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TreeSize - Cool Apps Selection

Today’s CoolApps selection is TreeSize, from JAM Software. It is a powerful and flexible hard disk space manager. TreeSize has been around for a while and can trace its history with Delphi all the way back to Delphi 1. This history allows TreeSize to leverage Delphi’s functionality to make a powerful and user-friendly utility that is well worth your time to check out. TreeSize does more…
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Introduction to Docker

This is an introduction to Docker for Delphi and RAD Studio developers to get you ready for working with the new Docker support for RAD Server introduced in 10.3.3 Rio. First here is a replay of the Practical Introduction to Docker webinar by Malcolm Groves. It is over 2…
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ALLMediaServer - Cool Apps Selection

ALLMediaServer – Cool Apps Selection Today’s CoolApps selection isALLMediaServer, from ALLPlayer Group, Ltd. It is a fantastic program that lets users consume media across any platform on their network.ALLMediaServeruses a network connection to…
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5 Unique Delphi Features For Windows 10

In my previous post I focused on InterBase 2020 and outlined five good reasons why InterBase should be your next database engine. In this post I want to look at five awesome additions to Delphi that help you write lean, modern and fully compliant Windows 10 applications. To the average non-technical computer user, Windows 10 might seem as just another Windows version. I still hear both…
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SyncBack Pro - Cool Apps Selection

Today’s CoolApps selection is SyncBackPro, from 2BrightSparks. This utility is a remarkable tool that allows users to back up and synchronize their data across multiple operating systems. Even cooler, it supports a huge number of popular cloud-based storage…
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Learn Delphi on Exercism

One of our MVPs, Ryan Potts, is the originator and maintainer of the Delphi track on Exercism – a site dedicated making it easy for people to learn different programming languages. He was interviewed by the Exercism team previously, but I thought it would be…
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Tears of Ra - Cool Apps Selection

Today’s CoolApps selection is Tears of Ra, by Konstantinos Onoufriadis. It is an Egyptian-themed slot machine app that is a lot of fun to play and explore. Tears of Ra was written and developed with Delphi and is availablenow on Android. I asked Konstantinos why he loves working with Delphi, and he told me that it allows him to change his life through programming. Tears of Ra is a great…
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Delphi RTL: Generic vs. Traditional Collections

Since Delphi got generic types, in the 2009 version, its runtime library (RTL) has a generic collections unit. The RTL however, still has the classic collections. Recently I got some requests about which is recommended to use, and while the discussion can go a bit deeper, I…
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Delphi Android 64-bit In-App-Purchase Fix

We have found a severe issue with the TInAppPurchase component on Android 64-bit and here is a workaround you can apply directly to your code. After our release of RAD Studio 10.3.3, which includes for the first time Delphi Android 64-bit support, a few customers have…