TIOBEis one of manyprogramming language popularity indexes. Their methodology involves doing a search across various search engines with the name of a programming language followed by the word programming. So they look for “Delphi Programming” as an exact phrase, ignoring any Delphi related pages that don’t include that phrase (which is a lot of them). Other…
Delphi25 Stories - A Blog Series - Stephen Ball, Steffen Nyeland, Allen Drennan, & Ray Konopka
March 5, 2020
Thank you all so much for watching our Delphi25th Stories series on YouTube. If you haven’t seen it yet, check out the interview with Delphi’s creators and the playlist with Delphi stories from some of our fabulous MVPs and community members. We also have…
Today’s CoolApps selection is Supremo, from Nanosystems S.r.l. Supremo is a utility that allows users to broadcast and share screens. It boasts a discreet, user-friendly interface and can be used across multiple platforms. It also happens to have been developed with Delphi…
Writing Software for Multiple Platforms and Architectures with FireMonkey
March 3, 2020
When developers think about Delphi or C++Builder, the power of the Visual Component Library (VCL) is typically the first thing that comes to mind. If there is a factor that has been instrumental to the success of both Delphi and C++Builder, it is without a doubt the VCL.
The VCL is by far the best way to write desktop applications for Microsoft Windows. Regardless of language or company…
Update Subscription offers many benefits to our Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio customers. Besides key benefits such as access to updates, upgrades and technical support, we also invite our Update Subscription customers to participate in our beta program. Beta…
Navuu – Cool Apps Selection
Today’s CoolApps selection is Navuu, from GK Consulting. Navuu is a location service that users can use to send and share their location precisely and instantly to their chosen contacts. It’s a highly integrated and feature-dense…
When it comes to choosing the right database to support your application it can feel like a daunting task. To make life easier, here are a few topics to consider helping you pick the right database for you and your customers.
Topic
Notes
Look at Total Cost of Ownership
Up front license cost
Ongoing support costs
Daily administration costs
Development costs
Do the database and pricing…
Today’s CoolApps selection is IcoFX, from IcoFX Software. IcoFX is an award winning professional icon and cursor editor for Windows. It is an all-in-one solution for icon creation, extraction and editing that packs a ton of features into a user-friendly package. I love…
Today’s CoolApps selection is ExBox, from Marc Hoffmann. ExBox is a user-friendly tool that allows you to create shortcuts to execute common tasks, such as calculators, color converters, text and image editors, and more.
Marc has packed a lot of cool features into…
Our favorite software development tool is only turning 25 once, and that celebration was Friday, February 14th, 2020.
How can you help join in the #Delphi25th celebration?
You can make a video or do something else – here are some options. Videos are quick and easy, and don’t need to be overly complicated:
Video of yourself talking to the camera shot on your phone or a webcam…
