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Ultra-Fast Web Application Development using Delphi/C++ Builder

Choosing the Web framework for Web Application Development in Delphi or C++ Builder will no more a tough task for both developers and companies to meet the business needs. There is plenty of resources around Embercadero and the web about various frameworks with the pros and cons of each. Still, struggle to choose the right one for your need? Don’t worry this post will guide you through the available frameworks. RADStudio Included Server Technologies : Web Broker: Abstract the HTTP Server concept with concrete classes mapped to CGI, ISAPI, ApacheModules, Standalone(indy). It can maps URLs to actions, supports filters, and global handlers. To start with WebBroker Click here. DataSnap is a Delphi technology that allows the development of multi-tier applications, most notably multi-tier database applications. Supports Rest, TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS. Backward compatible with COM/DCOM. A serios of tutorials here. RAD Server Load Delphi and C++ business logic methods into RAD Server, add some users, and go. REST/JSON end-points are auto-created and managed. Access control is handled. Data storage is built-in or you can easily connect to any popular Enterprise RDBMS or cloud service.  SOAP Services: It’s a protocol which enables you to access remote data, or call remote procedures. SOAP data is transmitted using an XML wrapper, usually over an HTTP or direct TCP/IP. To create and use SOAP service Click here. RADStudio Included some Client Technologies for Web Application Development: Which includes Rest BaaS Client, Cloud Client libraries, Rest Client libraries, SOAP Clients. 3rd Party Web Frameworks: Client Focused: Pascal->JavaScript Transpilers. Write in Object Pascal and translate/Compiles in to JavaScript. Creates a pure Web client Solution. Compatible with many popular server solutions. TMSSoftware’s Web Core Integrates into Delphi IDE. Write object pascal and design in RAD Studio, builds pure HTML & JavaScript. Works with TMS’s cross-platform FNC components. Builds a Single Page Application. The large reusable component set with database access. Smart Mobile Studio (SMSC) transpiler has its own IDE uses familiar Object Pascal dialect. Compiles to pure JavaScript. Has lots of target like Node.js Tizen, console & Espruino. Has own RTL and full Visual component framework. ElevateSoft’s Web builder transpiler has its own IDE with components similar to VCL. Supports using native Elevate Web Builder Web server Modules. It compiles to optimized JavaScript. Full Stack or Client/Server Focused: Framework covers the Server app and client interface. Balanced Approach good to choose when Both Server and Visually designed UI is one project. WebBroker is the core on the server for most frameworks listed below. AtoZed Software’s IntraWeb: Installs into IDE, Modeled on VCL, Visual Client Designer. The client built from the JS and HTML library. Delphi UI event handlers run on servers, extensible via typescript. FMSoft UniGui: Installs into Delphi IDE, VCL like design and use. Provides data-aware controls, supports desktop and mobile. Allows optional javascript for client-side events and VCL like server event handlers. Open source Ethea Kitto2: Uses Web broker for the backend. No visual designer, make it easy to use Ext JS to build client. Server Focused Open Source: Delphi MVC Framework: Rest Server built on WebBroker includes Delphi IDE wizard. Runs under Apche or ISS on Windows & Linux. Restful RMM level 3 compliant. Synopse mORMot : Doesn’t use Web broker, Integrated SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine for server-side business logic. ORM/ODM: Object persistence on Almost any database (SQL or NoSQL).SOA: organize your business logic into REST services. Web MVC: Publish your ORM/SOA process as responsive Web applications. MArs Curiosity: Lightweight Rest Server built on WebBroker, installs into Delphi […]

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The power of AI from Delphi and/or C++Builder

