​​Last week Marco Cantu has announced the new RAD Server Lite (RSLite) in RAD Studio 11. This is a good reason to migrate off old DataSnap applications you might be running. Thank you Marco 👍
https://blogs.embarcadero.com/the-new-rad-server-lite-rslite-in-rad-studio-11/

​​Yeah, this is true 🤣

​​Recently, I've read an article that learns how to use OAuth 2.0 with the C++Builder Rest client components.

The components allow to implement different grant types, including the Auth Code and Client Credentials. This allows connecting in both interactive and service modes. It requires to handle multiple requests. To those who prefers to do not code and test the required functionality, there are lots of libraries that implement OAuth 2.0: Clever Internet Suite, IPWorks, etc 🤔

However, the included video provides a lot of theory about OAuth 2.0 and helps to better understand how to set up this protocol in your app 👍
https://blogs.embarcadero.com/learn-how-easy-it-is-to-use-oauth2-0-with-the-rest-client-components-for-c-builder/

​​To those who didn't yet buy / upgrade his Internet and Database components, a good chance to do it now.

Good guys from Clever Components provide special discounts these days. Happy Halloween 🎃
https://www.clevercomponents.com/order/

​​Recently, Embarcadero has updated RAD Studio 11 Alexandria. This first patch addresses a few relevant issues of RAD Studio 11, pertaining to the VCL library, IDE, Apple iOS Store support, and some other issues.

Check out this blog post for more details 👌
https://blogs.embarcadero.com/rad-studio-11-alexandria-patch-1-available/

​​"What Is It Like To Be A Developer Serge Pilko?" Check out an interesting interview with Embarcadero MVP, CEO of Softacom - a Delphi software development company 👍
https://blogs.embarcadero.com/what-is-it-like-to-be-a-developer-serge-pilko/

​​Do you need to use JSON in your Delphi project? Check out an updated version of light-weight JSON serializer. The new version can serialize Delphi enumerations using RTTI and item names instead of numbers.

The sources are available on GitHub 👍
https://github.com/CleverComponents/Json-Serializer

Woah, just watched an interesting story about the future of the Internet - metaverse and what it could look like.
People will be able to do almost anything here: attend concerts, watch UFC fights, participate in work meetings.

Do you code apps for VR, AR, or any? If yes, put 👍
https://www.wsj.com/story/what-is-the-metaverse-the-future-vision-for-the-internet-ca97bd98

​​Do you use TComboBox in FMX apps? Check out this interesting blog post by Andrea Magni, Embarcadero MVP, on how to customize the FMX dropdown in order to make it consistent with the rest of UI.

There's no doubt this is useful information. Thank you Andrea 👍
https://blog.andreamagni.eu/2021/11/customizing-tcombobox-dropdown-in-fmx/

Good news, Embarcadero MVPs can now get JetBrains products for free according to their Developer Recognition Program.

What's next? The top in TIOBE index? 🔥
https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2021/11/12/jetbrains-welcomes-embarcadero-most-valuable-professionals-to-the-developer-recognition-program/

This month the TCoffeeAndCode event was concerned to Geographic Information Systems. If you didn't yet see it, please check out the replay on the Embarcadero Technologies Youtube channel.

PS: as usual, don't forget to 👍👎
https://youtu.be/yT4PFCAN2-U

​​To those, who didn't yet upgrade to Windows 11. Check out an article that compares visual representation of both versions of Windows, with detailed screenshots. There are the start menu, search bar, list of apps, taskbar, themes...

BTW, does anybody else see black dots between colored squares on the Personalization-Colors screenshot for Win 11? 😀
https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/windows-10-vs-windows-11/

Wow, CleverComponents published a good deal. So if you are working on REST API, mail, or DB synchronization, this is a chance to get their components at a good price 👍

​​The Black Friday 2021 week has officially begun 💰
Get a special Black Friday offer on our Internet and Database components.

-25% Off on all products! The offer expires on November 28th. Hurry 🔥
https://www.clevercomponents.com/order/

​​Just found one interesting discussion on Stack Exchange. It's about a compiler bomb competition. We heard about zip bombs, XML bombs, etc. But what if one line of source code produces 15Gb exe? 😲

When reading this discussion, I thought about comparing old Delphi compilers with the newest ones. What do you think? Please share your experience 👍

Image by NickPrice, Tproger.
https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/69189/build-a-compiler-bomb/

​​I just noticed that I missed one interesting post by Marco Cantu. The post relates to a new FireDAC driver for the SQLite encryption extension 🤔

The driver allows you to use the FireDAC SQLite Encryption when connecting to a database. Indeed, this information is important to us because we are working on SQLite and encryption support in our products.

Just read on to learn more and don't forget to 👍👎
https://blog.marcocantu.com/blog/2021-november-firedac-sqlite-see.html

​​The team behind CleverComponents continues sale week with the Cyber Monday 2021 deals. You can still get their Internet and Database components at a special price. Check out their website for more details 🔥
https://www.clevercomponents.com/order/

​​Sometimes we have to investigate legacy code or code written by another programmer. For sure, in most cases this looks like a nightmare. But are there common approaches or patterns to do that quicker?

Just check out this article on how to quickly understand the code of a function.
If you have own experience or lifehacks, don't hesitate to share 👍
https://www.fluentcpp.com/2021/11/30/how-to-quickly-understand-the-code-of-a-function/

The next interesting video tutorial by Alister Christie shows how to connect to the DeepStack Open-Source AI API engine from Delphi.

The provided small example app can detect objects in photos, name, and draw boxes around them. The DeepStack server with pre-built image recognition models can be run on multiple edge devices locally or on your private cloud.

This is no doubt 👍
https://youtu.be/cGeTR09yudw

​​Two days left before an upcoming webinar that introduces Appercept AWS SDK for Delphi. This SDK provides access to Amazon storage, AI, and other services. It comes as part of Delphi and available to enterprise users of RAD Studio 👌

You can learn more and register here:
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2644374262915563020