RAD Studio XE2

Embarcadero RAD Studio XE2 is the ultimate application development suite and the fastest way to build data-rich, visually engaging applications for Windows, Mac, mobile, .NET, PHP and the Web. RAD Studio includes Delphi®, C++Builder®, Embarcadero Prism™ and RadPHP™, enabling developers to deliver applications up to 5x faster across multiple desktop, mobile, Web, and database platforms including Delphi applications for 64-bit Windows.

Deliver fast native applications for Windows, Mac, web and mobile
With RAD Studio XE2, you can write an application once in Delphi and compile it for Windows and Mac and build applications for iOS. C++Builder applications can be compiled for Windows and Mac and with RadPHP you can easily build applications for the Web. RAD Studio XE2 applications are compiled into simple and efficient executables that are easy to distribute and deploy.

Speed up your development process with RAD (Rapid Application Development)
Rapid Application Development (RAD) tools allow for fast visual prototyping. You get your customer's feedback on actual GUI prototypes and in real time before moving on to full production. With RAD Studio XE2 you also get thousands of built-in extendable components, which increase reusability and speed up your development process.

Create more visually stunning and interactive applications
RAD Studio XE2's included application platforms, VCL and FireMonkey, help developers rapidly build business applications with higher quality user interfaces and rich data and services connectivity. The VCL framework is designed to build traditional Win32/Win64 form based GUI applications and largely leverages the Windows operating system and APIs such as GDI to draw UIs. FireMonkey is a rich business application platform that enables developers to build visually spectacular HD and 3D business applications with incredibly fast performance on Windows, Mac and iOS.

Build applications that connect everywhere
When you use RAD Studio, your applications get high-speed connectivity to popular databases. Create multi-tier applications with Windows servers and support for clients on multiple operating systems. You can also connect with a broad variety of data and services.

• Fast drag-and-drop design
• More than 500 visual controls
• Touch and gesturing support
• dbExpress with support for major databases
• DataSnap n-tier middleware with JSON, REST, HTTP, HTTPS, COM, and XML
• Cloud deployment to Amazon EC2 and work with Amazon and Windows Azure cloud data storage
• Centralized license management and tool deployment with
• Embarcadero® AppWave®
• Complete PHP IDE with editor, debugging and profiling
• Visual designers for PHP applications and HTML files
• RadPHP components for Facebook app development

System requirements
1 GB RAM (2 GB+ recommended)
Between 3 – 9 GB free hard disk space depending on edition and configuration
Basic GPU - Any vendor DirectX 9.0 class or better (Pixel Shader Level 2)
1024x768 or higher-resolution monitor
Intel® Pentium® or compatible, 1.6 GHz minimum (2GHz+ recommended)
Mouse or other pointing device
Microsoft® Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Microsoft® Windows Vista™ SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit) requires administrator rights
Microsoft® Windows XP Home or Professional (32-bit and 64-bit) SP2 or SP3
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 SP1 or 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit

For developing 64-bit Windows applications
PC running a 64-bit version of Windows or a 32-bit development PC connected with a PC running a 64-bit version of Windows

For developing OS X applications
PC running Windows connected with an Intel-based Mac, with 2 GB RAM or more, running
OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) or OS X 10.7 (Lion) over
a local area network using a SSH, VNC or Windows file sharing solution

For developing iOS applications
On Snow Leopard:
iOS 4.2 or 4.3 with compatible version of Xcode

On Lion: iOS 4.3
with compatible version of Xcode