Intro
When you start building any project, you might end up creating functions to use in several points of your application. Maybe you develop a set of code snippets. Utilities are an important point of connection between your software and the device it runs on, but what if you didn’t have to create them yourself?
WinSoft offers a Utils library that gives you a bunch of functions to…
Take your Delphi & C++ Builder projects to the next level with Chakra JScript Engine!
August 31, 2020
Intro
Many Delphi developers adore the language integration options of the Embarcadero Delphi and C++ Builder. For instance, you can utilize Assembly language within the Delphi code by just opening asm scope. This is an inline assembly feature. Moreover, you can integrate…
When you begin an enterprise-level project, you must integrate authentication options into your projects. At that point, you can use Android Built-in APIs, such as the KeyguardManager API, to lock and unlock the keyguard in your Delphi or C++ Builder FireMonkey Android…
Benchmarking Memory Managers BigBrain 2020 vs. FastMM5
August 28, 2020
Looking to upgrade the memory manager in Embarcadero Dev C++ I investigated a number of memory manages including FastMM4-AVX. The second memory manager I looked at is called BigBrain 2020 and it looks to have significant performance improvements in some areas. There is a comprehensive blog post by the creator of BigBrain 2020 which compares performance between BigBrain 2020 and FastMM5 (and TC…
While looking into upgrading the FastMM4 version in Embarcadero Dev-C++ I ran across a fork of FastMM4 called FastMM4-AVX. It uses special instruction sets to achieve better results than the original FastMM4. Developer maximmasiutin has added a number of enhancements to the…
The Nexus Quality Suite (NQS) is a set of tools that enables you to fine tune your applications to the highest possible performance and quality standards. The current collection of tools include Line, Method and Block level profilers; a memory and resources leek analysis…
Unoffical Forums Around Delphi, C++Builder, And InterBase
August 20, 2020
There are a number of unofficial forums which are based around Embarcadero products such as Delphi, C++Builder, and InterBase. The unofficial forums can be a great way to interact with your peers, get help with issues, and promote your own projects. Here is a list of some of those unofficial forums around the work sorted by language. If you know of some that are not on the list post them in the…
Syntax Highlighting Editors In Delphi & C++Builder On Windows
August 20, 2020
A popular syntax highlighting editor for Delphi is called TSynEdit. This post is mainly focused on the various forks of TSynEdit and which one you might want to use in your own projects. The Dev C++ project uses TSynEdit which needed to be upgraded when it was lifted from…
I ran across this post over on StackExchange where Danny Thorpe, one of the original Delphi 1 team members, recounts the effort that went into the research and development behind the creation of Delphi 1.
Enjoy!
“Delphi 1.0 was released Feb 14, 1995. By my (now…
TUsers Security Component helps Delphi Developers implementing User Authentication and User Permissions Management quickly in their Desktop Applications. Password protect menus, buttons, actions, dbgrids, datasets, fields and virtually any VCL component, even 3rd-party componentes, like DevExpress and JVCL. The built-in and user-friendly Admistration Module gives you powerfull and easy user rigths…