I have promised to make the source code of FireDAC demos presented during the first Developer Direct ONLINE Season 4 session available. FireDAC is the best database access framework for all major RDBMS systems for your Delphi, C++Builderand Appmethod applications! There are six projects in the download: FireDAC Demo 101 FireDAC Monitoring FireDAC Cached Updated FireDAC Array DML FireDAC Batch Commands FireDAC Connection Recovery The replay of the session is available at st...

Several of us have Google Glass and are building and testing apps using the devices. Google posted a message on their Google+ Glass page, announcing that "Next Tuesday, April 15th at 6am PDT, we’re opening up some spots in the Glass Explorer Program. Any adult in the US* can become an Explorer by visiting our site and purchasing Glass for $1500 + tax – and it now comes with your favorite shade or frame, thanks to feedback from our current Explorers. The number of spots available is limited, so m...

Register now for two days of intense Delphi sessions. Hear about Android and iOS mobile development, exploring platforms for cross-platform development, FireDAC and database connectivity and advanced techniques, object-oriented programming and component design, data-awareness in FireMonkey applications, REST and SOAP, and much more. Register early and get a discounted price. Dates and Cities May 5-6 2014 - Washington, D.C. / Baltimore, MD May 8-9 2014 - Chicago, IL May 26-27, 2014 - F...

I'm very excited to invite you to my "True Native, Multi-Device Development from the Same Codebase" live session, which is part of the "MDevCon on Tour" series of live events across The Netherlands. When? 15/04/2014 from 18:30 to 21:00 hours Where? Trifork, Rijnsburgstraat 9-11, Amsterdam Entrance? Free For? Developers The session is one of the many events organized as part of "appril festival 2014". The equation is easy: apps + april = appril:-) This is going to be my fir...

I'm very excited to invite you to my "True Native, Multi-Device Development from the Same Codebase" live session, which is part of the "MDevCon on Tour" series of live events across The Netherlands. When? 15/04/2014 from 18:30 to 21:00 hours Where? Trifork, Rijnsburgstraat 9-11, Amsterdam Entrance? Free For? Developers The session is one of the many events organized as part of "appril festival 2014". The equation is easy: apps + april = appril:-) This is going to be my fir...

Interesting short video from the latest Intel Software Adrenaline magazine and email I receive. The video has Luke Wroblewski, "Mobile First" book author and Input Factory CEO, talking about "how he came to the idea and the challenges still faced in format, interface, and adoption - as well as the huge opportunities." You can watch the video on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m-PqCndpnk (2 minutes and 50 seconds). Other videos with Luke include: [email protected] Luke Wro...

Join John Thomas and Marco Cantù for a first look at RAD Studio XE6, Delphi XE6 and C++Builder XE6. See what’s coming for VCL/Windows and FMX multi-device development in XE6 and get ready to take your app development to the next level. Wednesday, April 16, 2014 6AM PDT San Francisco / 9AM New York / 2PM London / 3PM Milan / 13:00 UTC/GMT 11AM PDT San Francisco / 2PM New York / 7PM London / 8PM Milan / 18:00 UTC/GMT 5PM PDT San Francisco / 17-Apr (Thursday) 9AM Tokyo / 17-Apr (Thursday...

If you want to "Build Fast Apps Fast" for Android, iOS, Windows and Mac, check out all of the Appmethod information that is available online. Here are some links to information about Appmethod, links to get the trial, support information, our new public facing bug tracking system, code snippets, community site, web forums and more. Home page - http://www.appmethod.com/ Community - http://community.embarcadero.com/ Community forums - http://community.embarcadero.com/index.php/forum Code...

Microsoft's Windows XP end of support countdown clock, http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/enterprise/end-of-support.aspx, is now at 21 days. Marco Cantu's webinar, "Modernize your Delphi and C++Builder Windows Applications" will show you how to modernize your Delphi and C++Builder applications to move them to later versions of Windows this Wednesday. March 19, in 3 webinars at 6am, 11am and 5pm Pacific Daylight Time. Today's USA Today article says "Astonishingly, there are as many as 400 mil...

A TechCrunch article, "Embarcadero Launches AppMethod, A New Multi-Device Development Platform For Native Apps" appeared this morning with preliminary information about a new product in development here at Embarcadero Technologies. We have received great early feedback from developers upon hearing the news. We are very excited to be able to reach out to a wider circle of developers who are looking to "build fast apps fast". Our team will be previewing Appmethod at next week's SxSW (South by Sout...