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 improvements, with the Quality Portal entry, if available.
FireDAC Improvements
FireDAC work was mostly focused at better handling of…
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 —…
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…
If you’re a parent like I am, you understand the feeling of comfort in knowing where your children are at all times and that they are safe. Modern smartphone technologies have provided parents and others to track the whereabouts of loved ones, but our Cool App for…
Author: Craig Chapman
Another library to drop out of my Dark Glass development project today is my unicode codec (now named darkUnicode).
https://github.com/chapmanworld/darkUnicode
This simple class can be used to encode and decode unicode code-points by hand (independent…
One big new feature in 10.2.3 is support for building with CMake. If you haven’t already, read the previous two posts: introduction to CMake and building with Windows, and building for iOS and Android.
Today I’d like to cover using CMake generators, and specifically Ninja for fast parallel builds.
What are CMake Generators?
CMake is a compiler- and platform-independent…
Author: Craig Chapman
A few weeks ago, I began a live-streamed coding project to develop a game engine named DarkGlass using Delphi. When I began the project, I knew that it was possible that several useful libraries might drop out of the development process, and so I have…
As listed in the “What’s New in 10.2.3” DocWiki page,http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Tokyo/en/10.2_Tokyo_-_Release_3, among the changes, new features, and fixesin the latest update of 10.2 Tokyo.
One of the added features isMIME…
EveryRAD Studio release, we focus on what we call QPS: Quality, Performance, Stability.Recentreleases of C++Builder have included:
10.2.0: Lots of work on our linker; improved codegen and optimizations;and debugging improvements (minimizing debug info size, better debugging)
10.2.1: CodeGuard for Windows 8.1 and 10; a groupof exception handling…
