Author: Chris Chuah
I recently received some questions on how to display a circular badge icon and badge value on a tab item in TTabControl.
Badge icons are commonly set to indicate a status change. The number displayed on the badge is frequently tied to a local notification or a push notification that’s been received.
For example, popular social media apps show a badge value on the…
Learn to program with C++Builder: #3, Design, Architecture, and UIs
October 28, 2016
Update July 24, 2018: With the just-released Community Edition of C++Builder, we’ve updated these posts.
Please visit the new version of this blog post here.
Community Edition replaces the old Starter edition, and is a full-featured, free, Professional-level edition…
Learn to Program in Delphi - Architecture and Layers of Code
October 28, 2016
Author: Pawe Gowacki
Last week we have created „DelphiSuperCalculator” project and learn how to build, run and debug it.
Before rushing into writing code it is a good thing to step back first and think about the overall architecture of your app. This typically…
Author: Emailx45
I’m digging the new job. Lots of interesting things going on. Lots of great plans.
Now, you may not realize it, but I’m the Director of Product Management for all the Embarcadero products, including a very cool product named RAD Server.
Many of you may have heard of RAD Server, but aren’t exactly sure what it is or why you’d want or need it. Well, read this blog…
Update July 24, 2018:With thejust-released Community Edition of C++Builder, we’ve updated these posts.
Please visit the new version of this blog post here.
Community Editionreplaces the old Starter edition, and is a full-featured, free…
Author: Pawe Gowacki
In the first post we have covered the installation of Delphi Starter. Now it is the high time to start using it! The best way to learn something is to start using it to build something useful, but not too complicated. Today we will start creating a…
Author: Pawe Gowacki
In coming weeks David Millington (C++Builder Product Manager) and I are going to publish weekly blog postings where you can learn programming step by step with Delphi and C++Builder. As much as possible we will try to synchronise topics and content so you could even switch from one track to another. It will also be very interesting to see the same application developed in two…
Learn to program with C++Builder: #1, Introduction and Installation
October 12, 2016
Update July 24, 2018: With thejust-released Community Edition of C++Builder, we’ve updated these posts.
Please visit the new version of this blog post here.
Community Edition replaces the old Starter edition, and is a full-featured, free, Professional-level…
Author: Pawe Gowacki
This blog post is the beginning of the “Learn to Program in Delphi” series. My name is Paweł Głowacki and I have been using and teaching Delphi for the last 20 years. I love Delphi programming and I do it also in my spare time. I think you…
Frequently when I am talking about the VCL or FireMonkey I get some of these common questions:
Is VCL deprecated?
Which is better FMX or VCL?
If I am starting a new app today, should I use VCL or FMX?
The first is easy to answer, the other two are a little harder. The VCL (or Visual Component Library) isNOTdeprecated, nor will it be any time soon. As long as there is Windows and the…
