In June 2017 I wrote about ScannerMApp, a small QR code and barcode scanner built with Delphi, ZXing.Delphi and TFrameStand. It was a sample: a way to show how TFrameStand turns a few frames into the views of a mobile app. Nine years, several Delphi versions and many Android versions later, it deserved more than […]
If you build data-centric applications with Delphi, there is a good chance your data access layer has a name: FireDAC, or one of the Devart data access components. With MARS-Curiosity 2.0 all of them lead to a REST server. Next to FireDAC, MARS now covers the Devart family: UniDAC, supported since 2019, is joined by […]
One week after MARS 1.7, here is 1.7.1: a small maintenance release that adds support for the newest Delphi and fixes three issues reported right after 1.7 shipped. Thanks to everyone who upgraded quickly and sent feedback. Delphi 13.2 support Embarcadero has just released Delphi 13.2 Florence and MARS supports it out of the box: […]
Last month (Nov 20th-21st) I’ve joined the Be-Delphi event in the beautiful location of Genval, Belgium. It was my first participation to this event, started in 2011 and at his fifth edition. The program also included a geek night session the evening before the actual conference. Attendance was very good (full house) with a 50+ […]
This year CodeRage, the Embarcadero OnLine conference, has a new format and sessions (brief and focused) are available in series. This week topic is “FireMonkey Multi-Device Design series” hosted by Sarina DuPont, Embarcadero Director of Product Management. You can find all details and registration links at this page. I’ve submitted a session introducing FMXER (20 […]
The Delphi Community Edition Bootcamp on EmbarcaderoAcademy.com started on September 3rd and will last 8 weeks. It is a great initiative with many outstanding authors giving free lessons over the Delphi product to celebrate the new Community Edition. The first week, focused on the language, was given by the best possible author: Marco Cantù, Embarcadero […]