Over the past couple of years, cross platform desktop app development has been getting a lot of attention. Developers want to build apps that can be used across multiple platforms, like Android, iOS, and Windows. It’s a trend that’s been gaining momentum over the past few years, and there are plenty of tools and frameworks available to help you do this.
Many have turned to…
This Is How To Develop C++ iOS Apps On Windows 11 Today
February 16, 2022
The C++ Programming language is one of the most broadly used software programming languages. It can be downloaded easily and allows users to develop high quality professional applications for all sorts of different platforms for modern desktop and mobile devices. It’s hard…
The 7 Most Misunderstood Facts About Windows 10 Development
February 3, 2022
Desktop applications are the most productive apps for the majority of ordinary people. From scientific apps to applications which power user’s creativity, Windows desktop applications lead the market. Moreover, the new Windows 11 has big changes that can ramp up…
Creating an app and starting a business is not the same as distributing written software worldwide. Globalization is the most important trend in all markets right now. If you want to stay competitive, consider localizing your software to each market or at least targeting large markets.
We can create solutions quickly with RAD Studio (Delphi and C++Builder), but when it comes to software…
It’s virtually impossible to find popular software that would not be translated (localized) into multiple languages. In fact, even niche and second-tier developers localize their products to increase international sales. Unfortunately, the process of software…
The Trouble of Measuring Programming Language Popularity
March 9, 2020
TIOBEis one of manyprogramming language popularity indexes. Their methodology involves doing a search across various search engines with the name of a programming language followed by the word programming. So they look for “Delphi Programming” as an…
25 FireMonkey Tips for Delphi's 25th Birthday
February 13, 2020
In today’s Delphi birthday post, I am including 25 FireMonkey tips for building multi-device applications.
1. Home screens are a popular design paradigm as they display the key app functionality on the first screen, making it easily accessible to the application user. Home Screen navigation usually consists of glyph buttons arranged in a grid like layout and may span over multiple screens. A…
Always New, Always Delphi - New Features since Delphi 2009
February 22, 2019
The story has it, on February 14th, 1995, in San Francisco, whenAnders Hejlsberg was presenting at the Delphi launchsome of the staff from Microsoft fell out of their chairs. Everyone was so blown away Anders received a standing ovation. There was a reason…
Get the Most out of Android with 10.3 Rio
February 13, 2019
This webinar was a bit of a State of Android Development Today as well as a What’s New in 10.3 Rio for Android. During CodeRage 2018, I presented on what’s new in 10.3 Rio for Android. This webinar. grew out of that session.
If you want to access the resources…
Touch-Friendly Navigation for Mobile Apps
October 15, 2018
Over 20% of users abandon an application after using it the first time (per Localytics). How can you design your mobile app to avoid being one of these casualties?
Start out by designing your application with mobile in mind. You can’t just replicate your desktop application and expect it to make sense on a smaller form factor.
Each platform already has existing patterns your users are used to…