C++

The Case for C++ in the IoT World

The Internet of Things or IoT is an extremely popular field in technology right now. With all the new tech that fills so many different consumer demands, the wide variety of choices for programming languages are getting some serious attention and I decided to give a nod to C++. The Internet of Things is all about the connectivity between you and devices or sensors and the internet. IoT turns…
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Using an IDE: Getting back to code faster

A C++ IDE or an Integrated Development Environment is application development software written to give you a way to create or write C++ applications and programs. There is usually a single interface that incorporates all the tools you need to develop applications…
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Building Stunning UIs with C++ and FireMonkey

With many companies taking the “mobile first” approach, building applications that work on multiple platforms is a requirement for success. Developers who know how to build for more than one platform are in demand, while application users have become accustomed to stunning UIs and intuitive UX. Normally, mobile app development requires learning multiple programming languages and tools like…
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Evolution of C++ standards

Programming languages are exciting for developers, and C++, one of the more technically challenging and also perhaps the most widely used compiled language, is one of the most exciting. As Theodore Roosevelt is misquoted (*), ‘the more you know about the past…
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My Blog is Having Serious Hiccups, Let's Plan a Move

You might have seen my blog has had a few issues recently. It is a very old application written in Delphi and running on a totally outdated Linux VM, hosted by a newer and more robust server. But the reality is, it is fairly fragile. First it had a kernel crash, caused by a…
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C++ Free Compiler Updated to 10.2.3

Embarcadero hashad a free download of our C++ compiler andRTL (capable of making Win32 apps) for many years, going back into the Borland days. (In fact, Idera as a company likes providing free tools – check out some of the others here.) We aim to keep thatfree compiler up to date, and sowe updated it from the frankly ancient classic “Borland” v5.5 compiler…
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Sencha EXT JS Web Client + RAD Server 10.2.3

In this post, we’ll look at the stepsto use the Sencha ExtJS library to create a Web Client to connect and get data from our RAD Studio’s RAD Server (also available with Delphi and/or C++ Builder)! Before We Get Started: In…
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RAD Server Support for Web Files in RAD Studio 10.2.3

The RAD Server (formerly EMS) platform is evolving to be a better backend for JavaScript applications, including of course those built with Ext JS. In the 10.2.2 release we improved support for returning JSON data based on the result of database queries, as covered inhttp://blog.marcocantu.com/blog/2017-december-dataset-mapping-json.html. In RAD Studio 10.2.3, we have added to RAD Server the…
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