TIOBE is one of many programming language popularity indexes. Their methodology involves doing a search across various search engines with the name of a programming language followed by the word programming. So they look for “Delphi Programming” as an exact phrase, ignoring any Delphi related pages that don’t include that phrase (which is a lot of them). Other programming language…
Windows Development: A Delphi Developers Perspective
As a software developer with over 30 years in the industry, 25 of those years invested in Microsoft Windows, the choice of development tools have been paramount. For us developers, the right tools can literally make or…
Delphi25 Stories - A Blog Series - Stephen Ball, Steffen Nyeland, Allen Drennan, & Ray Konopka
March 5, 2020
Thank you all so much for watching our Delphi25th Stories series on YouTube. If you haven’t seen it yet, check out the interview with Delphi’s creators and the playlist with Delphi stories from some of our fabulous MVPs and community members. We also have received a lot…
Today’s CoolApps selection is Supremo, from Nanosystems S.r.l. Supremo is a utility that allows users to broadcast and share screens. It boasts a discreet, user-friendly interface and can be used across multiple platforms. It also happens to have been developed with Delphi…
Writing Software for Multiple Platforms and Architectures with FireMonkey
March 3, 2020
When developers think about Delphi or C++Builder, the power of the Visual Component Library (VCL) is typically the first thing that comes to mind. If there is a factor that has been instrumental to the success of both Delphi and C++Builder, it is without a doubt the VCL.
The…
As I mentioned two weeks ago, in the occasion of Delphi’s 25th anniversary I decided to go back to the roots and publish a book introducing the Delphi IDE based on content of my old Mastering Delphi volumes with additional material covering more recent changes. The ebook…
Navuu – Cool Apps Selection
Today’s CoolApps selection is Navuu, from GK Consulting. Navuu is a location service that users can use to send and share their location precisely and instantly to their chosen contacts. It’s a highly integrated and feature-dense utility…
So far I have 2 videos for Delphi 25th celebration (10 days ago) published, plus the one of the webinar with the early product architects I was involved with. There is another video pending to get out (I’ll update this blog post when done).
The first is a summary of my…
To continue the #Delphi25th Birthday celebration, we have a new FireMonkey multi-device style available for download that is perfect for developers looking to apply a custom light theme to their apps.
Use the Material Patterns Blue style to give your FMX apps a custom look…
To continue the #Delphi25th Birthday celebration, we have a new VCL Windows style available for download that’s perfect for your modern Windows applications.
Use the new Material Patterns Blue Windows theme to give your existing or new VCL Windows applications a custom…