On the record of the webinar on “Using IBM Watson and the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) from Delphi and/or C++Builder ” from Thursday, October 24, You can see the resources, slides, and code examples used in the webinar: Resources How to create a free IBM Cloud account:  https://ibm.biz/BdjLxy​ IBM Watson Tone Analyzer:  https://www.ibm.com/watson/services/tone-analyzer/​ IBM Watson Visual Recognition:  https://www.ibm.com/watson/services/visual-recognition/​ Delphi-JsonToDelphiClass by Petar Georgiev:  https://github.com/PKGeorgiev/Delphi-JsonToDelphiClass​ TNetHTTPClient:  http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/Libraries/Rio/en/System.Net.HttpClientComponent.TNetHTTPClient​ Al Mannarino Blog Posts:  https://community.idera.com/developer-tools/b/blog Slides IBMWatsonAI_Delphi_CBuilder.pdf Code Samples: Delphi:WatsonVisual.dproj IBMWatsonToneAnalyzer.dproj (WatsonToneAnalyzer.zip) NetHTTPClient.dproj (TNetHTTPClient.zip)  C++ Builder:   CppSystemNetHttpClient.cbproj On this webinar we showed: – How to leverage the power of machine learning from Delphi and/or C++Builder with the IBM Watson Artificial Intelligence (AI) Services.– This webinar covered using the IBM Watson REST API. IBM Watson is a collaborative environment with artificial Intelligence (AI) tools that you can use to collect and prepare training data, and to design, train, and deploy machine learning models.– On this webinar we specifically looked at two of the IBM Watson AI Services:– The Visual Recognition Service, and the– Tone Analysis Service (for Natural Language Classification), plus we will also look at– Watson Machine Learning.But before we dove into using Delphi and/or C++ Builder with the IBM Watson Artificial Intelligence (AI) REST Services, we took a quick refresher look at what’s possible with Delphi and/or C++ Builder for the integration with Web and/or REST Services. We had a quick review on how to integrate Delphi and/or C++ Builder with back-end services to provide access to data and enhance the Delphi and/or C++ Builder VCL and Multi-Device user experience!

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C++17 On Windows 10 With The C++ Builder

As you know from C++ Builder 10.3, we have support for the modern C++17 On Windows 10 version. Here you can see the C++ 17 support chart. In this CodeRage session, Dion Mai shows demo applications in action. You can find out how you can use the new C++17 On Windows 10 functions and an updated C++17 standard library.  What you can find in this session? Moreover, you can find out how you can call WinRT functionalities. You can find all the wrappers from the RAD Studio installation folder. Source->RTL->Win->WinRT   C++ Builder provides three levels of development:1. Components (VCL and FMX)2. Common Libraries (RTL).3. Platform APIs (iOS, Android, Mac OS) In this post we will discuss the Common Libraries (RTL). C++ Builder has several hundred functions, macros, and classes that you call from within your C and C++ programs to perform a wide variety of tasks, including low- and high-level I/O, string and file manipulation, memory allocation, process control, data conversion, mathematical calculations, and more.​ The C++ Builder Run-Time Library (or RTL) is composed of a number of base header files that provide the underlying support for most of the VCL and FireMonkey component libraries . The RTL includes global routines, utility classes such as those that represent streams and lists, and classes such as TObject, TPersistent, and TComponent.​ Although closely allied with FireMonkey and VCL, the RTL does not include any of the components that appear on the Tool Palette. ​ Instead, the classes and routines in the RTL are used by the components that do appear on the Tool Palette, and are available for you to use in application code in either VCL projects or FireMonkey projects, or when you are writing your own classes.​ For example, the System header contains most of the Run-Time Library (RTL). ​ And from the System header, you have the System.Math.hpp header that defines classes, routines, types, variables, and constants related to mathematical operations, vectors and matrices.​ Or the System.Bluetooth.hpp header that provides classes to use the Bluetooth capabilities of the device that is running your application to connect to applications running on remote devices.​ Or the System.Sensors.hpp header that provides classes and components that let you obtain information and manage system sensors. The Sensors are pieces of hardware or software that can provide measures of physical quantities to your applications.​ Or the System.Threading.hpp header that defines classes and types that implement the parallel programming library.​

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Embarcadero Subscription Benefits – Highlights for September 2020

