​​If you develop mobile apps for the app stores, this news is for you 👀

DelphiWorlds has published news about the MonkeyBuilder, a tool that helps to automate the whole build/deployment process and reduce the time you spend from hours into just minutes.

Just check it out and leave your opinion 🔥
https://www.delphiworlds.com/2020/05/introducing-monkeybuilder/

Booleans are the first data type any programmer learns. While it’s tempting to use boolean flag values in your codebases for managing state machines, it can easily lead to code complexity, readability, and scalability issues as your code evolves. But this doesn't mean you should avoid using booleans 🤔

Read more in this article and learn when enums are better, and why 👍
https://medium.com/better-programming/dont-use-boolean-arguments-use-enums-c7cd7ab1876a

​​Check out this project, which I've recently discovered on GitHub. Delphi-JsonToDelphiClass may be an interesting alternative to Rest Debugger 🤔

I've compiled it in my Delphi Rio Community with some warnings and hints 😡 But it works!

Just try it and share your opinion 👉
https://github.com/PKGeorgiev/Delphi-JsonToDelphiClass

​​Yesterday, Embarcadero announced the availability of InterBase 2020 Update 1. There are tablespaces and Linux support, updated IBConsole, and performances improvements 🔥

There are lots of devs, who prefer to use Firebird. But the new Interbase looks very promising. And what is your opinion?
https://community.idera.com/developer-tools/b/blog/posts/interbase-2020-update-1-is-now-available

Check out this video tutorial, which describes how to download TS files from a video stream😲

👉 This tutorial is a good demonstration for the MultiDownloader component from the Clever Internet Suite library. The component allows you to download all TS files concurrently in multiple threads using the multipart downloading mode and resuming.

Just try the project, which is available on GitHub, and don't forget to 👍
https://youtu.be/Ny0_0yARIPg

​​Woah! MySQL turns 25. This wonderful database is the same age as Delphi 🔥
https://blogs.oracle.com/mysql/celebrating-mysql-25th-anniversary

​​Delphi 10.4 Sydney, the most expecting release, is about to be launched this week 💥
Check out this blog post for more details 👉
https://www.ideasawakened.com/post/delphi-10-4-sydney-is-the-best-tool-for-creating-windows-applications

​​Woah, it's available right now 🔥

​​A nice demonstration for the new IDE Patches feature in RAD Studio 10.4 Sydney 👍

Embarcadero has published the first patch with missing files and C++ debugging binaries for recently released studio. I tried to apply this patch on just installed 10.4, and it worked fine.

This is a really demanded feature. I hope, this will allow to don't reinstall IDE in case of more global changes, as well 👌
https://community.idera.com/developer-tools/b/blog/posts/rad-studio-10-4-patch-1-missing-files-and-c-debugging---and-a-new-way-to-install-patches

Andrea Magni has announced the latest version of TFrameStand 1.6 on Embarcadero GetIt for Delphi 10.4 Sydney. The library provides both the TFrameStand and TFormStand components, which allow you to gain visual consistency though the whole user experience and to add modern looking elements in your FMX app 🤖

Check out his GitHub repository and don't forget to leave your opinion 👍🔥
https://github.com/andrea-magni/TFrameStand

​​CleverComponents has announced the Clever Internet Suite version 9.6 release 🎉

This new version provides the full RAD Studio 10.4🔥Sydney support. Also, there are fixed two existing problems in the SFTP Client and HTTP Proxy components.

Check out the product website for more details, and don't forget to 👍
https://www.clevercomponents.com/products/inetsuite/

To those who works on AI projects or tries to choose between different artificial intelligence platforms available in the world. Artificial intelligence has arrived at the inflection point where it’s to a lesser degree a pattern than a core ingredient across for all intents and purposes of computing. There is a list of top 10 AI companies to work for in 2020. No doubt, Amazon at the top of the list. But what is strange, the list doesn't include Google and their TensorFlow 🤔

Just check out the article and leave your opinion 👍
https://www.analyticsinsight.net/top-10-artificial-intelligence-companies-to-work-for-in-2020/

​​Today started the Delphi Day Conference. If you speak Italian, you can use Zoom to join to each session you are interested in. The online sessions will cover different questions of RAD Studio 10.4 development, such as VCL and Windows 10, JSON and REST technologies, FGX Native, Google APIs, and many more 🔥

You can register here:
https://www.delphiday.it/

Recently read about TMS Software & FaunaDB partnership, and as a result, support for FaunaDB in TMS Web Core 1.4
https://youtu.be/RFPxNqLcxqY

What is FaunaDB? How it compares to other NoSQL databases? I've found the following comparison table on the Internet

https://db-engines.com/en/system/FaunaDB%3BMongoDB

The table compares FaunaDB vs MongoDB. Both solutions have similar features, but FaunaDB is commercial product, while MongoDB is opensouce.
Check it out and share your opinion 🤔

​​The FastReports team has announced a new version of their wonderful FastCube VCL 2.11 🔥

This new version adds support for RAD Studio 10.4 and Lazarus. Check out the announce page for more details about what's new:
https://www.fast-report.com/en/news/453/

There are two more articles in the developer's blog, which can shed more light on what is FastCube and what is it for 👀
https://www.fast-report.com/en/blog/310/show/
https://www.fast-report.com/en/blog/21/show/

​​Woah, recently read about FreePascal version 3.2.0 release. This release really matters to devs, because the new version supports C blocks functionality, default namespaces, freestanding generic routines, and much more. The snapshot builds of Lazarus already support this new version.

Read more about FPC 3.2.0 and don't forget to 👍
https://wiki.freepascal.org/FPC_New_Features_3.2.0

Check out this quick tour, where Jim McKeeth tells about new GetIt Package Manager and other new features in the RAD Studio 10.4 🔥
There are IDE Patches, single installer for both online and offline installations, ports of numerous C++Builder libraries, and many more 👀
https://youtu.be/E8ctujyex5k

​​Recently, the team behind MonkeyBuilder reported that the first release of their interesting FMX product is availabe.

The current version supports RAD Studio 10.3. They promise to add the 10.4 support shortly 👍
https://www.monkeybuilder.io/

Check out this short video, which shows the smooth scrolling feature in the ScaleRichView editor. The scrolling works to a footnote, a header, a footer, and a text box, and back. ScaleRichView is a set of components for Embarcadero Delphi and for Lazarus by the TRichView team.

Wow, their new feature looks really 🔥
https://youtu.be/Q9nf_nNqPVI

​​The team behind Database Comparer VCL just released the new version 7.2 👍

The new version 7.2 provides components for RAD Studio 10.4🔥Sydney, adds IBM DB2, Big-Endian Unicode, and MS SQL compatibility level checking support. The WideMemo blob data type was implemented, as well.

See the complete change list on the product webpage.
https://www.clevercomponents.com/products/dbcvcl/