Delphi

Learn to Program with Delphi Community Edition: Part 1 - Introduction and Installation

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July 17, 2018
This blog post is the beginning of the “Learn to Program in Delphi” series. We are expecting that you have some previous experience in programming, but not in Delphi. In this five part series we are going to take you through the process of building a simple “calculator” application. This series has a counterpart in C++ using the same example project, so head over here if…
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Embarcadero's June 2018 Cool App Winner is MalyKangurek POS

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July 11, 2018
Years ago I worked at a company that maintained a Point of Sale (POS) system written in Delphi. I wasn’t involved in that project (I was developing a medication management system for an assisted living facility), but talking with some of the developers that were working on…
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RAD Studio 10.2.3 Delphi CodeInsight (and iOS 11.3) Patch

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June 27, 2018
We were able to investigate some very specific CodeInsight bugs (with reproducible cases) over the last few months, and we were able to work on several fixes to the Code Completion and other areas. One critical case involved a developer overloading a generic method. While…
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Use the Source!

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June 24, 2018
One of the great things about Delphi is not only is it written in Delphi (mostly), but it ships with the VCL, RTL, & FMX source code. You can use this source code in lots of different ways, which I’ll cover in a bit, but sometimes it is a matter of finding the source file with the code you want. There are over 2,234 Delphi source files in the source folder, so it can take a while to find the…
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Get Kids Coding with IoT

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June 18, 2018
Get Kids Coding with IoT Across all industries, coding is quickly becoming a crucial skill for the 21st-century workplace. Finding ways to teach kids how to program without becoming bored can be a challenge for parents. That’s where the Internet of Things (IoT) comes…
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BVS Solitaire Collection is Embarcadero Cool App Winner for May

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June 13, 2018
Anyone who loves playing with deck of cards knows solitaire. And no matter how advanced the technology is, it will always be played. That is why I’m thrilled to see BVS Solitaire Collection by BVS Development as our May 2018 cool app winner. It is an award-winning multi-featured collection of solitaire card games that includes over 510 variations. It features both old-time favorites (like…
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Desktop Development on Windows and Delphi VCL Library

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May 25, 2018
Despite all the push for web and mobile development, which are certainly growing a lot, Windows desktop development is far from death. In fact, at the recent Build 2018 conference Microsoft reported that over the last year the developers using Visual Studio for building…
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Using an IDE: Getting back to code faster

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May 22, 2018
A C++ IDE or an Integrated Development Environment is application development software written to give you a way to create or write C++ applications and programs. There is usually a single interface that incorporates all the tools you need to develop applications…
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Delphi 10.2.3 RAD Server Linux Apache Patch Released

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May 18, 2018
As you have probably seen, Embarcadero has released a few patches for 10.2.3. I wrote about them at http://blog.marcocantu.com/blog/2018-april-10-2-3-patches-recap.html and there was a new one for iOS covered by Sarina at https://community.embarcadero.com/blogs/entry/rad-studio-10-2-3-ios-11-3-patch-available. Yesterday, the compony released a patch that addresses a few critical issues when…
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