Hello everyone. The C++ programming language is the most used programming language in game development. The gaming industry keeps growing, this can be seen by the number of new games, game tools, new 3D features, and many new gaming technologies that come in every week, and by the enormous incomes from game marketing. If you […]
Hello developers, if you just starting out on your C++ journey and want to jump to a modern IDE and C++ compiler, there is a free version of C++ Builder, C++ Builder 11 CE Community Edition released on April 2023. If you are a start-up developer, student, hobbyist, or just interested in learning to code […]
Hello fellow developers. The hugely important Stack Overflow site is currently running their annual survey of developer tools. Delphi is listed among the choices. It would be really helpful if you could visit the survey and let Stack Overflow know that you’re a RAD Studio with Delphi user. Whether you use one of the paid […]
Hello C++ developers, C++ students, and C++ educators. We recently had another milestone for the C++ programming language with a free version of C++ Builder, C++ Builder 11 CE Community Edition released in April 2023. If you are a start-up developer, student, hobbyist or just interested in learning to code then C++ Builder Community Edition […]
If you have watched any of Embarcadero’s online content, attended a RAD Studio webinar, or been to one of the in-person events you will most likely know the wonderful Jim McKeeth. Jim has been the Chief Developer Advocate and Engineer for Embarcadero since July 13th, 2013, just short of ten years. Today, however, the big […]
C++ Builder is the easiest and fastest C++ IDE for building professional FMX C++ Apps with powerful GUI components like Memo, Edit, ListBox, StringGrid, and many more. Each component can be skinned with Styles to change their visual appearance. Styles are very powerful and because of this it can sometimes take a little to get used […]
If you don’t use Sharing C++, no data races can happen. Not sharing means that your thread works on local variables. This can be achieved by copying the value, using thread-specific storage, or transferring the result of a thread to its associated future via a protected data channel. The patterns in this section are quite […]
Reactor Also known as Problem Solution Structure Dynamic Behavior Example Pros and Cons Pros Cons What’s Next? Event-driven applications, such as GUIs or servers, often apply the architecture pattern Reactor. A Reactor can accept multiple requests simultaneously and distribute them to different handlers. The Reactor Pattern is an event-driven framework to concurrently demultiplex and dispatch […]
What is a sepia effect in a C++ app? Is there an easy way to add sepia effects to components? How can I add a sepia effect to alpha images in my applications? How can I use the TSepiaEffect component in C++ Builder? What are the visual tips to add a sepia effect in the development […]
Communicating with Human Interface Devices such as Alphanumeric display, Bar Code Reader, Sensors, Volume control on Speakers/Headsets becomes a primary use case for real-world, Cross-platform applications. Do you spend more time in building libraries to communicate with Human Interface Devices for your Delphi/C++ FireMonkey applications? WINSOFT Provides a powerful library to get the job done. It uses the standard Windows HID API. Features: […]
