CodeGuard is a tool for runtime error checking in a C++ application, and catches memory leaks, invalid handles, invalid memory use (such as writing past the end of a buffer), pointer validation, accessing freed memory and resources, and more. If you’ve never used it, check out the list ofruntime errors it will find, andpotential memory access problems it will warn…
Author: Seva Leonov
Learning tasks and motivation
When teaching programming skills, especially with C++, one of the main issue is the selection of right examples and tasks. C++ is not that easy both in syntax, and concepts, and sostudents are demotivated just by the…
You can read more about the release and its rationale in the PM article published in the community:
https://community.embarcadero.com/article/16556-rad-studio-10-2-1-released-today
For the actual release information docWiki page, including how to obtain the…
Author: Pawe Gowacki
I have just recently discovered a super easy way of adding custom icons to Delphi components. Traditionally you had to start from a rectangular bitmap of a specific size and color depth and then use Image Editor. This is documented in many places including Stackoverflow.
After a little bit of googling I have come across another Stackoverflow post that inspired my to give…
Author: Pawe Gowacki
Summer is a great time to catch up with books that you have on your shelf, but do not have time to read. Obviously I would suggest starting from my recently released “Expert Delphi”, but there are plenty of other interesting books to look at.
To follow up with our recent FireDAC in Depth with Cary Jensen we have a series of FireDAC webinars to help you learn more about everyone’s favorite database access framework. Each webinar is offered at 8 AM, 1 PM and 8 PM US Central Time to provide access in all…
Author: Pawe Gowacki
My “Expert Delphi” book has been published by PACKT Publishing and is currently available for a limited time for just $10at https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/expert-delphi.The book is about how to become developer super hero and gain amazing productivity powers to develop stunning, native cross-platform mobile apps from the same codebase…
How to view Salesforce data in RAD Studio Data Explorer using the Enterprise Connectors for Salesforce.
With the Enterprise Connectors for Salesforce, you gain access to live Salesforce data within RAD Studio, abstracting the data into tables, views, and stored procedures…
In this episode of the Podcast @ Delphi.org we talk with Cary Jensen about his new bookDelphi in Depth: FireDAC and the upcoming Delphi Developer Dayswhich Cary puts on with Dr. Bob Swart. Nick Hodges, our co-host, was a previous host of Delphi Developer Days…
This is part of my series on developing with Chrome OS
You need to put your Chromebook in Developer Mode First.
Enabling ADB Debugging
https://developer.android.com/topic/arc/index.html#setup
First you have to allow ADB through the firewall. Go to crosh ([CTRL][ALT][T]) and drop to shell. You may need to setup a password via VT-2 first. I set one up when I first did this, but now reading things I…