Embarcadero Subscription will help Your team to focus on most important things – increase efficiency and Reduce development time and get to market faster with RAD Studio, Delphi, or C++Builder. Design. Code. Compile. Deploy. RAD Studio Update for Embarcadero Subscription benefits continues to expand. In addition to multiple FREE components and tools available to Update Subscription customers, we want to highlight several exciting features for September related to the 10.4 / 10.4.1 releases.  Custom HighDPI ready VCL Windows Styles  In 10.4, we significantly extended the VCL Styles architecture to support High DPI and 4K monitors. All UI controls on the VCL form are now automatically scaled for the proper resolution of the monitor the form is displayed on.  Each UI element can be selected from a library of multi-scale versions and scaled to any DPI, resulting in crisp UI elements on all monitors. The following 13 custom VCL styles have been updated to fully support High DPI with your VCL applications: Calypso Stellar Wedgewood Light Material Oxford Blue Puerto Rico Material Patterns Blue Windows 10 Modern Malibu Windows 10 Modern Blue Whale Windows 10 Modern Clear Day Windows 10 Modern Black Pearl Flat UI Light Lucky Point Zircon Parallel Debugger  Today’s applications don’t just run on one thread – they’re spread over the main UI thread and multiple parallel threads all inter-operating. Yet most IDEs are built around interacting with one thread at a time when debugging, or have debugging controls that aren’t even aware that more threads might exist at all. Debugging thread interactions can be hard, really hard… and we have the solution: a new parallel extension to RAD Studio designed for understanding and controlling what your multi-threaded application is doing. Visualize thread call stacks in parallel. See multiple threads indicated inline in the code editor. Control execution on a per-thread basis. And more! This exciting new extension is coming soon exclusively for Update Subscription customers using RAD Studio 10.4.1. TwineCompile: speed up C++ builds  C++ can be slow to compile, for all C++ IDEs – and TwineCompile is the answer. This amazing C++Builder extension parallelizes C++ builds, speeding them up by the number of cores in your machine – making your project build in half, a quarter, or even less time. This add-on is one of the best productivity extensions available for C++ development. Depending on your application size, it’s possible to save an hour or more per day – a huge time saver for your entire development team! There are three short, two-minute videos introducing TwineCompile and how to use it: probably the best six minutes you could spend today improving things for your C++ team. You can get TwineCompile now for C++Builder with your Update Subscription — including for Professional edition customers! Updated FMX Linux We also recently updated the FMXLinux package for Delphi in GetIt. The latest version has full support for 10.4.1 and includes a number of quality improvements.

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Top 3 features in Delphi 10.4 Sydney to try

Following the beta testing period and some blog post-pre-announcing some of the key features, on 27 Mai 2020 Embarcadero officially released RAD Studio 10.4 Sydney, which includes Delphi 10.4 Sydney. My Top Three Features There are many new features in the product. For Delphi developers the key are: The first cut of Code Insight based on Language Server Protocol. This is a huge step for the product, a new foundation for the future of the “IntelliSense” capabilities. From this foundation, we’ll continue to improve and expand in the future. Top feature is completion within words — rather than starting with what you type. Nice side effects, much better red squiggles. The introduction of custom managed records. Records in Delphi are extremely powerful and handy (with methods and operators overloading) now custom initialization and finalization add more power The extensive enhancements on VCL, with support for High DPI Styles and new platform support with TEdgeBrowser control, among many other features (Per Controls styling, TTitleBar, Virtual Image component, updated API declarations…). FMX and RTL and many other areas got improvement, but the work on VCL has been really extensive for this release There is way more in the product, this is just my personal take of the top 3 areas we worked on. Extensive bug fixing is another key element of Delphi 10.4 Sydney, with one of the highest numbers of public reported bug fixed in a release. And the return of a very nice classic Delphi Greek helmet logo! Noteworthy Links The official RAD Studio 10.4 announcement by Sarina is at https://community.idera.com/developer-tools/b/blog/posts/rad-studio-10-4-now-available-learn-more Direct download of the online installer from the new download portal: https://my.embarcadero.com/#downloadDetail/692 The YouTube What’s New video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRWWzd_yaig&feature=youtu.be The 10.4 Demos on GitHub at: https://github.com/Embarcadero/RADStudio10.4Demos What’s new web page: https://www.embarcadero.com/products/rad-studio/whats-new-in-10-4-sydney What’s new docwiki page: http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Sydney/en/What%27s_New Minor features and list of fixed issues: http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Sydney/en/New_features_and_customer_reported_issues_fixed_in_RAD_Studio_10.4 Official press release: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200526005263/en/RAD-Studio-10.4-Accelerates-Native-Windows-Development (I’m even quoted in it!) Interested in a trial? https://www.embarcadero.com/products/rad-studio/start-for-free Feature matrix (PDF): https://www.embarcadero.com/docs/rad-studio-feature-matrix.pdf

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InterBase 2020 Update 1 deja disponibil

