March 5, 2014
A RAD Studio roadmap for 2014 and beyond is available on the Embarcadero web site.
A RAD Studio roadmap for 2014 and beyond is available on the Embarcadero web site, in case you missed the announcement. Not that I want to add much, if not that we expect updating it more frequently and that not everything is set in stone. Also, the roadmap highlights the key features: There is much more we are working on right now that is not listed.
The official document is at edn.embarcadero.com/article/43677
There are already discussions in the forum, on Google+, and elsewhere.
Hi Marco, can you please elaborate this? •Several run time library (RTL) improvements, implemented for all platforms and involving areas like XML processing, JSON processing, among others
I had mentioned that there was no sign of 'Android on Intel' but I guess I was expecting it in 2014. I see it's in the list for 'After 2014'.
Dear Marco, Where is the BiDi support for FireMonkey desktop and mobile? I think it could be on "Several run time library (RTL) improvements, implemented for all platforms and involving areas like XML processing, JSON processing, among others" section. Is it correct? Your Sincerely Mehdy Karimpour
Marco, Good news. Please add BiDi support to FMX. We are looking forward to porting our Arabic systems to iOS using FMX.
Several "lesser" features (but very important for some customers) are not listed on purpose. Bidi support for FMX is being considered. Not simple, so no promise in terms of a time frame. Android Intel support with or without libHoudini is being considered as well. See my recent post from MWC 2014 conference.
I am blown away that they could do half of this list. I am REALLY grateful that DataSnap is being so greatly enhanced. I just wish I knew what the enhancements will be and when they will arrive. The sooner the better.
Right now FireMonkey controls lack any property for supporting BiDi text and right-to-left languages. Please add BiDi support for android and IOS.
When Embarcadero begin to meet the needs of its clients, in particular the 10 most important needs of QualityCentral such as: 1. [iOS, Android] Add support for 8-bit COW strings on mobile platforms (490 votes) 2. Add undo/redo in form designer (475 votes) 3. Support for new Web Services - WS-Security 1.1, WS-Trust 1.3, WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 (425 votes) 4. ..... Top 10 Voted For Delphi: http://qc.embarcadero.com/wc/qcmain.aspx?p=10
I think without firemonkey recognizing the RightToLeft languages, Delphi will not have a good reason for many to use it for mobile, even for western companies if they don't release their application in RTL language, at least they need their users to be able to use their application.
Pablo, we do check most voted QC bugs fairly regularly, but that doesn't mean we should take all those proposals as they are. For 1, for example, we have a different idea in mind and the need for that feature sill has to be proven. For 2, the complexity is extremely high, and the current version rollback is a solution , even if not ideal. 3 is very nice to have, but in percentage, only a fraction of our users seem to care about it... While QC is a relevant source of requirements, we do have many others that do come from our customers. -Marco
3. WS-Security is very important when you create solutions for polity or goverment. All major programming languages (Java, C#, C++,...) have solutions that support WS-Security. Many customers need it. For this reason, we began to move us projects from Delphi to C#.
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