In the last few years, cross platform development has taken the front seat. It lets developers write code once and implement it across all platforms.
Native app development requires different code for different platforms. It also requires Android Studio as an IDE and a suitable SDK. However, cross platform development frameworks need a single Codebase. It can compile builds for iOS and…
Over the past couple of years, cross platform desktop app development has been getting a lot of attention. Developers want to build apps that can be used across multiple platforms, like Android, iOS, and Windows. It’s a trend that’s been gaining momentum over the…
Hello Great C++ Developers,
C++ Builder is a great C++ IDE and compiler that allows you to code an amazing C++ app. All that wonderful power requires you, the developer, to back it up with a broand range of C++ knowledge. In out opinion, there is no better place to learn…
These days, many app developers are looking into building their mobile apps to cater to multiple platforms. It is essential to create an app that will be able to operate on multiple platforms like Android, iOS, Windows and so on. Creating cross platform apps can be a very challenging process, especially for mobile devices, but it can bring many advantages.
Despite the challenges, picking the…
Text is everywhere! Text is not always where we want it, or in the format we need. We often find ourselves needing the text from images. You might have a scanned document containing financial information like an invoice you want to input into an accounts system, or maybe you…
Machine Learning is one of the hottest software development topics right now. The algorithms and techniques which enable machine learning have begun to really mature and have graduated from ‘interesting ideas’ into providing genuine power and permitting…
Which target platforms do Delphi and Electron support?
The “Discovering The Best Cross-Platform Framework Through Benchmarking” whitepaper evaluates two frameworks supporting multi-platform desktop application development: Delphi and Electron.
Delphi
Delphi, encapsulated in the Rapid Application Development (RAD) Studio IDE, is Embarcadero Technologies’ flagship product. A proprietary…
Becoming an InterBase VAR: How And Why
May 28, 2022
An InterBase VAR license is simply a legal agreement between you and Embarcadero that allows you to redistribute InterBase. The benefits of this agreement are outlined below.
The Benefits of Being a VAR
There are no registration and licensing headaches. VARs typically…
The VCL LockDrawing method in TWinControl
May 27, 2022
One of the features added to the VCL library in Delphi 11 is the ability to handle Windows WM_SETREDRAW message easily with two specific methods added to the TWinControl class: LockDrawing and UnlockDrawing
I was going over my to do list earlier this week and found a not…
Windows 11 Win32 Debugging Patch for RAD Studio 11.1
May 27, 2022
A new patch (or hotfix) for RAD Studio 11.1 is now available. The patch addresses a problem that occurs when debugging Win32 apps on Windows 11, in which the IDE appears to freeze at times. When evaluating watches with side effects, opening the Threads view to switch threads, attaching to a process, and performing other common debugging actions, you may notice the freeze. The problem is caused by…