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VOTEWhat’s Coming in 10.4.2 Sydney
Jim McKeeth
Am I the only one who gets excited about new releases? If you look at the RAD Studio Roadmap you will see a new 10.4.2 release of Sydney is scheduled for the first half of… – Details…
1 year ago in 10.4 Sydney, 10.4.2, C++, Delphi, IDE, News, RAD Studio, sydney
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Delphi 26th Birthday Showcase Challenge
Jim McKeeth
Another great Delphi birthday approaches! Let’s celebrate with a Showcase Challenge! A few months ago we launched a new blog section called Showcases. This is the place our fantastic developers show off the amazing programs… – Details…
2 years ago in Delphi, News, Showcase
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Code for Psychopaths, Report Issues for Friends
Jim McKeeth
How often do you think about the people upstream and downstream from you in the software development lifecycle? The following is some lighthearted advice in the area of soft skills for software developers. When you… – Details…
2 years ago in Code, debugging, project management, soft skills, teamwork, Unit Testing
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Cross-Platform to Windows, macOS, Linux with Firepower – Replay
Jim McKeeth
In this webinar, Embarcadero Delphi MVP Ian Barker writes and deploys an app that targets Windows, macOS, and Linux from one set of code using just Delphi 10.4 and the FirePower components from Woll2Woll software…. – Details…
2 years ago in firepower x, grid, linux, Tech Partner, Webinar, woll2woll
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Fast Inverse Square Root in Delphi’s Object Pascal
Jim McKeeth
Does Delphi make you a better programmer? Is Object Pascal code more readable? There is an algorithm with a mystery constant that rose to fame in John Carmack’s Quake III Arena C code for quickly… – Details…
2 years ago in Code, Delphi, legacy, maintainability, math, News, readability, syntax
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Boost C++Builder Compile Speed with TwineCompile – Deep Dive Webinar
Jim McKeeth
TwineCompile is an advanced compile system that uses multi-threading technology and caching techniques to make your C++Builder compiles 50x faster! This IDE Plugin is included free with an active Update Subscription for all C++Builder and… – Details…
2 years ago in C++, News, Performance, TwineCompile, Webinar
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Using Python4Delphi with C++Builder (webinar)
Jim McKeeth
David I. has a fantastic blog post on using Python4Delphi with C++Builder. This was inspired by our previous webinars on the topic. and is the result of his collaboration with Kiriakos (AKA PyScripter), the maintainer… – Details…
2 years ago in C++, cbuilder, News, Python, Python4Dephi, Webinar
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Installing Component Packages Manually
Jim McKeeth
Sometimes you need to install components manually. Maybe the installer wasn’t updated for your version of Delphi, or it is an open-source library without an installer. Whatever the reason, here is a short guide in…… – Details…
2 years ago in C++, Code, components, Delphi, IDE, installation, News, Open Source, Packages, RAD Studio
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The All-New DelphiFeeds.com
Jim McKeeth
DelphiFeeds.com was launched by the Gurock brothers back in about 2005. Since then Gurock’s TestRail product really took off, and they were so busy they no longer had time to maintain DelphiFeeds. It continued collecting…… – Details…
2 years ago in blog posts, Community, delphifeeds, News
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Deploying FireMonkey to HTML5 with FMXLinux on WSL2
Jim McKeeth
The absolutely quickest way to get started with Linux deployment from Delphi is to use the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). As of Windows 10 Version 2004 (Build 19041) WSL2 includes a full Linux kernel,…… – Details…
2 years ago in BroadwayD, Delphi, FMXLinux, HTML5, linux, News, wsl
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13 Reasons NOT to use Delphi
Jim McKeeth
Over the years I’ve heard a lot of reasons or excuses people don’t use Delphi. I’ve collected the thirteen best reasons here. 1. Want to Write More Code – Delphi requires less code to accomplish… – Details…
2 years ago in Delphi, humor, list, News, sarcasm
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Pretty Printing Your Source Code
Jim McKeeth
A picture is worth a thousand words, but how do you include source code in a presentation? By text or by image? Nick Hodges asked about this on Facebook the other day. Here are some… – Details…
3 years ago in presentations, screenshot, Source Code, Tools
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Integrating OBS Studio with X-Keys XK-24 USB Keypad
Jim McKeeth
I was a guest on X-Keys 5 Minute Friday showing off an integration between OBS Studio with the X-Keys XK-24 USB Keypad. I created a script that assigns F13 through F24 with and without the… – Details…
3 years ago in News
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Manually Installing Android SDK, NDK, and Java for FireMonkey Development
Jim McKeeth
10.3 Rio’s installer (I use and recommend the EXE/web over the ISO, since it is faster and more flexible) does a fantastic job of installing and setting everything up for Android development, without requiring any… – Details…
3 years ago in android
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WebBroker on Android and Raspberry Pi 3
Jim McKeeth
I covered this previously in a few webinars and presentations, but never published the source code for WebBroker on Android. To be honest I hadn’t tested it with C++Builder before, but I completely expected it… – Details…
3 years ago in android, Devices, News, Raspberry PI, SBC, Source Code
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