PacktPub has been adding Delphi programming books and videos lately, and they have a big sale going on right now with them all availablefor just $5 each. I’ve not read or reviewed all of these, but I know most of the authors, and many are MVPs.
Mastering Delphi [Video] by Muminjon Abduraimov
Delphi Solutions – Part 1 [Video] by Daniele Teti
Delphi Solutions – Part 2…
If you’ve been a member of the Delphi community for a while you are no doubt aware of the Spirit of Delphi Award.
The Spirit of Delphiwas introduced in 1998
It was announced as part of the annual developers conference (called ICON98 as it was during the…
In RAD Studio 10.3 we’ve made an interesting very low-level change that affects both Delphi and C++. This is a change in the how method parameters are passed when a method is invoked.
For the vast majority of customers, this issue won’t affect you — or if it does…
We have just released ahotfixfor RAD Studio 10.3, which addresses a number of issues in the C++compiler and RTL. This is an important hotfix if you rely on compiler version numbers (for example, for version-specific behaviour in your code, especially useful if you are upgrading);batch compilation; if you use ANSI-encoded source files with non-Latin characters; and it also…
Author: Rebekah D
If you completed any of the String exercises from the past day, you probably already have a handle on what functions are and how they are used. You should skip this lesson and work on a challenge of your choice.
Prerequisites:
You should…
Author: Rebekah D
In this installment of the #CodingResolutions series, let’s take a look at Strings and how to manipulate them. While today still has a fair amount of reading, we’ll finish off by playing with a sample application that demonstrates String…
Author: Rebekah D
So far in the #CodingResolutions series, we’ve worked a lot in the visual design framework to demonstrate how easy it is to create low-code apps. It’s instant gratification to see our apps come to life! However, there’s a lot more to programming so let’s get down to work.
In this post, let’s look at some programming fundamentals and…
Author: Rebekah D
Welcome back to the #CodingResolutions series! In this post, we’re going to make sure we have our developer environment set up for Android Development, and then create our first Android app in either C++ or…
2019 #CodingResolutions: Your First Windows App (In C++ or Delphi)
January 10, 2019
Author: Rebekah D
Skipping Past “Hello, World!”
Ready to create your first app? Most introduction to programming classes will start with the quintessential “Hello World!” program that outputs that greeting phrase to the console and it looks like this…
Author: Rebekah D
Tomorrow we’ll code a visual Windows app, but for today let’s get to know a little about the history of our chosen programming languages, C++ and Delphi.
C++ Language History and Future
C++ was started in 1983, although Standard C++ wouldn’t be established until 1998. That sounds ancient when new languages are coming out every year, but C++ is used extensively in…
