Tutorial: Using the IDE

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This tutorial shows how to use RAD Studio to create a multi-device application for desktop platforms.

See Developing Multi-Device Applications for more information.

Topics

• Introduction
  • What is RAD Studio?
  • Finding information

• Tour of the IDE
  • First Look and Welcome Page
  • Toolbars
  • Tools
  • History Manager
  • Subversion Integration in the IDE
  • Data Explorer
  • Object Repository
  • IDE Insight

• Starting your first RAD Studio application
  • Using project templates from the Object Repository
  • Basic customization of the main form
  • Adding the components using the Form Designer
  • Customizing the components
  • Coding responses to user actions in the Code Editor
  • Compiling and running the application
  • Debugging the application

• More advanced topics
  • FireMonkey and RTL
  • Third party add-ins

• Other resources
  • Embarcadero Developer Network

See Also

• How To Edit Code in the Code Editor
• RAD Studio Guided Tours