Their FireMonkey Style Packs provide custom themes for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android, plus Linux (via their FMX for Linux support). They also include style templates for the Bitmap Style Designer with multi-resolution graphics. Below are screenshots of some of their great new styles.
DelphiStyles.com also offers a variety of really nice VCL Style Packs with different Windows…
Author: Bogdan Polak BSC
What is a design pattern?
While several definitions can be formulated, they all contain one universal message. In my opinion the most accurate definition is given in the Wikipedia:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_design_pattern
I would like…
In my interview with Martin he talked a lot about the importance of performance, which is one of the reasons he uses Delphi for his real-time lighting control systems. He said something along the lines that if you are not programming with threading in mind then you are never…
This episode is extra special in that it include a case study of the software behind the lights for Niagara Falls.Nick and I spoke withMartin Searancke of Dream Solutions, Ltd. in New Zealand, who is the architect of the Light Factory software used by the Niagara…
Author: h.mohri
At this point, Instant Client configuration is complete.
Finally, “./PAServer-19.0/paserver” is started up and ready.
[Create a new project.]
In Delphi IDE side, create a new project. Web Server Application, check Linux.
I…
Author: Pawe Gowacki
One of the biggest new RAD Studio 10.2 Tokyo database features is support for MariaDB open-source relational database.
MariaDB is one of the most popular open-source SQL databases. It is a fork from MySQL database, after it has been acquired by Oracle, the original creators of MySQL, started to work on MariaDB, which is highly compatible, some say 95%, with MySQL. Consequently…
Loosely coupled is good. We don’t want our business logic and data access all mixed together, that makes our code harder to maintain. But we all love RAD and being able to create our applications quickly. Drop some components on the form, set some properties and write a…
Author: Pawe Gowacki
It did not take long since the release of Delphi Linux compiler to have the ability to build Linux GUIs with Delphi!
Just go to http://fmxlinux.com and get the only currently available download of FireMonkey for Linux which is “Free Trial v…
Author: Bogdan Polak BSC
Hello
This is my first blog entry. I’d like focus here on software architecture in Delphi world. Why do Delphi developers need architectural patterns? Do they need it? In my opinion, they do not only need it, but they use it constantly. In my opinion, the question worth considering is: what patterns should we use and whether each pattern fits each project? I would like…
