This week I'll be presenting the new FireMonkey application platform for Delphi in Paris, France, on Thursday (the 8th) and in Koln (Germany) on Saturday (the 10th). The first event is part of the CodeWay Tour 2011, and you can find more information (in French) at forms.embarcadero.com/forms/EMFRCodewayTour2011#3150. The second event is German's Delphi Tage, with the agenda (in German) at www.delphitage.de/index.php/agenda/timetable/. In both cities my session will be an introduction to FireMonkey, with lots of demos. If you live in either countries, there might be still time to sign up and attend. If not, I'm also preparing a white paper and a webinar on the same topic. If you are attending these two events, feel free to stop by and have a chat on Firemonkey or anything Delphi. PS. In the coming weeks I'll also take part on the XE2 Tour in Ankara, Milan, Rome; in October, I'll be at conferences in the Netherlands and in Italy and also teach my first FireMonkey class. Will keep you posted on the blog, of course.
September 6, 2011
Presenting FireMonkey in Paris and Koln
This week I'll be presenting the new FireMonkey application platform for Delphi in Paris, France, on Thursday (the 8th) and in Koln (Germany) on Saturday (the 10th).
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64 bit not important?
Frankly, I found the all the hype about FM excessive. It is not a true new library (it was available before), and it is not (IMHO) a framework for all needs. I would have believed 64 bit support and new data bindings would have had much more coverage, but there's been little. Same as well for MacOS development, but not only related to GUIs built with FM, but also about other layers, i.e. native API, data access, etc.Comment by Luigi D. Sandon on September 7, 12:37
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@ Luigi I was thinking the same before seeing it in action, but after the World Tour (in London in my case) I definitely changed my mind. It provides a very easy way to greatly enhance your UI to a completely different level - without having to use complicated 3rd parties libs, let alone the multi-platform support.... After seeing it in action, you'll automatically begin to think how you can apply it to your own UI, the hype is simply contagious... :-)Comment by Guido V [http://guidovezzoni.com] on September 7, 16:39
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Does FireMonkey come with full source (like the VCL does)? Does it compile directly into your app, so you don't need any dlls?Comment by Troy Wolbrink [http://www.tntware.com] on September 7, 20:17
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A couple of notes about comments: - Good that the Delphi Tage is sold out. See you on Friday night for the beer. - 64 bit is VERY important, but expected (for a long time). FireMonkey opens up new perspectives. That's quite different, but just hype. - FireMonkey has full source you can debug into and it does compile in your app. This is different from most other RIA platforms, which require a runtime installed on the target machine.Comment by Marco Cantu [http://www.marcocantu.com] on September 7, 20:28
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Hi Marco, Very much looking forward to seeing the White paper. Loving experimenting with FM, hitting a few brick Walls due to lack of detailed examples and docs, but can see this really shaking up my data visualisation approaches. Really hope detailed docs and walkthroughs start to appear soon, as this FM is such a big departure from traditional VCL-based UI and graphics programming. Amazing what can be achieved though in just the short time I've been fiddling with just the 2D / HD aspects of FM - sensible parent child relationships, gradient fills with alpha channel support on each colour stop, slick animators objects tied to parent objects. Many mysteries remain... looking forward to more info and insight being made available. Good luck with the evgents in France & Germany. JonComment by Jon Souter on September 8, 08:23
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Comment by Sebastian Gingter [http://delphipraxis.net] on September 7, 11:58