I am working on a project that utilizes the Embarcadero Enterprise Connectors powered by CData to access SalesForce through it’s API. The Enterprise Connectors provide you a wide variety of connectors for quickly and easily accessing APIs like SalesForce, Google AdWords, Mailchimp, Facebook, Azure, YouTube, and many many more.
The Enterprise Connectors work through FireDAC and give you an…
Miniatur Wonderland Hamburg is the world’s largest model train set as officially certified by the Guinness World Book of Records. Apparently the whole system is powered by software built in Delphi on the back end (including the control room). Embarcadero’s Jim…
Free Field Service App Template Solution Quick Start Guide For Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows
July 22, 2018
The RAD Server Field Service Template consists of three main components and a setup application (also check out the deep dive). The Field Service Admin app has been tested on Windows and macOS (but probably also runs on Android and iOS). The Field Service App has been tested…
Delphi Community Edition
July 20, 2018
Author: Germán Estévez
La comunidad Delphi llevaba tiempo demandando esta versión de Delphi y finalmente Embarcadero se ha decidido a dar ese paso. Hace tiempo que disfrutábamos de la versión Starter, pero con la “Delphi and C++Builder Community Edition” se da un paso más.
Se podrá disfrutar de una versión completa, con desarrollo multiplataforma (Windows, Android, iOS y macOS), acceso…
Last time we have talked about the importance of app architecture and layers of code. David went one step further and started to build user interface for our calculator apps. This week I’m going to catch up and we will discuss designing user interfaces (UI) for our…
Learn to Program with Delphi Community Edition: Part 3 - Architecture and Layers of Code
July 18, 2018
This is Part 3 of our five part “Learn to Program” series. In Part 2, we created “DelphiSuperCalculator” project and learned how to build, run and debug it.
Layers
Before rushing into writing code it is a good thing to step back first and think about the…
Learn to Program with Delphi Community Edition: Part 1 - Introduction and Installation
July 17, 2018
This blog post is the beginning of the “Learn to Program in Delphi” series. We are expecting that you have some previous experience in programming, but not in Delphi. In this five part series we are going to take you through the process of building a simple “calculator” application.
This series has a counterpart in C++ using the same example project, so head over here if…
Learn How To Customize The Look And Feel Of The FireMonkey Field Service Template Apps
July 17, 2018
The RAD Server Field Service Template provides an end to end field service application template for routing appointments, managing parts, and user administration. It is made up of a REST server module, a desktop client, and a cross platform mobile client. The template can…
Note: This is not a comprehensive security tutorial for RAD Server merelya tech tip.
There are a number of sections in the emsserver.ini file which can help you secure your RAD Server for production which include Server.APICrossDomain, Console.Login…
How to customize URL in Datasnap REST servers
June 7, 2018
Author: Landerson Gomes
In this post I discuss how to customize the URLs generated by the Datasnap REST server.
Challenge
A major challenge in building APIs when using Datasnap is to generate URLs so that documentation, understanding, and versioning is easy.
I’ve always been particularly bothered by the “datasnap / rest / TServeMethodName” automatically generated by Datasnap…