Embarcadero has announced the availability of Delphi XE3, including trial versions. The first message came (on Sunday) from Tim Del Chiaro, but yesterday the product page at http://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi had all the new information about Delphi XE3. The key messages from the (marketing) page are:
- "Fastest path to Windows 8", which refers to the support for the new metro look-alike VCL and FireMonkey styles, plus some additional components as detailed at http://www.embarcadero.com/products/develop-windows-8-applications-with-delphi-xe3
- "Create Windows 8 and Mac OS X Mountain Lion applications from a single codebase", which refers to FireMonkey and Delphi compiler cross platform support, updated from Delphi XE2. Mac support in XE3 is detailed at http://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/mac-osx-development.
- Connect your applications to any data, anywhere. Beside features already in XE3 (DB connectivity, Cloud Support, DataSnap...), the new and very interesting feature here is Visual LiveBindings, described at http://www.embarcadero.com/products/rad-studio/livebindings.
As you probably already know, there is no "mobile development" support in Delphi XE3, as this is expected to be made available later (apparently as an addition to the product) including a new Delphi ARM compiler and updated FireMonkey framework. Of course, there is little information about this... as the company wants to sell XE3 now.
Along with Delphi XE3, Embarcadero released:
C++Builder XE3, which still lacks a 64-bit compiler (but still has the offer on the product with maintanance, so you can get it that way), but includes most of the new features in Delphi XE3
HTML5 Builder (a re-invention of RadPHP, as you can read on Jose Leon blog at http://joseleon.es/?p=44)
Interbase XE3, a new edition of the popular database (freely included in Delphi in the developer edition)
There is also a new RAD Studio XE3 pack, including Delphi, C++Builder, HTML5 Builder, and Prism... but the deal between Embarcadero and RemObjects for Prism is changing: an announcement is expected today.
I'll blog about technical features later on. For now let me add a few final "action" links:
- Get the Delphi XE3 30-days trial version (or the RAD Studio one) at https://downloads.embarcadero.com/free/delphi
- If you are in Italy, buy Delphi XE3 from my online shop
- If you are anywhere else and want to buy directly from Embarcadero, you can use the link below (which is a referral link I might earn some money from, just that you know):
PS: What is clearly missing from this blog post is a reference to the EULA change "flames" of the past week (while I was on vacation) and some technical information about XE3. Both will come ASAP...
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