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Delphi Programming Projects

You're reading from   Delphi Programming Projects Build a range of exciting projects by exploring cross-platform development and microservices

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789130553
Length 248 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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William Duarte William Duarte
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Table of Contents (9) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Building an Instagram Clone 2. Building a Facebook REST API FREE CHAPTER 3. Cross-Platform Services for Windows, iOS, and Android 4. Design Patterns to Build a Multi-Database System 5. Creating GUI Apps with FireMonkey 6. Implementing Tethering to Create a Remote Control 7. Building Microservices Using the RAD Server 8. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating app tethering applications

In an increasingly competitive world, having a positive differential puts us ahead. Imagine being able to extend your desktop applications and control them remotely. It may be possible, for example, to develop an application that advances the slides of a PowerPoint presentation to you on your phone, without the need for any specific hardware.

If we think about it a little, extending an application leads us to building new solutions without the end customer wasting time (after all, time is money, oh yeah!).

Imagine a remote control; now, imagine your cell phone as a remote control for your notebook. We can think of some useful commands, as follows:

  • Computer, open the browser on site x.
  • Computer, turn off Windows sound.
  • Computer, turn off the monitor.
  • Computer, play a song.
  • Computer, send me the sales report from my store.
  • Computer, make a backup...
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