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Automate Access To Current And Historical Currency Exchange Rates Via API

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April 14, 2021
Currency exchange rates are an interesting financial dataset similar to stock quotes and cryptocurrency datasets. For building solutions like software or a POS system for a currency exchange business, it is a necessary dataset and there are APIs online that give you easy access to this data. One API that is available is from ExchangeRatesAPI.io which is owned by apilayer (a sister company of…
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Developer Stories: Alysson Cunha Speaks On His Firecast 8 Entertainment Software

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March 18, 2021
Alysson Cunha has been programming with Delphi since he was 13, in 2001. His showcase entry (Firecast 8) won the grand prize of the Delphi 26th Showcase Challenge and we interviewed him on everything about his winning software and how it came about. Get more information about the entertainment software on the RRPG Firecast website. When did you start using RAD Studio/Delphi and have long have…
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Easily Target 5 Major Platforms With Delphi Over More Limited WPF And Electron Frameworks

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March 15, 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 Windows desktop applications. The benchmark application – a Windows 10 Calculator clone – was recreated in each framework by…
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Powerful GPS Indoor And Outdoor Location Tracking Solution For Windows And Mobile

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March 10, 2021
BeaconFence is a new developer proximity solution that provides GPS-free indoor and outdoor location tracking as well as events that occur as the user of the smartphone application moves within an area or zone. BeaconFence has a mapping technology that allows you to define rectangular and radial zones for any physical layout. With the BeaconFence technology, you can track location information…
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