This is my fairly regular (although now monthly) list of relevant links to blogs post, articles, news, and more from the Delphi community.

Embarcadero Updates

Idera has acquired Sencha to strengthen its developer tools business (aka Embarcadero). You can read the press release (http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170825005086/en/IDERA-Acquires-Sencha-Strengthen-Developer-Tools-Business) and articles like http://sdtimes.com/idera-sencha-acquisition-sdtimes.

Embarcadero released a hot fix for Tokyo 10.2.1 to resolve iOS AdHoc deployment: http://blog.marcocantu.com/blog/2017-august-hotfix-adhoc.html

Notable Blog Posts

Save Time With This Quick LiveBindings Trick For Delphi And C++Builder (by Eli): https://community.embarcadero.com/blogs/entry/learn-how-to-quickly-livebind-almost-any-control-with-this-tedit-trick-for-delphi-and-c-builder

Experiments in Uniform Memory Management (by Erik van Bilsen): https://blog.grijjy.com/2017/08/09/experiments-in-uniform-memory-management/

Delphi FMX Chess Game (although I'm eagerly waiting for more information) https://csvelocity.wordpress.com/2017/08/08/delphi-fmx-chess-game/

Cross-Platform Code Hooking (also by Erik van Bilsen): https://blog.grijjy.com/2017/07/26/cross-platform-code-hooking/

Windows Manifest Files (by Vincent Parrett): https://www.finalbuilder.com/resources/blogs/postid/753/windows-manifest-files

TNotifyEvent debouncing in Delphi (by Sergey Zhukov): https://www.code-partners.com/tnotifyevent-debouncing-in-delphi/ (althought it has been criticized as not really being on debouncing, it is an interesting read)

Use C++Builder to get Android current ringtone mode (by Haruyuki Mohri): https://community.embarcadero.com/blogs/entry/use-c-builder-to-get-android-current-ringtone-mode

Resizing a TViewPort3D (by Gustav Schubert): http://federgraph.blogspot.it/2017/08/resizing-t-viewport-3d.html

The Dark Side of Application.ProcessMessages in Delphi Applications (by Zarko Gajic): https://www.thoughtco.com/dark-side-of-application-processmessages-1058203 (re-opening a never ending debate on the use of Windows limited message based parallel processing vs. real threading solutions -- or maybe the debate is actually settled and threads just won?)

Cloud Based Unit Resolver For The Delphi RTL In Delphi 10.2 Tokyo (by FMX Express): http://www.fmxexpress.com/cloud-based-unit-resolver-for-the-delphi-rtl-in-delphi-10-2-tokyo/

Third Party Libraries and Components

Delphi base compatibility, Spine improvements, other stuff in Castle Game Engine (by Michalis): https://castle-engine.sourceforge.io/wp/2017/08/14/delphi-base-compatibility-spine-improvements-other-stuff/

JSKit - open-source Cross-platform JavaScript framework for Delphi and CrossVcl announcement (by Eugene) at https://plus.google.com/u/0/118397897778295642304/posts/ip2wGhNfskd?cfem=1. The library itself can be found at https://github.com/eugenekryukov/jskit

Kind of similarly, ​ScriptGate provides mutual calls between JavaScript and #Delphi and it's useful for Hybrid apps (by Hosokawa Jun): https://bitbucket.org/freeonterminate/scriptgate

GrijjyCloudLogger, remote logging for Windows, iOS, Android, macOS and Linux (by Allen Drennan) at https://blog.grijjy.com/2017/08/22/grijjycloudlogger-remote-logging-for-windows-ios-android-macos-and-linux/. The repository is at https://github.com/grijjy/GrijjyCloudLogger

​Must Have RAD Accessories – InnoSetup (by Craig Chapman): http://chapmanworld.com/2017/08/25/must-have-rad-accessories-innosetup/ (and part of a very nice series of classic Delphi components and tools)

Debugger Callstack Resolver released (by Andreas Hausladen): http://andy.jgknet.de/blog/2017/08/debugger-callstack-resolver-released/