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Real-world CMake and C++Builder applications on github

Last week, we ran a popular webinar Fast Builds and Integrating Libraries: Using CMake and Ninja for C++ Builder 10.2.3. The replay is now available on Youtube. In it, I demonstrated twoitems building with C++Builder and our CMake support: a real-world FireMonkey application, and Google Test. These are available on github: Mazes:I wrote this for CodeRageXII in…
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Desktop Development on Windows and Delphi VCL Library

Despite all the push for web and mobile development, which are certainly growing a lot, Windows desktop development is far from death. In fact, at the recent Build 2018 conference Microsoft reported that over the last year the developers using Visual Studio for building…
C++

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 including: Compiler Debugger Code Editor UI Designer Documentation While some developers believe that you don’t necessarily need an…
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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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SHA Hash with C++Builder and Delphi

I’ve always been fascinated by encryption & compression, but my favorite is probably the cryptographic hash function. A hash function is a one-way algorithm that takes an input of any size and always produces the same size output. It is one-way in that there is…
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3D Credits Scroll with Delphi

A little fun with Delphi for today’s Star Wars day! This is a pretty simple 3D form with a 3D layout at an angle, and then a 2D layout with text and images is animated up the 3D layout. The only code is populating the labels as the animation kicks off automatically. Download the code and run the full credit scroll, or change the message to share with your friends. It is FireMonkey, and while I…
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BEAM is Embarcadero's March Cool App Winner

Woll2Woll’s BEAM (Beacon External Advanced Mapper)makes RAD Server’s BeaconFence technology so much more flexible, and it is the March 2018 Winner of our Cool App contest. With RAD Server and BeaconFence it is easy to create an application that accurately tracks…
C++

RAD Studio 10.2.3 Webinar Replay

On April 5th,the RAD Studio Product Management teamhosted a deep dive webinar onRAD Studio 10.2.3. In this webinar replay, you will learn about the new C++ enhancements including rename refactoring and CMake capabilities in C++Builder, mobile development…
Delphi

New Styles from DelphiStyles.com

DelphiStyles.com sells custom style packs for VCL Windows and FireMonkey multi-device applications. They just released and updated several greatcustom themes for FireMonkey. Shown: FMX Profile Screen GUI template(available in GetIt > SampleProjects)with the custom Calypso iOS style applied, available on DelphiStyles.com Shown: FMXSettings Project…
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