​​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/

Yesterday, Daniele Teti, the Delphi MVC Framework evangelist, has announced the DMVCFramework 3.2.0 boron release candidate availability.

There is support for Delphi 10.4 Sydney, complete support for nullable types, Swagger, and many more. This Delphi entity framework is actively developed and is available on GitHub.

Let's "star" ⭐️ the project to help other developers to reference the code!
https://github.com/danieleteti/delphimvcframework

Check out this interesting video, which shows the most basic and most plain version of MVC "Design Pattern" in Delphi. The author tries to discover how it can be implemented without having to use any big frameworks.

Let's watch and 👍
https://youtu.be/B9lZlxoZW1c

​​The guys from CleverComponents haves updated the Database Comparer VCL demos and added a new example for the TTableDataComparer component. The example shows how to compare and synchronize two Firebird DB tables using a user-defined SQL script to fetch records. The connection is implemented via the FireDAC library.

Available in both Delphi and C++Builder 🔥
https://www.clevercomponents.com/portal/news/97/datacomparercustomsql-delphi-tutorial-for-database-comparer-vcl.aspx

​​Woah, check out this interesting open source Delphi project. The program serves for Software build automation, executing sequential tasks, including database backup/restore, running SQL scripts, Windows shell commands, Pascal scripts, passing variables through the whole task execution chain, and many more.

Let's star this repository to help other devs to learn about this project ⭐️
https://github.com/CleverComponents/Task-Runner

​​Check out possible the best overview I've read about JavaScript integrations in Delphi. The author covers such script engines as V8, ChakraCore, SpiderMonkey, and others 😲
The mentioned mORMot framework with true thread-safe SpiderMonkey bindings looks very promising. The components have minimal mutial dependencies, so I decided to do some tests and check, if it can be used in our TaskRunner app - a build automation tool.
https://www.ideasawakened.com/post/delphi-javascript-execution-ditch-twebbrowser-for-chakracore

​​DevExpress and FMX - unbelievable 😲

Recently, the good guys from DevExpress has announced that FMX Data Grid is finally available for download. This component is an entirely new product with an entirely new code base, and some features are different from the VCL edition of their famous grid.

👍 Check out this blog post for more details:
https://community.devexpress.com/blogs/vcl/archive/2020/07/22/devexpress-fmx-grid-ctp-available.aspx

Huh - check out this post about 13 Reasons NOT to use Delphi by Jim McKeeth 🔥
http://delphi.org/2020/07/reasons-not-to-use-delphi/

​​The good guys from Almediadev have updated their StyleControls VCL up to version 4.73. The package contains solutions, which extend standard VCL controls and also a set of advanced controls to create applications with UWP / Fluent UI design.

👍 Check out their website to learn more about this interesting product:
http://www.almdev.com/