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The Visual Component Library (VCL) is
the original Delphi components library
that includes both visual and nonvisual
components. The library is a high-level
framework encapsulating the Windows
API, platform controls, and standard UL
elements and features. It also extends
beyond standard controls with dozens of
sophisticated custom controls
The VCL was and is the best object-
oriented library wrapping of the
Windows API. It offers the RAD style of
development (dragging and dropping
components on forms, data modules,
and other containers), and includes
visual form inheritance and designers
composition using frames. The VCL
has a modern architecture based on
the command patterns (using Action
objects and ActionList that separate the
UL elements from the code). At the same
time, the VCL is a full OOP library; a
developer can leverage it without using
any designer or RAD model. Instead, the
designer would implement a number of
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injection. There are open source libraries
offering direct support for these and
other patterns.
In terms of modern UL, the VCL has full
support for styling, Replacing the old
Windows look and feel with a modern
Windows 10 style requires very limited
changes to the code. Additionally, the
VCL includes components mimicking
the Windows 10 UI controls (like
CalendarView or ToggleSwitch), so
that the code using those controls can
run equally on older versions of the
operating system.
Importantly, the VCL doesn’t just wrap
the classic Windows API. Delphi offers
full access to Windows COM interfaces,
Windows Shell integration (with ready-
to-use components ike the Taskbar), and
even Windows 10 modern WinRT APIs
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Not only does the VCL come with
hundreds of components and controls
in the box, but there are dozens of third-
party vendors offering hundreds of
additional components. Companies such
as DevExpress, Steema, TMS, Mitov, and
more build components for the robust
VCL ecosystem
In sum, with the VCL developers can
create Windows applications in a fraction
of the time it takes developers using
other development tools, and they can
leverage all of the platform's APIs. Even
better, thanks to the Windows Desktop
Bridge (aka Centennial Bridge) your VCL
applications can be converted to the
Universal Windows Platform and can be
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The Getit Package Manager enables
browsing, download, and install of
packages directly within the IDE. This
Mrcludes open source and 3rd party
libraries, components, IDE extensions,
SDKs, and more-
Sharing projects collaboratively, oF
switching projects: IS simplified by
using the Getit Package Manager
Component dependencies are
added to your project via Getlt
Dependencies. That means Yo" can
open a project and all other libraries,
components, and controls it requires
coil be automatically installed for you.
Many customers and partne ® have
urged for conversion of Getlt into
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Components, it would also potentially
impact the existing partner business
model.
partners are very valuable © the
RAD Studio ecosystem and work
is happening to figure out the best
model moving forward. One thing is
for sure, you can expect f0 See more
free tools and components arriving,
and content in Getlt will grow rapidly!
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Embarcadero Technologies allows
developers to hamess the power
of loT solutions. ThingConnect loT
device components encompass today’s
most popular devices, ranging from
home automation to fitness gadgets,
medical devices, environmental sensors
and more. Bluetooth LE and Z-Wave
are two technologies supported by
ThingConnect.
More and more gadgets and devices
are being added to the Internet of
Things ecosystem every day. The inter-
connection between these gadgets
and devices has the potential to create
remarkable, completely new user experiences
that integrate the physical environment.
Quickly integrate IoT into existing
desktop and mobile applications using
App Tethering, This allows developers
to easily distribute an existing app user
experience across devices and gadgets.
Virtually all industries can immediately
benefit, such as Point of Sale, Food
Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing and
Shipping—the applications are limitless.
Developers can build IoT solutions that
deliver innovative user experiences
across iOS, Android, Windows, and
macOS with a single Object Pascal codebase.
BeaconFence, part of Embarcadero’s loT
offering, is a developer proximity solution
that delivers precise "GPS Free” indoor/
outdoor user location tracking and events.
It's based on radial and geometric zones
for any physical location and layout.
Developers can visually draw the layout
of the physical location and beacon
placement to track location information
down to inches. Building IoT solutions requires data
to flow between devices, gadgets,
the connected app, and the internet
Embarcadero Technologies streamlines
application development by providing
an easy to use components based
Solution for Bluetooth, WIFI, and REST
communication protocols, Storing,
filtering and computing the vast amounts
Of loT data collected at the edge can be
difficult. With ThingPoint Edge Service
Support, you can ensure only critical loT
data is synced with the central repository,
Best of all, the framework is open and
can be adopted by anyone who wants
to leverage the RAD Studio IDE for oT
development,
The components found in the Visuino
framework (created by Mitov Software
www.visuino.com) are an excellent
example of this in practice. You will
easily be able to create and design
your Programs using the familiar drag
and drop functionality of Delphi. No
Equipment or hardware is needed to
run the software in design mode. Once
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FireDAC
Embarcadero provides FireDAC, a
Universal Data Access library for
developing applications that runs on
multiple devices connected to enterprise
databases.
With its powerful-universal architecture,
FireDAC enables native high-speed direct
access from Delphi to InterBase, SQLite,
MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL,
DB2, SQL Anywhere, Advantage DB,
Firebird, Access, Informix, DataSnap,
NoSQL Database MongoDB, MariaDB,
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FireDAC is a powerful, yet easy-to-use,
access layer that supports, abstracts, and
simplifies data access. It delivers all the
features needed to build real-world high-
load applications.
FireDAC has a common API for
accessing different database backends,
without giving up access to unique
database-specific features, and without
compromising on performance. Use
FireDAC in Delphi applications you're
developing for Android, 10S, Windows,
macOS, and Linux
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database engine for Windows, macOS, iOS, Android and Linux.
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such as medical, railway, multinational POS, CRM, and emergency
response systems; it runs round-the-clock without fail.
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all the productivity features you'd expect—in
fact, we may have invented a few of them,
The integrated debugger includes watches,
advanced breakpoints, and tooltip insight
for evaluating expressions and values.
In addition, it's got everything for remote
debugging and debugging for applications
running live on deployed devices. The code
editors highly optimized and lighting fast for
typing. It also includes method completion
and other code-aware tools.
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features you don't see elsewhere, especially
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applications, You can create one Ul, then
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to design an interface for multiple OSes. You
can preview your design live on a device, and
add in native controls for several platforms.
The end result is a powerful design tool with
fast turnaround from design to functioning
app; it’s even faster and more powerful when
you're building for several different platforms
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yet it doesn’t hide basic and important _ designed to teach good development
computer science principles. In addition, _ thinking and practices.
In September 2016, Embarcadero introduced the first ever FREE Delphi Starter Edition,
which is available to students and for non-commercial use in general. While the edition
has some limitations, it is one of the best free IDEs available for education. Tens of
thousands of downloads demonstrate that we hit on a resurgent demand for visual
object oriented programming, The always improving Starter Edition continues to gain
new capabilities. The Starter Edition also comes with free beginners textbooks and
other resources for studying Delphi.
t Did you know that every high school student learning computer science in South Africa is
using Delphi? Tens of thousands of licenses are given away annually in South Africa as part of
Embarcadero's Education Program.
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