History on Client-Server Apps
When the original web first came into widespread public use things were reasonably basic. Webpages were effectively specialized documents, like a library. Users clicked on links to articles they found interesting. Somewhere, perhaps on another side of the world, another computer or server was the destination for that click or as we came to call it: the request. The…
What is REST and why should I learn more about it?
REST is a type of software architecture that was designed to ensure interoperability between different Internet computer systems. Basically, the idea is that services that comply with REST architecture can more easily…
What is build automation?
Despite the ever-increasing rise of mobile devices, desktop applications are still the backbone of enterprise environments. Typically, these enterprise solutions are made up from multiple discrete modules which are harnessed together to create an…
What is Industrial Automation?
Industrial automation is the technology by which a process or procedure is performed with minimal human assistance. For instance:
Machinery, processes in factories, boilers, and heat-treating ovensSteering and stabilization of…
The trouble with many lines of business applications is that they often have a habit of wanting solitary ownership of the computer on which they are running. On your personal PC, this is relatively harmless; you’re usually single-tasking, focusing on that application…
I was looking through the “What’s New in version 11 Alexandria” and found a cool tidbit about small changes in the RTL for “Platform Identifiers“. Using these platform identifiers can help in your cross platform development projects. Ensuring…
This blog post contains the version output for the C++ command line compilers that are included in C++Builder version 11 Alexandria.
bcc32.exe --version
C:Program Files (x86)EmbarcaderoStudio22.0bin>bcc32.exe --version
Embarcadero C++ 7.60 for Win32 Copyright (c)…
In today’s economy, efficiency, speed, and productivity are key to prolonged success. However, many businesses still waste precious time and resources running manual processes that can be automated. Knowing when it’s time to automate specific manual processes can be…
As part of my recent DelphiCon 2021 session, Multi-Platform Explorations using Delphi, FMX, Feeds, REST and More, my example code needed to use IFDEFs for some of the uses statements, variable definitions and code. This blog post contains an example of the use of defines…
An Application Programmable Interface or API allows two applications to interact with each other using the API as a bridge or intermediary. If you are not familiar with how to integrate an API then you may be spending a lot of time unnecessarily writing a lot of code from…
