Software development is an exciting journey. Choosing the best development tools can considerably save us from many troubles down the road. Although every developer has some considerations regarding native windows development, there might be some exciting points you may not have known. So let us explore them together.
1. Are all native development tools equal?
Not all native…
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Professional applications have greatIconsandSplash Screens. They catch the user’s eye and help add to an overall impression of quality and attention to detail. Today we link to a couple of really great articles on how to…
I can say, with confidence, that desktop apps are not dead, in fact they are very much alive and thriving. Web apps are on the rise and it’s a common trope to say that web applications can replace windows app development. But they couldn’t do that. In some cases…
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LearnCPlusPlus.orgis packed full of great articles on new modern C++ topics for professionals and beginners. In this article, we point you toward some recent great posts about how to open old project files like *.mak and *.bpr files, how to…
Delphi is technically a development environment powered by and for the Object Pascal programming language, along with a suite of Windows App Development Tools to enable high productivity and rapid application development.
The ideas of the first version of Delphi…
Embarcadero is pleased to announce the release of Delphi 11, C++Builder 11 and RAD Studio 11. RAD Studio 11 Alexandria builds on the feature set of the 10.4 releases and offers many new features, including an improved user experience with a High DPI IDE.
In this blog post…
The advancement of technology over the years has made life more comfortable. Arguably, if we’re to have a truly inclusive society, one of technology’s priorities should be eliminating the lines of race, gender, ability, amongst others.
The same goes for…
Native thumbnail and preview functionality for your software: ShellBrowser Delphi Components
June 8, 2021
The pain of finding the right file
Let’s be honest: Searching for files in the file explorer or on your desktop can be very annoying. Especially if you are looking for a certain picture of – let’s say – your last holiday trip to Italy. Luckily, previews are a…
Modern versions of Microsoft Windows are arguably a lot more pleasing to look at. Gone are the days of apps being gray slabs and chunky buttons. When Microsoft adopted the Fluent UI interface, along with it came a richer color palette, a cleaner, leaner look, and…
No doubt, the VCL FileDialogs offer a multitude of configuration options that cover most standard use cases. But sometimes this might not be enough and you want to create a specialized custom dialog with a different layout, additional controls (e.g. for import/export…
