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CAD with C++Builder, episode#0

Author: Seva Leonov Where Last year I had a course in programming with C++. They were 2nd year students, and they already got C# and Python. Then their dean called me and ask: “Look, Seva, I want to get them programming, not writing code. Can you?” That was a real challenge, so I gave the students a doubled course in C++ with a couple of last lectures on C++ and RAD principles. The…
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Understanding Automatic Reference Counting - ARC

Automatic Reference Counting is the memory management system used by Strings & Interfaces on all platforms, and all objects on Linux and Mobile. Unlike Garbage Collection, ARC is purely deterministic and keeps the developer in control. Join Delphi Product Manager Marco…
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May Cool App Winner: Ofertas do Dia

The cool app Winner for May comes from Brazil. It isOfertas do Dia, or “Daily Offers” for us English speakers. This cool mobile app runs on iOS, Android and Windows Desktop. It collects all the daily offers from the bigger brazilian online stores and…
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35 Free Delphi Examples for Windows and Android from WinSoft

In this post, we’ll show you a list of free Delphi libraries, utilities and examples with full source code available from WinSoft. Many are Windows-specific, but there are some Android-specific ones too. A lot of really useful code here. Thanks to Erik Salaj. Update: These links are broken, but you may find some of them on Internet Archive. .NET Framework Detect – Shows versions of…
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FireMonkey Native and Custom Styles in Action - Video

This video shows building a profile screen for your multi-device application using the FireMonkey framework with both native UI support and custom styling. Highlighted in the video are custom multi-device styles included in Embarcadero’s premium style bonus pack and…
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Icons8 and Delphi GUIs

Author: Pawe Gowacki Designing graphical users is a combination of different skills. Probably the artistic angle is the most important, but user experience comes close. In Delphi Rapid Application Development paradigm there is hardly the prototyping phase. Your roughdesigns very quickly turn into production applications. The key element in visual GUIs are graphics assets and specifically…
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Delphi on Raspberry Pi

[Part 1] [Part 2] Part 1 The Raspberry Pi is an example of a single board computer. These low-cost hobby or project computers are a prime staple of the Internet of Things. More powerful than an Arduino, but not a full desktop. They often have limited or specialized hardware…
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Build Healthcare Apps with Delphi and FireMonkey (FMX)

Today Healthcare is one of the hottest areas for Technology innovation. It is globally a $6B opportunity based on startup funding trends, which is a lot, but there is also a $3 Trillion industry to transform! Delphi has a particularly strong presence in Healthcare.