There are quite a few Delphi open source projects on GitHub that can really save you some time. I searched for Delphi on GitHub and then sorted by the Most Starred projects and came up with this Top 10 list. There is some really good stuff here including Awesome Delphi (which is another top list), Delphi IDE color theming projects, an MVC web framework, a REST API client, Open Source Computer Vision Library headers for Delphi, a really powerful custom TreeView component, a unit testing fram...

Developer beNative over on GitHub has a project called Concepts which is a massive collection of Delphi modular demos featuring over twenty different language features, design patterns and some interresting frameworks, and components. A copy of all of the libraries the Concepts project depends on are included to reduce the hassle of installing them separately. The modular demos include demonstrations of the following libraries: Delphi Run-Time Library (or RTL)The Delphi Run-Time Li...

Delphi 10.2 Tokyo ships with a massive amount of FireMonkey components for cross platform development on Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows. However, there is always room for more custom components to be built to get your app done that much faster. Additionally, once you start deploying your app or it starts getting large you may want to start optimizing some of the functionality. There are quite a few free component suites out there now for FMX from a variety of different authors. There are also ...

Developer Wouter Van Nifterick has a C-To-Delphi converter tool available over on GitHub under an MIT open source license. The tool contains a split view where you can write standard C code on the left side of the split view and it will show you translated code in Object Pascal (Delphi) on the right side of the split view. The DelphiAST library is used to perform syntax checking on the Delphi code side. Some of the features of the converter tool include: If function main exists, a program wil...

JavaScript is a useful scripting language which you can incorporate within your Delphi 10.2 Tokyo apps in a number of ways. There are open source, commercial component sets, and libraries which quickly allow you to do this in Delphi. These include JSEngine, ScriptGate, paxCompiler, v8delphiwrapper, BESEN, and ChakraCore headers. Some of the reasons why you might want to use Delphi and JavaScript together are for providing end user scripting capabilities, a display layer for your app, or usi...

The C++ Boot Camp series is a free Coding Bootcamp training course with over 10 hours of C++ training, question & answer sessions, and much more! C++ can be used to build cross platform applications for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows. The Android support uses the Android NDK. This coding boot camp coarse will bring you up to speed on building mobile and desktop apps quickly. You will be introduced to the C++Builder IDE, the FireMonkey UI which is powered by OpenGL, using animations and eff...

The Delphi Boot Camp series is a free Coding Bootcamp with over 13 hours of training, question & answer sessions, and more with experienced developers. Delphi can be used to build cross platform applications for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows 10. This coding bootcamp will bring you up to speed quickly and get you building and deploying apps to your devices fast. If you're new to Delphi and Object Pascal be sure to start on the Day 1 session. Are you ready to get started? Let's g...

First integrated development environment with built-in support for packaging Win32 and Win64 applications for Windows 10 Store AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Embarcadero Technologies (a division of IDERA), a leading provider of software solutions for application development, today announced that RAD Studio is the first integrated development environment (IDE) to provide built-in support for packaging Win32 and Win64 applications for deployment to the Windows 10 Desktop Bridge, and into the Win...

Embarcadero MVP Paul Toth has a video up demoing how to build a Google Cardboard VR app with Delphi FireMonkey. Source code is also available. The video is in French so you can use the auto translated subtitles if needed. The video itself talks about building the stereo view, creating the lens distortion effect, and integrating the rotation vector information. The source code has a number of demos which include StereoView (Demonstration of the Stereo effect), LensEffect (Demonstr...

If you are new to RAD Studio and Delphi or you are a long time user these videos will help you setup and configure each of the platforms supported by RAD Studio and Delphi. The platforms supported by VCL apps are Win32 and Win64. The platforms supported by cross platform FMX apps are Android, iOS 32, iOS 64, iOS Simulator, macOS, Win32, and Win64. You can quickly build and deploy a single code base and single UI using FMX to all of these platforms. The Platform Assistant server (named paserver)...