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Still very sexy after over two decades Coe l mor y 2015 Delphi® 10.2 Key 0 era What is Delphi? Going Cross-Platform with Fire Monkey Great History... RAD Studio IDE Internet of Things (loT) Delphi Language Evolution @ mbarcadero Visit us at www.embarcadero.com (pedead U WANT To TALK TO [THE] ORACLE, Go TO DELPHI Delphi was originally developed Peau Le eee by Borland as a rapid application SUE ete Sauk hiaisbasubad oka fast development speed ofits RAD pee RT el ee Dn eT eget accomplishes Se this while providing a complete OOP eau eee nee Br Ee reslie teed Re ea PeMinu A UCeLn at een library, and the power of the Nia WiLL Sy Tare Meola Dee Ue ae Sere Creu pneu rac Peon eal ek koc Sonera Ast Ui ee Core (1995) ue ease ae eA rae oer Pedic eee ana robust OOP eure eat Ta vB— et ot ete Gu ene Tag go TE sien ee una | eS ame coh Pee Real @Otoichi Ee Aes) one emo SA core to the long-term success of the ee euch me necasutel proud of the global network of SE oscars Payee apm eter ceael] a rebirth of Delphi, developers are Reece R Ut aencietod visual object oriented development. Senet ee eto riche at Eee eR eau ee using it to build interesting apps. sine sees meena ay Deere nccua te achat engagement metrics point to exciting eet) ECR rm Ue ciate cca Coa cre na Plea) Boot Camps representing some 201 countries! Our growing community consists PraOMa ite Raat across the globe. We've seen our followers on Facebook and other Etta cen ciel Va orl are probably already part of the Secunia atecind ene aman Discover more at: https://community.embarcadero.com/ or get social on: 8oG@ il ele POWERFUL The Visual Component Library (VCL) is the original Delphi components library that includes both visual and nonvisual components. The library is a high-level framework encapsulating the Windows API, platform controls, and standard UL elements and features. It also extends beyond standard controls with dozens of sophisticated custom controls The VCL was and is the best object- oriented library wrapping of the Windows API. It offers the RAD style of development (dragging and dropping components on forms, data modules, and other containers), and includes visual form inheritance and designers composition using frames. The VCL has a modern architecture based on the command patterns (using Action objects and ActionList that separate the UL elements from the code). At the same time, the VCL is a full OOP library; a developer can leverage it without using any designer or RAD model. Instead, the designer would implement a number of VE APPLICATIONS patterns including MVVM or dependency injection. There are open source libraries offering direct support for these and other patterns. In terms of modern UL, the VCL has full support for styling, Replacing the old Windows look and feel with a modern Windows 10 style requires very limited changes to the code. Additionally, the VCL includes components mimicking the Windows 10 UI controls (like CalendarView or ToggleSwitch), so that the code using those controls can run equally on older versions of the operating system. Importantly, the VCL doesn’t just wrap the classic Windows API. Delphi offers full access to Windows COM interfaces, Windows Shell integration (with ready- to-use components ike the Taskbar), and even Windows 10 modern WinRT APIs (with ready-to-use components like the NotificationManager). (a) digifort Not only does the VCL come with hundreds of components and controls in the box, but there are dozens of third- party vendors offering hundreds of additional components. Companies such as DevExpress, Steema, TMS, Mitov, and more build components for the robust VCL ecosystem In sum, with the VCL developers can create Windows applications in a fraction of the time it takes developers using other development tools, and they can leverage all of the platform's APIs. Even better, thanks to the Windows Desktop Bridge (aka Centennial Bridge) your VCL applications can be converted to the Universal Windows Platform and can be published to the Windows 10 Store. Going Cross-Platform with ictal

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