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May 2013
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Hey, Trial users: No Mac, No problem
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– I found a great resource for those of you trying out iOS support in XE4. macincloud.com offers rental time of Mac hardware online. Yesterday, I setup an account. Installed Platform Assistant into my account (actually I had to ask them to install it for me via the .pkg we make available online). Once ...
April 2013
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True Native
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– One would think the meaning of a simple term like ‘native’ with regard to software applications would be obvious. This term has had a specific meaning since the dawn of software development. Those of us who have been developing software for a while inherently understand this to mean ...
March 2013
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Casablanca - Here’s looking at you, Microsoft
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– If there is one thing that Enterprises need to do today - they need to deliver functionality and data onto mobile devices. Although there are plenty of technology options for remoting and moving data around the cloud and/or to a client, a clear, emerging, leader here is the use of REST technology. ...
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New ISO C++ Working Group papers tweets
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– If any of you are interested in the C++ standard, the current Working Group 21 is tweeting paper submissions as they come in. Check out @isocpp. Some recent notables for me: A Parallel Algorithms Library Proposal for Assorted Extensions to Lambda Expressions—Faisal Vali et al. Proposal for Generic ...
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Locking my iOS drums app to landscape orientation
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– I’ve recently decided my PlayMyDrums iOS app is best suited for the iPad and more specifically landscape mode (rotated 90 degrees). Take a look at the app in Portrait mode - it doesn’t provide enough playing area since it shrinks the image to fit. Additionally, the FireMonkey ellipses I ...
February 2013
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FireMonkey Retina / non-Retina auto detection
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– FireMonkey has a new feature in XE3 to detect if your Mac OS X or iOS device has a retinal display. If it does detect your application running on a Retina device, FireMonkey will load high resolution assets automatically to take advantage of the additional pixels. For my Play My Drums app, which ...
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As embedded devices become mainstream, C++ shines
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– As a follow on to David I’s blog post about C++ being everywhere, I thought I would share some of my own observations. In the mid 2000s, I was working at an local embedded Linux company. We were convinced Linux would take over the world and we were partly right (Android with it’s Linux ...
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FaceBook Group for C++11 discussions
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– I’ve just created a new facebook group for the discussion of the C++11 language and libaries with other C++ developers. Come join in. https://www.facebook.com/groups/cpluspluseleven/. Share This | Email this page to a friend
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Remembering my first Delphi experience
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– Since it’s Delphi’s birthday today, I thought I would share a personal story about my first experience with it. a few monts before its release, I was working in the Mod C of the Borland building as part of the C++ team. We had our own IDE and Windows framework called OWL and were very ...
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C++Builder in a 64-bit world
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– As many of you know, we recently released our new C++ compiler for 64-bit Windows. This had been a project undertaking of many years as we delivered a new toolchain with the highest C++11 language compliance, a highly optimized backend code generator, and VCL and FireMonkey support. It really ...
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Lights, Camera,… Sound?
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– So, I spent some of my weekend recording samples of my drums for my Play My Drums iPad app. I uploaded them to SoundCloud so you could have a listen. Beech Infinite Samples on SoundCloud I created many hits on different parts of the snare and with different velocities as well. Next step is to cut ...
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Who wants to play my drums?
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– Since it is impractical to invite everyone over to my house to play my drums, I decided I will write an iOS application using FireMonkey to deliver the next best thing. Below you see an overhead shot of one of my drumsets. I have recorded each of the drums and cymbals with different levels of ...
January 2013
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One step closer to Avatar UI: Samsung Transparent LCD at CES 2013
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– Samsung is showing off transparent LCD screens at CES this year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVCeduZRMkc I’ve been waiting with baited breath for these with visions of FireMonkey transparent themes (see transparent style) on a transparent LCD. Here’s hoping we’ll see wide ...
November 2012
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My top 5 C++11 language features #1 - uniform initialization syntax
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– Now, that I am at my #1 favorite feature, I am having a tough time deciding between these two - uniform initialization syntax or rvalue references, but I am going to have to go with initialization syntax this time. Uniform initialization syntax, at first, doesn’t seem like a big deal, but it ...
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My top 5 C++11 language features #2 - lambda expressions
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– The countdown continues with my second favorite new C++ 11 language feature - lambda expressions. Lambda expressions have many uses and have been around in other programming languages (mostly dynamic languages) for a while. Derived from lambda calculus and procedural abstraction, lambda expressions ...