InterBase is a powerful, zero-administration, small footprint database engine that can power your server and even run on your mobile devices as an embedded database. InterBase 2020 Update 1 added a number of new features, including tablespaces support for InterBase server, new OS platform support for embedded versions, enhanced performance monitoring, SQL optimizations and more.  Today Embarcadero is releasing InterBase 2020 Update 1, which adds the following features:  Linux support for InterBase 2020 Server and Developer Editions Tablespaces support for the OnlineDump technology Updated IBConsole support for Backup, Dump, and Restore operations of databases that use tablespaces Performances improvements and fixes for defects reported by customers Here are some additional links: https://www.embarcadero.com/products/interbase/version-history http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/InterBase/2020/en/Main_Page http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/InterBase/2020/en/What%27s_New_in_InterBase_2020_Update_1 The installers for different platforms are available for download on the following trial and developer edition download pages: https://www.embarcadero.com/products/interbase/start-for-free https://www.embarcadero.com/products/interbase/developer/free-download This release continues to extend the power of InterBase 2020, along with continuing to focus on its reliability and stability. Moreover, RAD Studio developers already have an InterBase developer edition license and also the ability to distributing IBLite or IBToGo with their mobile applications, depending if they are on the Professional or Enterprise edition SQL Optimizations Transform inequality operators and not operators to their opposite representation for index based retrieval. Inequality operators, such as <, <=, !=, <>, >, >= can be transformed and optimized. For e.g. Conditions of the form “NOT A>0” can now get transformed to “A <= 0” by the SQL optimizer to use index retrieval for better performance. Security Enhancements InterBase 2020 uses OpenSSL 1.0.2s across all platforms to avail recent vulnerability fixes from OpenSSL project. IBConsole Improvements InterBase 2020 comes with an enhanced IBConsole GUI for Windows. It supports the latest feature set including Tablespaces and Data Dictionary modifications and includes enhanced support for InterBase’s patented Change Views functionality. InterBase 64-bit Edition now includes a 64-bit native IBConsole application, that will allow larger datasets to be retrieved in the query window. Phased Delivery InterBase 2020 embedded versions and InterBase Server Edition for Windows are immediately available. Server editions for Linux and macOS will follow shortly.

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Oferta Pre-Lansare Embarcadero RAD Studio 10.4 !

Embarcadero RAD Studio 10.4 Sydney este cea mai recentă ediție a soluțiilor noastre cu funcționalități noi avansate care Vă vor ajuta mult în procesul de dezvoltare, testare și implemntare a aplicațiilor moderne și în limitele bugetului alocat. Deoarece sunteți client și membru al comunității de dezvoltatori, am lansat special pentru Dvs o ofertă promoțională pentru soluțiile RAD Studio, Delphi, and C++Builder. Embarcadero RAD Studio 10.4 Sydney include o mulțime de funcționalități și înbunătățiri în cele trei produse principale ale noastre (RAD Studio, Delphi și C ++ Builder), oferind VCL pentru aplicațiile Windows 10, FireMonkey pentru dezvoltarea Delphi pentru mai multe tipuri de dispozitive, îmbunătățiri ale productivității dezvoltatorilor la IDE și multe altele! Nu putem împărtăși până când toate detaliile, dar … Solicitați oferta promo: Acum este momentul potrivit pentru a face upgrade la Embarcadero RAD Studio 10.4! Vă gândiți la modernizarea soluțiilor existente? Platformele de programare continuă să se dezvolte. Tehnologiile la fel nu stau pe loc și permanent se dezvoltă. Aplicațiile Dvs create în trecut mai funcționează, dar cum vor sta în perioadele următoare? Sunteți pregătit pentru viitor? Nu vă lăsați depășit de noile tehnologii c! Lansăm oferta de pre-sales pentru RAD Studio 10.4! Actualizați-vă soluțiile existente sau procurați licențe noi acum la pret special și ve-ți primi ediția 10.4 imediat cum va fi lansată plus orice altă versiune nouă, lansată pe parcursul unui an! Noul Code Insight din Delphi 10.4 rezolvă o mulțime de probleme și face din utilizarea IDE o experiență mult mai plăcută și mai receptivă și pentru dvs. Nu mai vorbim de rezultatele suplimentare, care pot fi extrem de utile. Este planificată și continuarea lucrului pentru a merge mai departe prin obiectivele scrise mai sus. Cu toate acestea, în 10.4, noi și testatorii noștri beta am descoperit că este un plus excelent la IDE. În plus, am adăugat chiar două funcții noi: permițându-vă să explorați codul dvs. prin completarea codului și folosind Code Insight, inclusiv completarea codului și alte funcții Code Insight în timp ce depanați. RAD Studio The ultimate IDE with features both C++ and Delphi developers love: code, debug, test and fast design for cross-platform mobile and desktop deployment. Delphi IDE Trusted for over 24 years, our modern Delphi is the preferred choice of Object Pascal developers worldwide for creating cool apps across devices. C++ Builder IDE The most productive C++ development toolkit, including powerful IDE and frameworks for UI, connectivity, and much more. Build C++ applications 10x faster with less code.

