My "RAD in Action: Build Modern Apps with Enterprise Mobility Services" webinar is happening right now. During my 50 minutes session I'm demonstrating using DataSnap framework for building multi-tier database application with FireDAC JSON Reflection framework. That's very powerful and very easy to code. During the demo I have illustrated the following best practices: InterBase „EMPLOYEE” sample database FireDAC database access components DataSnap server deployed to a web server ...

It was so much fun to create one of the "Developer Skills Sprint" sessions last week. During the live Q'n'A session I have promised to make the source code of my DataSnap "Simple Calculator" REST server and client projects available. Here it is! It is now available from the Code Central at http://cc.embarcadero.com/item/29915 A few years ago, back in the Delphi XE time frame, I have created a series of DataSnap "Delphi Labs". The source code of these Delphi Labs has been updated to Delphi...

I can't wait to Delphi Developer Days coming to Amsterdam in a very near future and specifically June 12 and 13. There are still some places left, so hurry up registering at Delphi Developer Days 2014! If you are interested in Delphi and you are based in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg or you can just super easily fly in with your favourite airlines to Schiphol Amsterdam airport, just do it! Cary Jansen and Bob Swart are simply great Delphi world-wide super heroes! What I really like abo...

Travelling... It is like with everything in our lives. When it is too much, you start not to like it. When it is too rare, you start to miss it. Human nature. I just like coding in Delphi and C++Builder, and just cannot help it. I like showing off the latest new features. And some existing ones as well:-) The new mantra: one source code and multiple target platforms! And the mantra that stood the challenge: building apps from reusable, visual components that you can manipulate at design ti...

The momentum around the latest RAD Studio XE6 release is building very quickly. I have this feeling that this is going one of the most successful releases of Delphi and C++Builder. Developers are very happy with the focus on quality, stability and performance of the IDE plus they like brand new features like app tethering and backend-as-as-service client components. For existing developers probably the biggest thing is continuous focus on improving and making stronger the best library for bui...

The fourth season of Embarcadero EMEA "Developer Direct ONLINE!" webinars is half way! There are still three more episodes to go, 30 minutes every second Friday at 11am Amsterdam (10am UK) time. With every webinar we have more attendees and you can still register at embt.co/embtdd4 Today I had a pleasure of talking about some of the cool Object Pascal programming language features that were introduced in recent Delphi versions, including: Type helpers for primitive and custom types Gene...

RAD Studio XE6 has been recently launched and now it is time to show all its great new features to developers in every corner of the world. Embarcadero technical evangelists and Embarcadero MVPs from different countries are super busy travelling and presenting on live events. My first XE6 live event was yesterday in Antwerpen in Belgium. The level of interest in new and existing RAD Studio XE6 features was very high and the atmosphere very good. The majority of our existing Delphi and ...

RAD Studio XE6 has been recently launched and now it is time to show all its great new features to developers in every corner of the world. Embarcadero technical evangelists and Embarcadero MVPs from different countries are super busy travelling and presenting on live events. My first XE6 live event was yesterday in Antwerpen in Belgium. The level of interest in new and existing RAD Studio XE6 features was very high and the atmosphere very good. The majority of our existing Delphi and ...

There is plenty of interesting Delphi, Appmethod and FireMonkey information published very frequently on www.fmxexpress.com website. A very interesting article was published on fmxexpress about Box2d Physics Engine For Delphi XE6 FireMonkey on Android, iOS, Windows and OSX a few days ago. You have probably heard about "Angry Birds". It is probably the most easy to remember example of an application that is using Box2D. Box2D is one the most popular, open-source engine for simulating r...

I'm so excited with the release of the latest version of RAD Studio, Delphi and C++Builder! RAD Studio XE6 contains Delphi XE6 and C++Builder XE6 and marks the completion of the vision to support building apps for all major desktop (Windows, Mac) and mobile (Android, iOS) operating systems from the same codebase: C++ and Object Pascal! The new IDE has a new look-and-feel, it is a lot faster and has tons of new and improved features for both desktop VCL Windows and multi-platform FireMo...