A very busy week, with the release of Delphi XE6 and C++Builder XE6. Lots of links, grouped by area.
XE6 Release
- My own blog post at blog.marcocantu.com/blog/2014_april_xe6avaialble.html has a rather large collection of links already. No need to repeat those.
- Introducing BAAS (by Sarina): blogs.embarcadero.com/sarinadupont/2014/04/15/introducing-rad-studio-xe6-and-baas/
- Easy XE6 Upgrade (by Rob): robstechcorner.blogspot.it/2014/04/delphi-xe6-easy-to-upgrade-too.html
- Using VCL Sensors (by Nikolay): blogs.embarcadero.com/nikolay/2014/04/17/using-sensors-in-the-vcl-in-delphi-xe6/
- Using JavaScript for Google Maps (by Nikolay): blogs.embarcadero.com/nikolay/2014/04/17/exampleofusingjavascriptforgooglemapsinthedelphixe6/
- The IDE new llok and feel (by Rob, shows how to disable): robstechcorner.blogspot.it/2014/04/xe6-new-look-and-feel.html
- The InterBase Developer edition, now without time out, at cc.embarcadero.com/item/29796
- OpenGL in XE6 (by Jim): delphi.org/2014/04/opengl-es-support-on-mobile-with-xe6/
(Short) Articles
- App Developer Magazine: appdevelopermagazine.com/1332/2014/4/18/Embarcadero-RAD-Studio-XE6-Provides-C++-Visual-Development-Environment-for-Android
- Dr. Dobb's: www.drdobbs.com/mobile/rad-studio-xe6-extends-desktop-to-wearab/240167133
Third Party Tools for XE6
- List of featured partners supporting XE6: edn.embarcadero.com/article/43761
- XE6 Partners Directory: http://tp.embarcadero.com/partnercentral.exe/pq?pid=v80
- Castalia: delphiblog.twodesk.com/announcing-castalia-2014-4-with-delphi-xe6-support
- Raize Components: www.raize.com/DevTools/RzComps/Updates.asp
- GExperts: www.gexperts.org/download/
- JCL and JVCL: plus.google.com/u/0/117432386518708914287/posts/JRQr49nnEdG
- Mobile Components Suite: www.fmxexpress.com/mobile-component-suite-for-delphi-xe6-firemonkey-on-android-and-ios/
An aside, FastMM for OSX.
And More Notable Links
- XP supported ended yesterday, what changes? (by Warren): delphicodemonkey.blogspot.it/2014/04/xp-support-ended-yesterday-what-changes.html
- TLiveIni (by Zarko): zarko-gajic.iz.hr/tliveini-custom-delphi-ini-implementation/
- AniString for mobile (by Ondrej): blog.kluug.net/2014/04/15/ansi-and-rawbytestring-for-delphi-mobile/
- We updated that last XE5 hotfix to support earleir versions of OS X (cc.embarcadero.com/item/29795) and we got complain the last XE5 update was last November. Not really.
A Must Read for Object Pascal Developers
- An absolutely must read I tweeted about, "Those Who Say Code Does Not Matter" by Bertrand Meyer: cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/173827-those-who-say-code-does-not-matter/fulltext