The Parallel Debugger plugin, originally from Parnassus, is now available in GetIt for RAD Studio 11.x (ie 11.0 and 11.1.) This follows up making Bookmarks and Navigator available a few weeks ago.
The Parallel Debugger is an addon that lets you see what’s going on in all threads in your app at once. A traditional debugger in the IDE shows only one thread, one call stack, and so forth. The…
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…
What Is The Anatomy Of A Great Windows Compiler?
February 10, 2022
While many believe that programmers or coders interact directly with computers or machines through code, it isn’t entirely true. Computers understand what we refer to as machine language- a set of instructions in binary combinations, the zero’s and ones. On the other…
The linker is a core part of the C++Builder toolchain – after all, it’s the part that collects the compiler’s output and creates your final binary, so it’s hard to understate its importance! – and because it brings the entire application together at once, it can use a lot of memory. C++Builder 10.4.2 is not the first release where we’ve introduced linker improvements: making…
The GetIt Package Manager is the package manager built into the RAD Studio IDE that allows you to browse, download, purchase, and install packages. Packages may provide libraries, components, IDE extensions, and SDKs. Packages available in the package manager can be browsed…
New IDE Plugin: Parnassus Parallel Debugger
December 15, 2020
Advanced code editor markup, call stack UI, and multithreaded debugging tools — in a new plugin for RAD Studio now freely available.
We’re very pleased to announce a new IDE extension available today for RAD Studio 10.4.1, created by the same author as the popular…
C++ GM Update: Focus on C++ Quality in 10.4 And 10.4.1
September 8, 2020
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…