Today’s CoolApps selection is IcoFX, from IcoFX Software. IcoFX is an award winning professional icon and cursor editor for Windows. It is an all-in-one solution for icon creation, extraction and editing that packs a ton of features into a user-friendly package. I love this utility and the fact that it was written in Delphi makes it even better.
A quick look at the features page of IcoFX’s…
On February 14, 1995, Delphi saw the day of Light! Wow!
When we think of 25 years, we think of big monumental or mega-moments that give us a chance to step-back and reflect over what has happened so far. Now I could start writing out a list of all the amazing things that I…
Yes, this is really Windows 3.1 — and it’s all due to Delphi.
In 1995, I was twelve years old. I’d loved programming since I first encountered a computer: when I was much younger, about four, my parents bought a BBC microcomputer. Apparently I loved it so much…
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Delphi launch in San Francisco at the Software Development Conference (SDC ‘95 West). I was there at the launch event and I’m still here using the product and helping to further extend and nurture it.
Embarcadero is marking this anniversary with a large number of activities and the entire Delphi community, with many active partners and MVPs, has been…
When Delphi 1 was released 25 years ago, I compiled a top ten reasons for using Delphi. This is my original list from the preface of the original Mastering Delphi books:
“There are many programming environments you can work with, but Delphi is outstanding for a number of…
Trying to sum up what a programming language and software authoring system like Delphi represents, spanning 25 years no less, is almost insurmountable. Where should I begin? Groundbreaking object orientation? Event driven architecture? A thriving component market? Or perhaps…
In today’s Delphi birthday post, I am including 25 FireMonkey tips for building multi-device applications.
1. Home screens are a popular design paradigm as they display the key app functionality on the first screen, making it easily accessible to the application user. Home Screen navigation usually consists of glyph buttons arranged in a grid like layout and may span over multiple screens. A…
In time for Delphi’s upcoming 25th birthday this Friday, we have a new VCL Windows style available for download, that’s perfect for your modern Windows applications.
Use the new Lucky Point Windows theme to give your existing or new VCL Windows applications a…
Celebrate Delphi's 25th Birthday in Style with the new Ubuntu Clear Fantasy FMX Style
February 12, 2020
In time for Delphi’s upcoming 25th birthday on 2/14/2020, we have a new FireMonkey style available for download that’s perfect for FireMonkey Linux apps.
With FireMonkey for Linux (also known as FMX Linux), RAD Studio 10.3.3 Enterprise and Architect edition…
Today’s CoolApps selection is ExBox, from Marc Hoffmann. ExBox is a user-friendly tool that allows you to create shortcuts to execute common tasks, such as calculators, color converters, text and image editors, and more.
Marc has packed a lot of cool features into ExBox, but in my opinion the coolest feature of all is the addition of a scripting engine that allows you to write your own…
