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CodeRage 2018: A C++ Language Conversation with Bjarne Stroustrup Hosted by David Intersimone "David I"

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November 20, 2018
CodeRage 2018 is coming December 4th, 5th, & 6th. With C++17 support coming in 10.3 Rio we thought it would be fitting to have a C++ language conversation with the designer and original implementor of C++: Bjarne Stroustrup! December 4th at 2pm EST/11am PST join Bjarne Stroustrup (Managing Director in the technology division of Morgan Stanley in New York City and a Visiting Professor in…
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Touch-Friendly Navigation for Mobile Apps

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October 15, 2018
Over 20% of users abandon an application after using it the first time (per Localytics). How can you design your mobile app to avoid being one of these casualties? Start out by designing your application with mobile in mind. You can’t just replicate your desktop application and expect it to make sense on a smaller form factor. Each platform already has existing patterns your users are used to…
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Targeting iOS 12 with RAD Studio

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September 19, 2018
Earlier this week, Apple released the new version of iOS, iOS 12. We’ve been testing iOS 12 with 10.2 Tokyo Release 3 and the 10.3 Carnival Beta. What we support with RAD Studio 10.2.3 today: Building applications that can run on iOS 12 devices using the iOS 11 SDK and…
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Mobile App Navigation with TTabControl

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September 19, 2018
Author: Rebekah D RAD Studio, Delphi, and C++Builder offer many controls to help create native mobile apps with consistent appearances that behave naturally for each platform. Today we’re going to look at the TabControl on iOS. When we develop for specific platforms like…
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Prototyping: from Vision to UX Design

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September 12, 2018
You have a great idea for an app, but how do you successfully get from idea to a well designed, functional app your users love? It starts with design wireframing and prototyping, a faster iterative process that requires less coding effort up front so you know what works and what needs to be improved – before you invest your hours and dollars coding. Application prototyping is an important…
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Secrets of FireDAC: Pagination With Grids And LiveBindings

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September 3, 2018
If you want to display only a range of results from a recordset you can using paging (otherwise known as pagination) to do so. It is a common pattern when doing web development to give the user 20 results for example and then the ability to move to the next page. If you are…
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Articles and News from the C++ community

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September 1, 2018
To prepare for the appearance of C++17 support in the “Carnival” release of C++Builder (RAD Studio August 2018 Roadmap), here are some recent articles that have appeared in the C++ community. To stay up to date on what’s happening with ISO C++ you should…
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Happy 35 years to C++

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August 30, 2018
Choosing a programming language to learn and utilize is an extremely personal choice and not one that developers take lightly. C++ has a long history as a popular language used to create Operating Systems, drivers, gaming engines and so much more. It expanded the C language by adding classes, inheritance and abstraction to its core, making it my favorite language to use. C++ is the first language…
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