quality improvements. I really do believe it is the perfect mix of polish and new features, and everyone I’ve talked to seems to agree. One of the stand-out features is the Delphi compiler…
With the release of RAD Studio 10.4.2 last week, and the huge number of submissions, it took longer than expected to get all the showcases posted and shared on Twitter. To make sure there is time to vote on all the entries we are extending the voting (via likes and retweets) until the end of this week: Friday, the 5th of March; and we will announce the winner on Tuesday of next week.
To…
Powerful Built In Database Access Puts Delphi Ahead Of WPF And Electron
February 27, 2021
How do Delphi, WPF .NET Framework, and Electron perform compared to each other, and what’s the best way to make an objective comparison? Embarcadero commissioned a whitepaper to investigate the differences between Delphi, WPF .NET Framework, and Electron for building…
Am I the only one who gets excited about new releases? If you look at the RAD Studio Roadmap you will see a new 10.4.2 release of Sydney is scheduled for the first half of 2021. If you are on Update Subscription then you were invited to the NDA 10.4.2 Hunter beta. Well now…
We’ve officially received more Showcase entries than we expected, and they are amazing! Let’s keep them coming! When I kicked off this Showcase Challenge we had just shy of 50 showcase entries. Now we have over 180!
We are extending the deadline to enter and vote on showcase entries.
Until February 22nd, 2021, any Showcase application submission for a Delphi-powered application gets…
Delphi Provides Long-Term Feasibility Over Ever-Changing Electron And End-of-Life WPF .NET Framework
February 1, 2021
How do Delphi, WPF .NET Framework, and Electron perform compared to each other, and what’s the best way to make an objective comparison? Embarcadero commissioned a whitepaper to investigate the differences between Delphi, WPF .NET Framework, and Electron for building…
Update: New extended the deadline and simplified requirements. Submit until Feb 22nd. We extended the voting window until Friday, the 5th of March because it took so long to get them all posted, especially with the 10.4.2 release in there.
Another great Delphi birthday…
Lightning-Fast App Store Deployment in Delphi Trounces WPF and Electron
January 29, 2021
The ability of a framework to support developer productivity is a measure of its ability to speed up the time it takes to bring an application to market, and its influence on long-term labor costs. Developer productivity, therefore, directly affects the sustainability and profitability of a business.
One core Productivity metric is Development Time, or in other words the total number of hours…
