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Years ago I worked at a company that maintained a Point of Sale (POS) system written in Delphi. I wasn’t involved in that project (I was developing a medication management system for an assisted living facility), but talking with some of the developers that were working on…
Delphi Blogs of the Month #60
June 29, 2018
It has been a while, again, but I’m back with a collection of relevant and notable links of the recent weeks. All of these are interesting reads and worth checking in case you have missed them.
Official Embarcadero Updates
Idera Adds Web App Text Editing through Froala…
We were able to investigate some very specific CodeInsight bugs (with reproducible cases) over the last few months, and we were able to work on several fixes to the Code Completion and other areas. One critical case involved a developer overloading a generic method. While…
Use the Source!
June 24, 2018
One of the great things about Delphi is not only is it written in Delphi (mostly), but it ships with the VCL, RTL, & FMX source code. You can use this source code in lots of different ways, which I’ll cover in a bit, but sometimes it is a matter of finding the source…
Move, integrate, and analyze data with ease utilizing FireDAC Enterprise Connectors, powered by CData. These components allow you to integrate 80+ Enterprise applications, simplifying connectivity into a standard model using SQL. Everything from Salesforce & eBay to…
Let’s say for example that you want to create a heart rate monitor app. You’ll need information about the heart rate GATT profile to connect to andcollect data from the bluetooth enabled HR monitor device.
GATT profilesare high level…
Get Kids Coding with IoT
June 18, 2018
Get Kids Coding with IoT
Across all industries, coding is quickly becoming a crucial skill for the 21st-century workplace. Finding ways to teach kids how to program without becoming bored can be a challenge for parents. That’s where the Internet of Things (IoT) comes…
What does the GitHub acquisition mean for RAD Studio?
June 18, 2018
Microsoft’s June 4 announcement about its acquisition of Github for $7.5 billion has created great interest in the developer community. Hacker News showed mixed reactions, as did Reddit. Twitter has some contentious threads. Motherboard reports that…
The Case for C++ in the IoT World
June 14, 2018
The Internet of Things or IoT is an extremely popular field in technology right now. With all the new tech that fills so many different consumer demands, the wide variety of choices for programming languages are getting some serious attention and I decided to give a nod to…




