Mobile apps are popular, but with the global pandemic disrupting workplaces worldwide, desktop devices will bring the office to you starting this week. Microsoft has reported that over 1.3 billion devices are running Windows 10, and the company is working on releasing Windows 11. Some tasks can be completed using only a mobile device, but for other information economy activities like software…
Hello. This article is part of a new series where we speak with professional software developers who useWindows app development tools, ask them what it’s like to write code for a living, and perhaps gain a few insights into the software development industry along the…
Protect Your App With This Free Anti-Hacking Tool In 2021
August 10, 2021
Hackers around the world are using advanced tools to abuse your source code. They can extract sensitive information from your application and cause major financial damage. As a result, obfuscating your Delphi program can be critical. It will make it extremely difficult for…
There is a glorious wealth of useful C++ libraries available on the internet. We have featured many great uses of C++ here on this blog too. C++ is typically extremely high performance. If we can have the source code of the C++ library, we can create a package that will then allow us to use C++ in our Delphi programs. Often, though, the source code of the C++ library is not available. In…
In this post, I will demonstrate how to create a news application with Delphi FireMonkey. We will integrate one of the market-leading news RESTful web services into our Delphi cross-platform application.
MediaStack API – is a free and simple REST API for live news…
I have some good news for you, the future of software development has arrived! Well, to be precise, the next possible big thing in the future of software development is here… again. What’s next for using Electron with Windows for Windows Application Development?
Screenshotlayer is a lightweight REST API built to deliver high-quality PNG, JPEG & GIF visual website snapshots through a simple and easy-to-use interface. We’re going to make use of that API to create a really powerful website snapshot app.
Website snapshots, in Delphi, using the Screenshotlayer API
The Screenshotlayer API is easy to integrate and works without requiring a queue.
Have you ever wanted your apps to have the power to examine an IP address and then find out everything you possibly could about it, such as what time zone is local to the IP, what currency they use, or what internet service provider is used? This capability is called IP…
It’s been around 6 years since I last wrote about the Azure Translator Services. Since 2015, the API has been updated from XML to JSON and re-organised under the Cognitive Services branding. Additionally, functionality has been broken down into different resources to…
In our super-connected world, looking up physical addresses and getting accurate geographic locations is becoming an almost must-have skill for our apps. Would you like to enhance your application with accurate forward and reverse batch geocoding? Wouldn’t it be nice to have a free, lightweight, and easy-to-use geocoding REST API to geocode any global address or set of coordinates in…
