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Creating Better Blogs

Author: Rebekah D Choose Your Adventure/Topic Most posts here are going to fall into two categories: Descriptive and How-To. Descriptive blogs introduce and discuss a feature but do not necessarily show developers how to use the new feature. We see this most often during product releases that have overviews of new capabilities. How-To blogs walk the reader through using a…
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Why create mobile apps in C++

There are a wide variety of languages used for mobile development: Swift, Objective C, Java, Kotlin, Delphi, C#, and C++. What are the reasons to choose C++? Consider a language along three axes: expressiveness, conciseness, and performance. An expressive language allows…
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Sencha EXT JS Web Client + RAD Server 10.2.3

In this post, we’ll look at the stepsto use the Sencha ExtJS library to create a Web Client to connect and get data from our RAD Studio’s RAD Server (also available with Delphi and/or C++ Builder)! Before We Get Started: In…
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Database and FireDAC Enhancements in RAD Studio 10.2.3

I already blogged about RAD Server changes and RTL fixes in the Delphi, C++ Builder and RAD Studio 10.2.3 update. Another area that has received attention is the database support in general, and FireDAC in particular. Below is a list with some of the most notable…
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Four Humble Ideas for Embarcadero

Author: NickHodges I hereby humbly offer the following four suggestions to improve the Delphi product and community. Acquire the Assets of DevJet Have you guys seen the stuff done by DevJet? This is some seriously excellent work. They have two main projects —…
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C++ Builder 10.2.3 - CMake and Ninja Command-Line Support

Introduction CMake is a popular C++ build tool. RAD Studio 10.2.3 Tokyo provides support for building CMake projects on the command line using RAD Studio compilers. 10.2.3 also specifically supports using Ninja with CMake, allowing for very fast parallel builds. This will allow you to easily build third-party libraries without converting them to a C++Builder project. You can also use Ninja…
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RAD Studio and Internet Message Format

Introduction The RFC-2822 standard specifies a syntax for text messages that are sent between computer users, within the framework of “electronic mail” messages. The RFC-2822specifies lines should be no longer than 78 characters, and the MIME…
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C++ Builder 10.2.2: DataSet Mapping to JSON for JavaScript client support

Introduction In C++Builder 10.2.2, Embarcadero has added a new component to the FireDAC BatchMove architecture, to support generating JSON data from database tables, in an easy and flexible way. RAD Studio (Delphi and C++ Builder) has offered support for JSON in different ways and for a long time. From the JSON system unit (originally part of the DBX space) to the DataSnap table mapping (also via…
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