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Oferta Embarcadero #remotework

Asigurați-vă cu instrumentele necesareacum cu o reducere de până la 35% prin promoția Embarcadero #remotework Situația actuală cu COVID-19 generează provocări noi pentru dezvoltatorii software. Daca acționăm cu înțelepciune și cu promptitudine, rezultatele pe care le obținem în aceste momente delicate vor rămâne alături de noi și de afacerile noastre mult timp înainte. Pentru a face făță acestor provocări, în afară de echipe de profesioniști, aveți nevoie și de instrumente performante, ce ar putea crește eficiența proceselor de lucru. Este un moment excelent să vă alăturați comunității utilizatorilor IDE RAD Studio, Delphi și C++Builder, soluții moderne și performante, care oferă funcționalități avansate și o creștere semnificativă a vitezei de dezvoltare a aplicațiilor pentru diferite platforme dintr-un singur source-code. Alăturați-vă comunității noastre și profitați de oferta specială și economisiți de la 25% la orice produs Embarcadero: → 25 % reducere  licente noi – Ofertă specială pentru clienții noi care până acum nu dețineau nici o licență Embarcadero. → 30 % reducere – susținem clienții existenți în dorința sa de a extinde numărul de licențe pentru echipele de dezvoltatori. → 35 % reducere – la procurarea licențelor noi de către clienții existenți, care dețin licente cu mentenanță și support expirate. Solicitați oferta Embarcadero #remotework Termeni & Condiții ● Oferta valabilă până pe data de 30 Aprilie 2020 la procurarea:○ Delphi, C++Builder & RAD Studio 10.3 Rio – Pro, Ent & Arch Edition○ Named user, network named and concurrent licenses.● Aceasta ofertă nu este valabilă în cazul achiziției:○ Renewals○ Academic Editions.● Ofertele promoționale nu pot fi cumulate sau combinate● Embarcadero își rezervă dreptul de a modifica, anula sua amâna oricând prezenta ofertă● Prezenta ofertă nu este aplicabilă daca contravine legislației locale.● Se pot aplica restricții adiționale.

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5 Unique Delphi features for Windows 10

To the average non-technical computer user, Windows10 might seem as just another Windows version. I still hear both non-technical users and developers ask why they should leave Windows 7 behind. What exactly is so unique about Windows 10? In order to understand why Windows10 is awesome, we first have to take a step back to the previous edition of Windows, namely Windows 8. A bit of context At the time when Windows 8 was the latest thing, Microsoft was still active in the mobile market, and Windows 8 represented a substantial refactoring of the Windows family. Microsoft made no secret of their plans to eventually retire x86 in favour of ARM (which is still a goal for both Microsoft and Apple), and in order to deliver said platform transparently, the OS was to be engineered from the ground up. The result of this effort was WinRT (Windows Runtime), a chipset agnostic architecture that, once adopted, enabled developers to write applications that could be compiled for any CPU, providing the code was source-compatible (not unlike FireMonkey and its abstraction layer over desktop, mobile and embedded). The idea was initially to retire the aging WinAPI and thus make the entire Windows eco-system portable. But WinRT has not replaced WinAPI, instead it co-exists and compliments the system. Universal Windows Platform (UWP) Needless to say the Windows 8 journey did not go as Microsoft had planned. They took Windows Mobile off the market (which is a great shame, Windows Mobile was wonderful to use) and decided to focus on what they do best; namely the Windows desktop. UWP (universal windows platform) can be seen as a kind of successor to WinRT. It incorporates the same technology (so WinRT is still there) except it has broader implications and embrace more diverse technologies. The most important being that it allows other languages, and developers that don’t use Visual Studio to co-exist without the restrictions of Windows 8 (WinRT was C++ only). Microsoft also added an emulation layer to UWP, to make sure applications written for x86 and WinAPI can seamlessly run on ARM. I should underline that Delphi features for Windows 10 has support for the WinRT APIs that are now an intrinsic part of Windows 10. There are some 40 units in the VCL (under the WinAPI.* namespace) that let you work directly with that aspect of Windows. As well as components written especially for Windows 10, that we will cover briefly in this post. Right then. Lets jump into my top five features and have a closer look! 1: Scaling and DPI awareness If you have updated to Windows 10 you have undoubtedly noticed that graphics are smoother than under Windows 8 (and especially Windows 7), and that Windows will scale form content if you are using a monitor that supports high DPI. This feature goes deeper than you might expect, because users can have both HD and SD capable monitors connected to the same machine – and Windows 10 will ensure that applications look their best regardless of DPI count. Support for DPI awareness for monitors, has to be defined in the application manifest, but this is now a part of your project options inside the Rad Studio IDE. So making your desktop application DPI aware is nothing more than a 2-click operation. […]

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