29Aug 2017 by richard@baronsoftware.com

IDERA, Inc. Acquires Sencha to Strengthen Developer Tools Business

Rad Studio Delphi Development, Software development Concepts
IDERA, Inc. Acquires Sencha to Strengthen Developer Tools Business IDERA, Inc., the leading provider of database, development, and test management tools, today announced an agreement to acquire Sencha, a leading web application development platform. Sencha will be integrated with Embarcadero, IDERA, Inc.’s developer tools division. The press release can be view at BusinessWire about this purchase in detail.  Now the question is what will happen with moving this product into the Embarcadero Developer product line ?   How does this affect the Rad Studio products that deal with the enterprise ? Sencha provides software tools to build web applications across desktops, tablets and smartphones.  How will this work with FireMonkey is the real question.  The pricing structure for Sencha is extremely high for up to 5 developers. Atanas Popov has been…
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25Aug 2017 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Expert Delphi by Paweł Głowacki

Book Reviews, Rad Studio Delphi Development
Expert Delphi by Paweł Głowacki   After reading the latest book from Author Pawel Glowacki the feeling of fresh FireMonkey Delphi material left an excellent karma.  It should be part of anyone's Delphi Library since it has great reference material.  The book was written by Pawel Glowacki whom is Embarcadero's European Technical Lead for Developer Tools. The book begins with a basic primer on Delphi helping you get accustomed to the IDE and the Object Pascal language.  It quickly moves into advanced concepts dealing with FireMonkey.  You should be able to build server-side services, create new Internet of Things (IOT) and integrate your applet with web services to deploy them to market. As always the pricing from PackT is on the mark.  The writing is very clear at 506 pages and…
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23Aug 2017 by richard@baronsoftware.com

HotFix for RAD Studio 10.2.1 and iOS

Rad Studio Delphi Development
RAD Studio 10.2.1 HotFix for iOS AdHoc Deployment Embarcadero released a hotfix to address a regression (reported as https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-18813) in RAD Studio Tokyo Release 1 related with AdHoc deployment for iOS. The fix available for download is at:  https://cc.embarcadero.com/item/30797 The fix (which is a single file to add to your system) provides support for building iOS Ad Hoc Applications.  Only using RAD Studio 10.2.1 and Xcode 8.2, 8.3.2 or 8.3.3. Extremely important if you are developing for the iOS platform with Delphi.
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22Aug 2017 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Delphi Developer Days 2017 Workshop

Rad Studio Delphi Development, Software Events
Delphi Developer Days 2017 Special Edition Database Workshop   Once again the annual Delphi Developer Days are upon us for the year 2017.  The event will take place in only 3 cities, Chicago, Antwerp and Frankfurt.  Seats are going fast so to reserve your spot you need to act today. For the past 3 years Baron Software has attended with getting so much knowledge in less than 2 days. This is a special edition of Delphi Developer Days, a workshop focused on database development. This two-day workshop, presented by Delphi database experts Cary Jensen and Bob Swart, provides you with an insider's perspective on database development with Delphi. Topics that are covered: Connecting to databases using FireDAC Advanced FireDAC configuration Essential database operations, such as reading and writing data, using…
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29Jul 2017 by richard@baronsoftware.com

2017 Rad Studio (C++ Builder and Delphi) Developers Survey

Rad Studio Delphi Development
2017 Rad Studio Developers Survey The 2017 Embarcadero survey provides the latest information about the programming language Delphi.  The survey can be reviewed from Marco Cantu's web site Apparently all versions are still in use since the original design was built as a 32 bit compiler.  So in theory a developer using Delphi 1 can build an application for Windows 10 since it is 32 bit.   As time progresses the 32 bit application will disappear such as the 16 bit did. One super fact from the survey is that Berlin V10.1 is the most used and that is in thanks to their campaign. Windows application development is still strong since Delphi along with components can build an application in no time.  The next platform is Android which is bigger…
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