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CAD with C++Builder, episode#1

Author: Seva Leonov Learning tasks and motivation When teaching programming skills, especially with C++, one of the main issue is the selection of right examples and tasks. C++ is not that easy both in syntax, and concepts, and sostudents are demotivated just by the number of pages in the book. The true motive when studying a complicated discipline is the seeing the progress not in just…
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Easy Add Custom Component Icons in Delphi

Author: Pawe Gowacki I have just recently discovered a super easy way of adding custom icons to Delphi components. Traditionally you had to start from a rectangular bitmap of a specific size and color depth and then use Image Editor. This is documented in many places…
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"Serverless Architectures on AWS" summer reading

Author: Pawe Gowacki Summer is a great time to catch up with books that you have on your shelf, but do not have time to read. Obviously I would suggest starting from my recently released “Expert Delphi”, but there are plenty of other interesting books to look at.
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My "Expert Delphi" book published!

Author: Pawe Gowacki My “Expert Delphi” book has been published by PACKT Publishing and is currently available for a limited time for just $10at https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/expert-delphi.The book is about how to become developer super hero and gain amazing productivity powers to develop stunning, native cross-platform mobile apps from the same codebase…
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Connecting to Chrome OS via ADB

This is part of my series on developing with Chrome OS You need to put your Chromebook in Developer Mode First. Enabling ADB Debugging https://developer.android.com/topic/arc/index.html#setup First you have to allow ADB through the firewall. Go to crosh ([CTRL][ALT][T]) and…
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Enabling Developer Mode on Chrome OS

This is part of my series on developing with Chrome OS Chromebook Developer Mode You need to put your Chromebook in Developer mode, which wipes the local storage, so you are better off doing it sooner rather than later. Also keep in mind it may void your warranty. https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/poking-around-your-chrome-os-device It would appear the steps can vary from device to device, but…
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Changing a FireMonkey style at runtime

There is a great post by Sarina Adding a style selector to your applicationshowing how to have a FMX application with multiple style books, and a combo box listing the styles. When the app is running, a user can select one of the style in the combo box and the…
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Targeting Chrome OS with Delphi via Android and Linux

Google’s Chrome OS is based on their Chrome Browser and runs on Chromebooks, which are hybrids of a tablet and a laptop. They are designed with the assumption that the majority of what we do nowadays is done through the browser. Google announced a while ago that they…
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Quickly find add-ons with new GetIt categories

We have added a number of new categories to the GetIt Package Manager in 10.2 Tokyo to make it easier to find what you’re looking for in GetIt. The GetIt Package Manager can be accessed through the Tools menu in the IDE. Here’s the new list of categories you will find in the GetIt Package Manager: All Libraries Components Internet of Things Trial Connectors Industry…
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