So a lot is going on in the Delphi Community this autumn.  Just the day before yesterday we had a meeting in Dapug, the danish Delphi Users group. The main topic was how to connect to various databases on various platforms. Also different coding styles with regards to databases. Devart sponsored a license to any given product so thanks a lot to www.Devart.com and Congratulations to Anders Balslev for winning. Later in Septmber (28th and 29th) I am teaching a course in Fredericia, De...

128 countries were represented in last week’s C++ Builder Summer Camp. Only the US representation was almost one thousand people. Pretty awesome stats! Surprisingly many did not know that C++ Builder even existed, and ten years ago it was the main C++ IDE. Things can change dramatically in the software world. It is exciting to be back in the game with a cool, updated, and powerful product. Yes, there are a lot of free IDEs for C++ and some other respectable commercial tools, but if one wants to ...

Each year, we celebrate Computer Science Education Week. There are events happening on and all over the world. Code.Org is encouraging everyone to spend an hour teaching others how to code. Apple is inviting kids to come into Apple stores to spend an hour coding. I am encouraging all of our developer customers to spend an hour with their kids, their local schools or the kids of family friends and spend an hour showing them how to write programs.  How to start? First Step - go to the Comput...

Wednesday, July 16, 2014: Lesson 4 - Building Powerful Multi-tier, Multi-device Applications using DataSnap REST/JSON This lesson will show you how to create multi-tier applications (in some cases with zero lines of code) that work with your mobile applications. In this lesson, you will learn how to create middle-tier server applications containing business logic and access to remote enterprise SQL databases. This lesson will also show you how to use the same MastSQL.GDB database in the midd...

Monday, July 14, 2014: Lesson 3 - Accessing Local Storage and Data In this lesson, we explore local storage covering a range of options including using INI files and local document storage. This lesson will also show how to use FireDAC database access components to connect to and use local SQLite, InterBase IBLite and IBToGo. You will understand the core concepts when writing and reading from disk on iOS and Android. Lesson 3 Slides You can download the slides (PPTX and PDF) slides for ...

Wednesday, July 9, 2014: Lesson 2 - Turning up the Style and Data! In lesson 2, we explore how to style controls in your iOS and Android application, start to work with data and manage the link between user interface and model/data. This session will also explore more components and discover the concept of Interfaces and learn how they help you make your code multi-platform ready. Then, we will look at how to use Interfaces in our applications to write code that will work on multiple devices....

Monday, July 7, 2014: Lesson 1 - Hello World! - My First Multi-Device App In this lesson, you will create your first mobile application. Learn how to get your IDE (Integrated Development Environment) set up, configured and ready for the rest of the series. The homework for the lesson is to follow the example on the resource links to build your first "Hello World" application on iOS and Android. Lesson 1 Slides and Projects You can download the Lesson 1 slides (PPTX and PDF) and Marine A...

The ISO C++ standards committee will meet next month in Issaquah Washington February 10-15,2014. Embarcadero is a voting member of the ISO C++ committee and will have a C++Builder R&D representative at the upcoming meeting. Papers are available in advance of the meeting at http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2014/#mailing2014-01. The C++ Standard Core Language Active Issues (Revision 87) can be found at http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/cwg_active.html. The meeting a...

I received an email this morning from Mirko, a Delphi developer in South Africa. In his email he talked about the opportunities available for students and developers in his country. Glenn Wylie, our Sales Director for UK, Africa and Ireland, just replied to Mirko via email saying: "Thank you for the email you recently sent to David regardin Delphi in South Africa education. Since April 2013 Embarcadero has undertaken a major education project in South Africa. We currently give all students...

There are only twelve more days until the CodeRage 8 Delphi Conference starts on Tuesday, October 15. Delphi XE5 allows you to create iOS, Android, Windows and Mac OSX applications using one codebase and true native optimized machine code. Join Embarcadero and software development experts from around the world at the CodeRage 8 Delphi Conference – the totally free, totally technical, online conference dedicated to technology and development. We have three days and more than 30 technical sessions...