RAD studio a Delphi RoadMap - 2014

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Features and Technologies Expected in 2014

The main themes for RAD Studio in 2014 are the additions of C++ for Android, quality, performance, and architectural improvements, an enhanced single-source multi-device designer and runtime, and enhancements of the remoting and multi-tier architecture for enterprise applications. We also anticipate delivering several new VCL components and features.

Here are some of the technologies and features we are working on and expect to release over two major releases during 2014:

• Complete C++ toolchain for Android
• QPS (Quality, Performance, Stability)
• Advertising and Payments components for Android and iOS
• DataSnap middleware enhancements (performance, REST mapping, architectural improvements)
• Further enhanced single source multi-platform support with new multi-device visual designers and new, flexible user interface components
• Mobile Backend as a Service (MBaaS components, interfacing with some of the key providers, like Parse and Kinvey
• Mobile and desktop applications interoperability
• Android KitKat specific support
• Easy-to-use Windows taskbar buttons component for VCL applications
• Improvements in VCL styles and in the support for VCL applications on Windows Intel tablets, with specific styles and sensor components
• Direct support for wearable Android devices with particular form factors, particularly Google Glasses
• Apache HTTP server modules support for WebBroker and DataSnap, alongside with the current ISAPI IIS support
• Several run time library (RTL) improvements, implemented for all platforms and involving areas like XML processing, JSON processing, among others.
• FireDAC new drivers and enhancements to existing drivers, including support for newer database versions
• Support for future versions of Android and iOS, expected to be announced by Google and Apple during the current year.
• Bluetooth support (for mobile devices)
• A new release of the C++ compiler for Win32, with full support for the C++ 11 language specification

Features and Technologies After 2014

There are other platforms and features we are actively researching and investigating, and other technologies under evaluation that are not part of the current 2014 roadmap.

• Support for future versions of Android and iOS
• Linux server support for DataSnap and WebBroker, including RTL and database access
• Wearable devices and HUDs (Head-up Displays), as they become available, including special-purpose Android form factors and APIs
• Native and direct integration with new REST APIs, focused on different areas ranging from automated systems to NOSQL databases
• Mac OS X 64bit compiler, toolchain, and libraries
• Support for Windows 8 ARM/WinRT(for the Windows Phone and/or the Windows RT desktop)
• Enhancements and additions to BAAS and Cloud components
• Support for future version of desktop Windows that will be announced in 2014
• complete and simplified parallel computing library, to take advantage of modern multi-core CPUs more easily
• Android for the Intel platform