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This week is #Delphi25th - Webinar!

Our favorite software development tool is only turning 25 once, and that celebration was Friday, February 14th, 2020. How can you help join in the #Delphi25th celebration? You can make a video or do something else – here are some options.  Videos are quick and easy, and don’t need to be overly complicated: Video of yourself talking to the camera shot on your phone or a webcam (You can…
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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…
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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 is ALLMediaServer, from ALLPlayer Group, Ltd. It is a fantastic program that lets users consume media across any platform on their network. ALLMediaServer uses a network connection to allow the user 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…
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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 platforms. …
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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 interesting to…
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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 available now on Android. I asked Konstantinos why he…
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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…