- It’s Delphi Survey time. You can take it here. I can assure you from personal experience that the results of the survey have a big impact on the future direction of the product, so please take the time to fill it out as completely as possible. I think it is only out for a limited time –until the 28th if my math is correct — so do it right now. - I was stunned to discover that Visual Studio Code didn’t syntax highlight *.pas files. Wow. So here’s a couple of things. First, vote here on UserVoice for this entry that asks for Object Pascal support. At that link I found this link, which is an unofficial project to add support. It seems to work – and I appreciate the effort from Wosi — but I find it ridiculous that VS Code doesn’t support Pascal out of the box.- Looks like the next release of Delphi is just around the corner, as they are starting to talk about it with hints about new features. So far I’ve seen:
- Looks like the IDE will be have more memory available to it. That’s good new for those of us who work with multi-million line projects.- iOS developers will be able to debug Universal 64-bit apps.- Support for Android Services- You can sign up for a webinar that gives a sneak peak into the upcoming release. It’s called “See What’s Coming in Delphi, RAD Studio, and C++Builder” and it is at various times during the day of 02 September. Register now.
- I attended the webinar about CodeSite and the Konopka Signature VCL controls and was very impressed. I knew the basics of CodeSite, but never really knew its full power. And I hadn’t looked at the VCL controls in a while, either. As I’ve said, Ray has forgotten more about good UI design than I’ll ever know, and his controls reflect that. A couple of things to note from the webinar and the Q&A:
- Both CodeSite and the Konopka Signature controls will be sold as separate products and not ship as part of Delphi. The limited-but-still-very-useful CodeSite Express will continue to ship with Delphi, RAD Studio, and C++Builder.- CodeSite also has a .Net version, so if you are doing Net development, you can use can use it there as well. I like that Embarcadero is making a foray into the .Net world. Maybe I’ll get really smart on CodeSite and give a CodeSite for .Net presentation at our next Philly code camp. - It appears that Ray will continue to work on both products, but that wasn’t 100% clear.- The fate of Ray’s cool Radiant Shapes for FireMonkey wasn’t made entirely clear, but it was hinted that more news was coming on that front.
- I’m a huge FinalBuilder fan, and the folks at VSoft have just released Version 8. Sounds like a great release from a great product.
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