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Native Windows is Back to Center Stage

With the demise of UWP, native development has reclaimed its place as the primary Windows development model after 20 years (given we had .NET in between). Delphi excels at native programming, so this is fantastic news for us. Several announcements from Microsoft in recent weeks have partially reversed previous directions in Windows development. In short, Microsoft is undermining (if not outright…
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My November Conferences: EKON 25 and DelphiCon 2021

Over the next two weeks, I’m presenting at two different conferences: EKON 25, in-person in Dusseldorf, Germany, and DelphiCon 2021, Embarcadero largest yearly online event. EKON 25 The EKON conference in Germany is likely the longest running Delphi focused event, celebrating the 25th session this year, certainly a big breakthrough. The conference is in Dusseldorf, November 8th to 10th…
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RAD Studio 11 Alexandria Patch 1 Available

Today Embarcadero released a patch for RAD Studio, Delphi, and C++Builder 11 Alexandria. The patch addresses a few relevant issues in the most recent release and is available to active update subscription customers in the GetIt Package Manager (with a matching alert showing up in the new IDE Welcome Page) or on the my.embarcadero.com download site. Installing this patch is recommended for all RAD…
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The New RAD Server Lite (RSLite) in RAD Studio 11

We announced the availability of a new option to deploy and license RAD Server as part of the RAD Studio 11 Alexandria release, with the goal of simplifying deployment for installations that do not require a large number of REST requests. What is RAD Server? Before I get to…
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More VCL Support for Windows 11

With the official release of Windows 11, Embarcadero has made some specific VCL styles, and I’m offering some coding helpers specific to the new version of the Microsoft desktop OS. More will come over time. After the announcement earlier this year, Microsoft…
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What Is It Like To Be A Developer Brian Barr?

Hello. This article is part of a series where we speak with professional software developers, 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 way. Talking to us today we have fellow British Delphi fan Brian Barr. Brian is based in Norfolk, England nestled by the English East Coast which brought back many…
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