Adopt the latest standards
C++ is a great programming language with it’s standards dating from 1998. The C++ standard is not about teaching how to use C++; it is a formal and very detailed technical document intended primarily for people writing C++ compilers and standard library implementation. This allows developers to code knowing that their code will work on other toolchains implementing…
About a month ago we published a short blog post about the importance of our partner ecosystem and interviewed DevExpress. Our partners not only build much needed functional capabilities for RAD Studio developers, but also deliver exciting innovation. One partner that…
Connecting Databases with FireDAC through SSH
April 22, 2021
A customer recently inquired whether FireDAC could be used to connect to a database via an SSH tunnel. Of course, the short answer is yes. But first, let’s define an SSH tunnel and how it can be easily accomplished with Delphi and FireDAC.
SSH Tunnels
Secure Shell…
Rapidly Create Cloud Aware Native Applications
March 23, 2021
You get built-in components to work with Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services. For instance, Data.Cloud.AmazonAPI contains classes that implement the API for using the Amazon services (such as queue, table). And the TAmazonStorageService class allows you to connect to theAmazon Simple Storage Service (S3)service easily.
Here are some of the methods that allow you to manage…
Winners of the Delphi 26th Showcase Challenge
March 10, 2021
So many great entries for the Delphi 26th Showcase Challenge! There were 170 entries covering a wide range of project types. Everything from games and multimedia to line-of-business and consumer software. Both on VCL on the desktop and FireMonkey on mobile platforms. It is…
LearnCPlusPlusOrg :: Counting Prime Number Benchmarks
February 23, 2021
Prime numbers are interesting area to research. A prime number, it is also called prime shortly , is a natural number (a positive integer) greater than 1 that is not a product of two smaller natural numbers. There are several mathematical questions regarding prime numbers…
Robust DataSet To JSON And JSON To DataSet API For Delphi
February 12, 2021
Most of the time, developers tend to use DataSet to manipulate the data in their applications. DataSet is helpful because it stores data in the dataset’s fields array property. You can easily access these values by number or by name. Moreover, each field can be used to read or modify the current record’s data by using its Value property or type-specific properties such as AsString…
Remarkable Educational Programming Tool Displays Delphi Flexibility
February 10, 2021
devFlowcharter is a small, freeware application written in Delphi. Its main goal is to be a straightforward, educational tool for use during structural programming classes.
In devFlowcharter, you create flowcharts using a user-friendly but powerful drawing engine, generate…
Delphi Provides Long-Term Feasibility Over Ever-Changing Electron And End-of-Life WPF .NET Framework
February 1, 2021
How do Delphi, WPF .NET Framework, and Electron perform compared to each other, and what’s the best way to make an objective comparison? Embarcadero commissioned a whitepaper to investigate the differences between Delphi, WPF .NET Framework, and Electron for building…
Incredibly Powerful Native Image Processing Library For Delphi And C++Builder Developers
January 28, 2021
At this current state, with Delphi, there are lots of possibilities to accomplish anything you want. Because with the power of the Delphi community we have a powerful Python for Delphi component which can be a bridge to utilize open-source big tech companies supported and funded libraries out there. For instance, you can use the Scikit-image library or the Mahotas, which allows you to work with…