While the idea of integrated development environments (IDE software) dates back to 1983 when Borland launched TurboPascal, the first-ever editor-compiler integration, many believe the IDE wave really started with Microsoft’s Visual Basic and Delphi in the 1990s. Long vbefore even those early days, early developers would save their code on a variety of hard-copy mediums such as the IBM punch card…
When someone writes as much code as you do, it is important to make sure you are getting the most productivity for your time. This webinar focuses on tools, tips, and techniques to supercharge your effectiveness. Get your work done quicker. It is up to you what you will do…
Introducing InterBase for .NET - A Super-Secure Embedded Data Warehouse For .NET Users
November 3, 2021
Hello everyone and welcome to InterBase RDBMS! This is the first blog post of a series that introduces the InterBase multiplatform database to .NET developers. The idea is to present InterBase to the .NET community, ranging from an overview of what InterBase is, installation…
The application migration process can be easy or tedious, depending on the technology you are migrating. Moreover, migrating legacy projects to a new development environment might take a vast amount of time because of new software-from-scratch – re-engineering.
Application migration is a broad term in the technological realm. Application migration can involve moving the app to a…
RAD Studio Keyboard Shortcuts
The RAD Studio IDE has a great number of keyboard shortcuts that can save you from grabbing the mouse and help you code even faster. The RAD Studio keyboard shortcuts can help developer productivity during many of the regular jobs a developer…
Delphi Provides Long-Term Feasibility Over Ever-Changing Electron And End-of-Life WPF .NET Framework
February 1, 2021
How do Delphi, WPF .NET Framework, and Electron perform compared to each other, and what’s the best way to make an objective comparison? Embarcadero commissioned a whitepaper to investigate the differences between Delphi, WPF .NET Framework, and Electron for building…
Does Delphi make you a better programmer? Is Object Pascal code more readable?
There is an algorithm with a mystery constant that rose to fame in John Carmack’s Quake III Arena C code for quickly estimating the inverse square root of a 32-bit floating-point number.
float Q_rsqrt( float number )
{
long i;
float x2, y;
const float threehalfs = 1.5F;
x2 = number * 0.5F;
y =…
by Marco Cantu, David Millington and Sarina DuPont
Introduction
The Embarcadero RAD Studio product management team regularly updates the product development roadmap for Delphi, C++Builder, and RAD Studio. As you can see in our official roadmap blog post, we have just…
3 Libraries for improving Existing Applications built with Delphi
September 11, 2020
One topic I get increasingly asked about Delphi Programming when developers are migrating to the latest version of RAD Studio is “quick ways to improve their applications”. So in this post, I am going to summarise 3 favorites by focusing on the libraries in RAD Studio.
Our refocusing efforts on quality assurance and bug fixes for C++ Builder has never been more clear than in 10.4.1. While we appreciate your patience, we don’t take it for granted. We have never been more energized to build on the solid foundations of C++ Builder and will continue this push in later releases throughout the year.
Some highlights from this release:
The Win64 debugger…
