We have a great productivity feature in Delphi and C++Builder 12.2: focus mode, also known as ‘zen mode’.
A few months ago when we released version 12.1, we added split editor views. This was the most radical change in the IDE since the fully docked design in the mid-2000s: that docked design put a single editor with many tabs in the center of the main window, and our introduction of split…
Delphi LSP: 64-bit Power for Large Projects and Improved CodeInsight
September 20, 2024
The latest RAD Studio release introduces some noteworthy improvements to the Delphi Language Server Protocol (LSP), making life easier for developers working with large codebases. One of the biggest updates is the 64-bit version of the DelphiLSP engine, which eliminates…
As I wrote in the RAD Studio 12.2 announcement blog post, “leveraging AI LLMs for coding is becoming increasingly popular and the quality of these tools is getting better. For this reason, RAD Studio 12.2 introduces an open architecture for AI plugins, offering…
Supercharging Refactoring with Visual Assist in C++Builder: New Features for Clean Code and Legacy Code
September 17, 2024
With the latest release of RAD Studio, C++Builder comes equipped with powerful tools to make your code cleaner and your workflow more efficient. One of the standout features is the enhanced integration of Visual Assist, which now includes three particularly useful refactoring tools: Introduce Variable, Extract Method, and Create from Usage.
For anyone working in a Test-Driven Development (TDD)…
We recently identified a potential buffer overflow in the C/C++ runtime library (RTL). Although this is an issue that was introduced to the code in 1997 with no exploitation since its introduction, we are publishing a notification and a fix for safety and openness, out of an…
We’ve had a couple of support requests that are along the lines of, ‘I’m upgrading to the new Win64 Modern C++ toolchain. But when I run my app built in Release mode, it crashes, and it’s hard to see why.’
First chance exception at…
In the ever-evolving landscape of software development, automation tools that increase efficiency have always been a golden grail. And with the rise of powerful AI models like ChatGPT, Llama 2, and Vicuna-13b, the dream of instant code generation and form creation is close to reality. CodeDroidAI is desktop client for Delphi and C++Builder developers that allows you to generate Object Pascal and…
We’re very lucky here at Embarcadero to have a whole team of extremely talented MVPs and Tech Partners who both champion our products as enthusiastic highly skilled users but also contribute towards the power of RAD Studio with Delphi and C++ with tools, components…
This is the third year Delphi is listed in the very large StackOverflow survey and results for the language are very much in line with last year.
The Delphi programming language is officially listed in the most recent StackOverflow developers survey, like in the last…
We’ve had quite a diverse array of submissions for our Enterprise App Article Challenge. Most have helped demonstrate the strengths of RAD Studio with Delphi as a highly efficient low code programming language. Several have featured component sets and technologies like FireDAC, and RAD Server has been mentioned in more than a few. I have to say, though, this is the first article submission…
