May 24, 2019
The Delphi, C++Builder, and RAD Studio roadmap for the coming 12 months is now available on the Embarcadero developer community site.
The official RAD Studio Roadmap May 2019 has been published at
https://community.idera.com/developer-tools/b/blog/posts/rad-studio-roadmap-may-2019
There is also an extensive and much more detailed commentary blog post, with text by Sarina, David and myself, available at
https://community.idera.com/developer-tools/b/blog/posts/may-2019-rad-studio-roadmap-commentary-from-product-management
As a related update, you might also want to read about the new policy for registration bumps (which has been partially amended) in the Embarcadero General Manager blog post at https://community.idera.com/developer-tools/b/blog/posts/from-the-gm-new-updates-and-changes-to-the-registration-bumps-policy
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marcocantu @ 8:47AM | 4 Comments
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The May 2019 RAD Studio Roadmap
So, it looks like the key feature you will find in the next version of
RAD Studio is the possibility to develop 64-bit apps for macOS.
I wonder if it makes sense for me to convert my 32-bit macOS
apps to 64-bit considering that Apple is working on a new ARM-
based processor that will break compatibility with all existing apps
designed for Intel chips AS SOON AS NEXT YEAR.
I believe Apple will provide the new macOS with an emulator for
legacy apps but, considering what they did when they switched
from their PowerPC to Intel, the emulator will be there for just one
year and disappear in the next version of their OS.
Moreover, the only way to distribute your ARM-based macOS
apps will be through the Apple Store, so forget about developing
customized software for your clients.
If you ask me, I'm sick and tired of Apple's restrictions and I am
already encouraging my clients to switch to Windows, if they don't
want to get a message like "This app cannot run on this Mac" when
they click on whatever apps they have happily been using for years
and years.
Comment by Pasquale Esposito
[http://www.espositosoftware.it]
on May 25, 06:46
The May 2019 RAD Studio Roadmap
Well, UWP and the Microsoft store weren't successful
and Microsoft itself is backpedaling quickly. "- Apps
… don’t need to be in the Store, - Gallo admitted",
Microsoft corporate vice president Kevin Gallo in an
interview with Mary Jo Foley. The whole UWP model
looks quite dead, as its features will be made
available to applications using other frameworks,
including Win32.
Microsoft itself no longer deploys Office through the
Store, people trying to install it from here are
redirected to the Office site to install it.
Moreover US Supreme Court allowed users to sue Apple
regarding its Store practices - let's see what will
happen to that business model - as both users an
developers no longer like to be blackmailed.
Comment by KMorwath on May 27, 10:32
The May 2019 RAD Studio Roadmap
I think the thing missing on that roadmap is a
composite application framework like Prism in
the .net world. We already have for Delphi
dependency injection container like Spring4D ,
but I think that would be great to have something
to split the UI so that large Desktop Delphi project
be more easily manageable, extendable, and
testable. So if Embarcadero care about Desktop
developpers, well he should consider to come out
with something like Prism. I mean we do not need
WPF for Delphi. Firemonkey is far better, and
Xaml sucks. But something like Prism for Delphi
would make a big difference because the compiler
is very fast and testing an application would
required probably a fraction of the time needed
for testing a c# application.
Comment by Alexandre Jacquot on June 5, 20:00
The May 2019 RAD Studio Roadmap
No new language features? The lack of native support for async / await makes me question the viability of the platform...
Comment by Dmitry Streblechenko
[http://www.dimastr.com]
on December 13, 19:16
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