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CodeRage 2018 is Coming December 4th through 6th

Clear your calendar and get your snacks ready. It is time for everyone’s favorite virtual developers conference: CodeRage 2018. Here is a sampling of some of the sessions you will find this year: A C++ Language Conversation with Bjarne Stroustrup Hosted by David Intersimone “David I” Developing Simple Games Software Running Over Desktop Introduction to Machine Learning…
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Delphi

Introducing Inline Variables in the Delphi Language

The coming 10.3 version of Delphi introduces a very handy feature to the language, local inline variables with local scope and type inference. The Delphi language in 10.3 has a fairly core change in the way it allows far more flexibility in the declaration of local variables, their scope and lifetime. This is a change that breaks a key tenet of the original Pascal…
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Delphi

Directions for ARC Memory Management in Delphi

With the coming 10.3 release, RAD Studio R&D and PM teams are making Delphi’s new directions in memory management official. A few years back, when Embarcadero started building new Delphi compilers for platforms other than Windows there was a lot of discussion…
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Android Z-Order, Native Controls, and 10.3 Rio

Before 10.3 Rio, you couldn’t put other controls on top of a platform-native control like TWebBrowser or TMediaPlayer, The stacking of controls is referred to as Z-Order. This was especially annoying when used with the TMultiView (one of my favorite controls)…