Developer Zudomon (Nick Pützer) has been building an impressive procedural game called StoneQuest and 3D engine in Delphi. He has put in over 12,000 hours since 2011 building the engine and game. The whole game and content are less than 15MB in size! One of the goals of the developer is for him to build it entirely himself in Delphi. The current gameplay is reminiscent of Minecraft. According to…
Powerful Visual Optimizer For Investment Portfolios Built In Delphi
November 20, 2020
OptiFolio is an advanced interactive portfolio optimization software written in Delphi. According to the developer, “OptiFolio can produce an interactive visualization of all possible investment strategies for any given set of financial assets. Delphi’s compiled…
Easily Pass Values Between Delphi And Python In Your Windows Delphi/C++ Builder Apps
November 20, 2020
Want to build a Delphi/C++ builder Application that should exchange values between Delphi and Python Objects. Not sure how to do it? Python4Delphi has two powerful components to achieve this faster, you can use either one component for your application. In this post, we can…
Learn About Using Threads Inside Python For A Windows Delphi App In This Sample
November 19, 2020
We know Delphi supports Multithreading. Multithreading in Python can be achieved using Python Module Threading. However, In a use case like Delphi Application embedding Python(Python4Delphi) or CPython, the interpreter is not fully thread-safe. In order to support multi-threaded Python programs, there’s a global lock, called theglobal interpreter lockorGIL, that must be held by…
Useful UX Design Guidelines For Modernizing Your Delphi VCL And FireMonkey Applications In Windows 10
November 19, 2020
Its already late and time to modernize your Delphi/C++ Application with extensive Windows 10 support, as the support for Windows 7 ended on January 14, 2020. Rad Studio offers robust components and visually stunning styles to modernize your existing applications in Windows…
Learn To Add Custom Text Rendering And Formatting Capabilities To Your Delphi FMX Controls Quickly
November 19, 2020
Most applications demand high-quality text rendering, resolution-independent outline fonts, and full Unicode text and layout support. Looking for a device-independent text layout system that improves text readability in documents and in UI for Your Delphi/C++ applications?
Blastoff Game Created With Open Source DirectX Engine Built In Delphi
November 18, 2020
Quad Engine is an open source DirectX game engine built in Delphi which also offers bindings for C++ and C#. Blast-off is a showcase game built in the quad Engine and available on Stream. It is described as “Blast-off is a hardcore jumper/runner/shmup, where your alter ego will be a ball of anti-matter seeking to leave our Universe. Anti-matter is extremely difficult to exist in our…
Learn How To Work With MongoDB Dataset In A Delphi application Quickly Using ListView Sample App
November 18, 2020
MongoDB is a document database, which means it stores data in JSON-like documents, the most natural way to think about data, and is much more expressive and powerful than the traditional row/column model. How about connecting with MongoDB using FireDAC components in your…
Powerful Native Windows Open Source And Free Python IDE Built In Delphi
November 17, 2020
Developer Kiriakos Vlahos (aka PyScripter) has a powerful native Windows Python IDE called PyScripter that he has built available as an open source project. It is built in Delphi and takes full advantage of the styling capabilities built into VCL plus robust Delphi libraries…
Learn To Build A Python GUI For Working with 2D Graphics And The Matplotlib Library In A Delphi Windows App
November 17, 2020
Drawing graphics programmatically is a very popular task these days. You can easily solve it using Matplotlib library with Python4Delphi (P4D). P4D is a free set of instruments that allows you to work with Python scripts, modules and types in Delphi. In this post, we will look at how to run Matplotlib library using Python for Delphi.
Delphi itself offers a number of advanced charting libraries.
